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Pin-point pupil
causes |
Pin-Point
Pupils are due to oPioids and Pontine Pathology
---Anonymous Contributor
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Babinski and LMN
signs: conditions exhibiting them |
"D MASTS":
Diabetes
Motor neuron disease
Ataxia (friedrichs)
Subacute combined degeneration of cord
Tabo paresis
Syringobulbia
---G.S. Dutt
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Peripheral
neuropathies: differential |
DANG THERAPIST:
Diabetes
Amyloid
Nutritional (eg B12 deficiency)
Guillain-Barre
Toxic (eg amiodarone)
Heriditary
Endocrine
Recurring (10% of G-B) Alcohol
Pb (lead)
Idiopathic
Sarcoid
Thyroid
---Ben Campbell University of Otago Medical
School, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Dementia: some
common causes |
DEMENTIA:
Diabetes
Ethanol
Medication
Environmental (eg CO poisoning)
Nutritional
Trauma
Infection
Alzheimer's
---Anonymous Contributor
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Vertigo:
differential |
VOMITS:
Vestibulitis
Ototoxic drugs
Meniere's disease
Injury
Tumor
Spin (benign positional vertigo)
---Dr. J.G. Norris
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Ramsay-Hunt
syndrome: cause and common feature |
"Ramsay Hunt":
· Etiology:
Reactivated
Herpes zoster
· Complication:
Reduced
Hearing
---Rinku S. Uberoi UNIBE
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Stroke risk
factors |
HEADS:
Hypertension/ Hyperlipidemia
Elderly
Atrial fib
Diabetes mellitus/ Drugs (cocaine)
Smoking/ Sex (male)
---Rinku S. Uberoi UNIBE
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Multiple sclerosis
(MS): epidemiology |
MS
is a feminine title (Ms.) and is female predominant.
---Anonymous Contributor
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Neuropathy:
diagnosis confirmation |
NEuropathy:
Nerve conduction velocity
Electromyography
---Rinku S. Uberoi
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Battle sign |
BattlE:
Behind Ear
---Anonymous Contributor
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Neurofibromatosis:
diagnostic criteria |
ROLANDO:
Relative (1st degree)
Osseous fibromas
Lisch nodules in eyes
Axillary freckling
Neurofibromas
Dime size cafe au lait spots
Optic gliomas
---Balraj Jhawar The University of Western
Ontario
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Proximal myopathy:
differential |
PEACH PODS:
Polymyositis
Endocrine: hyper, hypothyroidism, Cushing's syndrome,
acromegaly
Alcohol
Carcinoma
HIV infection
Periodic hypokalemic paralysis
Osteomalacia
Drugs: steroids, statins
Sarcoidosis
---Anonymous Contributor
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Dementia:
reversible dementia causes |
DEMENTIA:
Drugs/ Depression
Elderly
Multi-infarct/ Medication
Environmental
Nutritional
Toxins
Ischemia
Alcohol
---Mohamed Azim Assistant lecturer of Pediatric
Surgery, Alexandria University, Egypt
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Stroke: young
patient's likely causes |
7 C's:
Cocaine
Consanguinity [familial such as neurofibromatosis and von
Hippel-Lindau]
Cancer
Cardiogenic embol
hyperCoagulation
CNS infection [eg: HIV conditions]
Congenital arterial lesion
---Samuel Atom Baek-Kim Tuckahoe, N.Y.
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Encephalitis:
differential |
HE'S LATIN AMERICAN:
Herpesviridae
Enteroviridae (esp. Polio)
Slow viruses (esp. JC, prions)
Syphilis
Legionella/ Lyme disease/ Lymphocytic
meningoencephalitis
Aspergillus
Toxoplasmosis
Intracranial pressure
Neisseria meningitidis
Arboviridae
Measles/ Mumps/ Mycobacterium tuberculosis/
Mucor
E. coli
Rabies/ Rubella
Idiopathic
Cryptococcus/ Candida
Abscess
Neoplasm/ Neurocysticercosis
· Neurocysticercosis should be assumed with recent Latin
American immigrant patient unless proven otherwise.
---Samuel Atom Baek-Kim Tuckahoe, NY
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Head trauma: rapid
neuro exam |
· 12 P's:
Psychological (mental) status
Pupils: size, symmetry, reaction
Paired ocular movememts
Papilloedema
Pressure (BP, increased ICP)
Pulse and rate
Paralysis, Paresis
Pyramidal signs
Pin prick sensory response
Pee (incontinent)
Patellar relex (and others)
Ptosis
· Reevaluate patient every 8 hrs.
---Ernest Boiselier, MD and Sung Kim Attending
physician, ISSSTE, Juarez, Mexico
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Neurofibromatosis:
diagnositic criteria (type-1) |
CAFE SPOT:
Cafe-au-lait spots
Axillary, inguinal freckling
Fibroma
Eye: lisch nodules
Skeletal (bowing leg, etc)
Pedigree/ Positive family history
Optic Tumor (glioma)
---Hui-quan Zhao Children's Hospital Cincinnati
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Pupillary
dilatation (persistent): causes |
3AM:
3rd nerve palsy
Anti-muscarinic eye drops (eg to facilitate fundoscopy)
Myotonic pupil (Holmes Adie pupil): most commonly in
young women, with absent/delayed reaction to light and
convergence, and of no pathological significance.
---Gajan Rajeswaran Final Year Medical Student,
Imperial College School Of Medicine, London
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Ocular bobbing vs.
dipping |
"Breakfast is
fast, Dinner is slow, both go down":
Bobbing is fast.
Dipping is slow.
In both, the initial movement is down.
---Parameswaran Doctor
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Huntington's:
chromosome, involvement |
HUNT 4 DATE:
HUNTington's on chromosome 4, with cauDATE
nucleus involvement.
---Syed Medical doctor
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Dementia:
treatable causes |
DEMENTIA:
Drug toxicity
Emotional (depression, anxiety, OCD, etc.)
Metabolic (electrolytes, liver dz, kidney dz, COPD)
Eyes/ Ears (peripheral sensory restrictions)
Nutrition (vitamin, iron deficiencies/ NPH [Normal
Pressure Hydrocephalus]
Tumors/ Trauma (including chronic subdural
hematoma)
Infection (meningitis, encephalitis, pneumonia, syphilis)
Arteriosclerosis and other vascular disease
---Dr. Bill Lynch, originated by Dr. Jerome
Yesavage Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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Whipple's disease:
features [for neurologists] |
A WHIPPLES DOOM:
Arthralgias
Whipplei (organism)
Hypothalamic involvement
Intestinal involvement/ Intestinal biopsy required
PAS positive macrophages
PCR positivity
Lymphadenopathy
Extrapyramidal involvement
Septran treat with
Dementia
Ocular abnormalities (vertical gaze palsy)
Oculomasticatory myorhythmia
Myoclonus
---Bobby Varkey SCTIMST
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Congenital
myopathy: features |
DREAMS:
Dominantly inherited, mostly
Reflexes decreased
Enzymes normal
Apathetic floppy baby
Milestones delayed
Skeletal abnormalities
---Bobby Varkey SCTIMST
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Chorea: common
causes |
St. VITUS'S DANCE:
Sydenhams
Vascular
Increased RBC's (polycythemia)
Toxins: CO, Mg, Hg
Uremia
SLE
Senile chorea
Drugs
APLA syndrome
Neurodegenerative conditions: HD, neuroacanthocytosis,
DRPLA
Conception related: pregnancy, OCP's
Endocrine: hyperthyroidism, hypo-, hyperglycemia
---Bobby Varkey SCTIMST
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Status epilepticus:
treatment |
"Thank Goodness
All Cerebral Bursts Dissipate":
Thiamine
Glucose
Ativan
Cerebyx
Barbiturate
Diprivan
---J.D. Broughton, MD
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Balint's syndrome |
SOOT:
Simultagnosia
Optic ataxia
Ocular apraxia
Tunnel vision
---Bobby Varkey SCTIMST
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Visual loss:
persistent bilateral sudden onset visual loss differential |
FLOP:
Functional
Leber's hereditary neuropathy
Occipital infarctions
Pituitary apoplexy
---Dr. Bobby Varkey SCTIMST
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Perinaud's
syndrome: clinical features |
PERINAUD'S:
Pseudo 6th nerve palsy/ Penial region
Eyelid Retraction
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia
Nystagmus
Accomodation reflex present
Upward gaze palsy
Defective convergence/ Decerebrate rigidity
Skew deviation
---Ram Mohan Svrr Tirupathi AP India
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Benidict's
syndrome: site affected |
Benidict's
test for sugar gives red precipitate.
Similarly, Benidict's syndrome affects red
nucleus.
---Ram Mohan Svrr Tirupathi AP India
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Stroke: basic work
up |
The 3 P's:
Pump
Pipes
Plasma
---Anonymous Contributor
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