Cerebrovascular disease Flashcards

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Q

Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Acute Extradural Haemorrhage
  • Left Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Occlusion
  • Acute Subdural Haemorrhage
  • Right Anterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Chronic Extradural Haemorrhage
  • Right Middle Cerebral Occlusion
  • Chronic Subdural Haemorrhage
  • Right Posterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Lacunar Infarction
  • Right Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Occlusion
  • Left Anterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Watershed Infarction
  • Left Middle Cerebral Occlusion
  • Weber’s syndrome
  • Left Posterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Vascular/Multi-infarct Dementia

A 70 year man old presented with acute onset of vertigo. On neurological examination he has left-sided loss of pain and temperature sensation with partial right-sided ptosis and miosis as well as right sided diplopia. He has a mild left-sided weakness and an ataxic gait. He reports numbness on the right side of his face.

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Right Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Occlusion

PICA occlusion is also known as lateral medullary syndrome.

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Acute Extradural Haemorrhage
  • Left Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Occlusion
  • Acute Subdural Haemorrhage
  • Right Anterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Chronic Extradural Haemorrhage
  • Right Middle Cerebral Occlusion
  • Chronic Subdural Haemorrhage
  • Right Posterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Lacunar Infarction
  • Right Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Occlusion
  • Left Anterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Watershed Infarction
  • Left Middle Cerebral Occlusion
  • Weber’s syndrome
  • Left Posterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Vascular/Multi-infarct Dementia

A 70 year old man with a history of congestive heart failure presents with bilateral visual loss. On examination there is weakness in the proximal limbs that spared both the hands and feet.

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Watershed Infarction

Watershed infarcts are cortical infarcts caused by prolonged periods of low perfusion, common in patients with a history of cardiovascular disease.

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Acute Extradural Haemorrhage
  • Left Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Occlusion
  • Acute Subdural Haemorrhage
  • Right Anterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Chronic Extradural Haemorrhage
  • Right Middle Cerebral Occlusion
  • Chronic Subdural Haemorrhage
  • Right Posterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Lacunar Infarction
  • Right Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Occlusion
  • Left Anterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Watershed Infarction
  • Left Middle Cerebral Occlusion
  • Weber’s syndrome
  • Left Posterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Vascular/Multi-infarct Dementia

A 70 year lady old collapsed at home and is taken to hospital. She regains consciousness but has a right sided hemiplegia, hemianesthesia and hemianopia with eye deviation towards the left. She also has an expressive aphasia.

A

Left Middle Cerebral Occlusion

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Acute Extradural Haemorrhage
  • Left Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Occlusion
  • Acute Subdural Haemorrhage
  • Right Anterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Chronic Extradural Haemorrhage
  • Right Middle Cerebral Occlusion
  • Chronic Subdural Haemorrhage
  • Right Posterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Lacunar Infarction
  • Right Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Occlusion
  • Left Anterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Watershed Infarction
  • Left Middle Cerebral Occlusion
  • Weber’s syndrome
  • Left Posterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Vascular/Multi-infarct Dementia

A 70 year old man is presents with headache, being unable to read the right pages of his book and walking into a lamppost. Neurological examination revealed left sided sensory loss in the head and limbs.

A

Right Posterior Cerebral Occlusion

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Acute Extradural Haemorrhage
  • Left Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Occlusion
  • Acute Subdural Haemorrhage
  • Right Anterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Chronic Extradural Haemorrhage
  • Right Middle Cerebral Occlusion
  • Chronic Subdural Haemorrhage
  • Right Posterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Lacunar Infarction
  • Right Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Occlusion
  • Left Anterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Watershed Infarction
  • Left Middle Cerebral Occlusion
  • Weber’s syndrome
  • Left Posterior Cerebral Occlusion
  • Vascular/Multi-infarct Dementia

A 70 year old lady presented with a headache, mild weakness and drowsiness. She says she can’t remember when it started. On CT the lesion is hypo-dense to the brain parenchyma.

A

Chronic Subdural Haemorrhage

Chronic sub-durals are iso-dense or hypo-dense on CT, compared to acute sub-durals which are hyper-dense.

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Sporadic CJD
  • Dysphoria
  • Kuru
  • Ataxia
  • Variant CJD
  • Dementia
  • Gerstmann-Straussler-Sheinker syndrome
  • Positive Pulvinar Sign
  • Iatrogenic CJD
  • Diminished reflexes
  • Myoclonus
  • Dysautonomia
  • Hallucinations
  • Methionine-Methionine
  • Periodic complexes on EEG

A 30-year-old male is being investigated by the neurology team. Tonsillar biopsy yields a conclusive diagnosis. What is the diagnosis?

A

Variant CJD

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Sporadic CJD
  • Dysphoria
  • Kuru
  • Ataxia
  • Variant CJD
  • Dementia
  • Gerstmann-Straussler-Sheinker syndrome
  • Positive Pulvinar Sign
  • Iatrogenic CJD
  • Diminished reflexes
  • Myoclonus
  • Dysautonomia
  • Hallucinations
  • Methionine-Methionine
  • Periodic complexes on EEG

A 25-year-old female with Variant CJD undergoes brain MRI scanning, what is seen?

A

Positive Pulvinar Sign

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Sporadic CJD
  • Dysphoria
  • Kuru
  • Ataxia
  • Variant CJD
  • Dementia
  • Gerstmann-Straussler-Sheinker syndrome
  • Positive Pulvinar Sign
  • Iatrogenic CJD
  • Diminished reflexes
  • Myoclonus
  • Dysautonomia
  • Hallucinations
  • Methionine-Methionine
  • Periodic complexes on EEG

A 70-year-old male is suffering from iatrogenic CJD. What would have been the initial feature?

A

Ataxia

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Sporadic CJD
  • Dysphoria
  • Kuru
  • Ataxia
  • Variant CJD
  • Dementia
  • Gerstmann-Straussler-Sheinker syndrome
  • Positive Pulvinar Sign
  • Iatrogenic CJD
  • Diminished reflexes
  • Myoclonus
  • Dysautonomia
  • Hallucinations
  • Methionine-Methionine
  • Periodic complexes on EEG

A 30-year-old female undergoes genetic testing and is found to have the PRNP P102L mutation. What condition does she suffer from?

A

Gerstmann-Straussler-Sheinker syndrome

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Sporadic CJD
  • Dysphoria
  • Kuru
  • Ataxia
  • Variant CJD
  • Dementia
  • Gerstmann-Straussler-Sheinker syndrome
  • Positive Pulvinar Sign
  • Iatrogenic CJD
  • Diminished reflexes
  • Myoclonus
  • Dysautonomia
  • Hallucinations
  • Methionine-Methionine
  • Periodic complexes on EEG

A 70-year-old male has elevated 14-3-3 protein in the CSF. What finding would you expect in him but NOT in a patient with variant CJD?

A

Periodic complexes on EEG

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