6. Neuro High Yield Flashcards
(104 cards)
1
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Cervical kyphosis associated with
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NF-1
2
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Lateral thoracic meningocele associated with
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NF-1
3
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Bilateral optic nerve gliomas
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NF-1
4
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Bilateral vestibular schwannoma
A
NF-2
5
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Retinal hamartoma
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Tuberous Sclerosis
6
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Retinal angioma
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VHL
7
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Brain tumour with restricted diffusion
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Lymphoma
8
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Brain tumour crossing the midline
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GBM or lymphoma
9
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Cyst and nodule in child
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Pilocystic astrocytoma
10
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Cyst and nodule in adult
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Haemangioblastoma
11
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Multiple haemangioblastoma
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Von Hippel Lindau
12
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Swiss cheese tumour in ventricle
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Central neurocytoma
13
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CN3 palsy
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Posterior communicating artery aneurysm
14
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CN6 palsy
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Increased ICP
15
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Ventricles out of size to atrophy
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NPH
16
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Haemorrhagic putamen
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Methanol
17
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Decreased FDG uptake in lateral occipital cortex
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Lewy Body Dementia
18
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TORCH with periventricular calcification
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CMV
19
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TORCH with hydrocephalus
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Toxoplasmosis
20
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Torch with haemorrhagic infarction
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HSV
21
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Neonatal infection with frontal lobe atrophy
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HIV
22
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Rapidly progressing dementia & rapidly progressing atrophy
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CJD
23
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Expanding the cortex
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Oligodendroglioma
24
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Tumour acquired after trauma (LP)
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Epidermoid
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Palate separated from maxilla/floating palate
LeFort 1
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Maxilla separated from the face or Pyramidal
LeFort 2
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The Face separated from the cranium
LeFort 3
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Airless expanded sinus
Mucocele
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DVA
Cavernous malformation nearby
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SIngle vascular lesion in the pons
Capillary telangectasia
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Elevated NAA peak
Canvans
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Tigroid appearance
Metachromic leukodystrophy
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Endolymphatic sac tumour
VHL
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T1 bright in petrous apex
Cholesterol granuloma
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Restricted diffusion in petrous apex
Cholesteatoma
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Lateral rectus palsy & otomastoiditis
Grandenigo Syndrome
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Cochlea and semicircular canal enhancement
Labrinthitis
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Conductive hearing loss in adult
otosclerosis
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Noise induced vertigo
Semicircular canal dehiscence
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Widening of maxillary ostium
Antrochronal polyp
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Inverting papilloma
Squamous cell Ca (10%)
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Adenoid cystic
Perineural spread
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Left sided vocal cord paralysis
Look in AP window
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Bilateral coloboma
CHARGE syndrome
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Retinal detachment & small eye
PHPV
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Bilateral small eye
Retinopathy of prematurity
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Calcification in globe of child
Retinoblastoma
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Fluid-fluid levels in the orbit
Lymphangioma
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Orbital lesion, worse with valsalva
Varix
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Pulsatile exophthalmos
NF-1
OR
CC fistula
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Sphenoid wing dysplasia
NF-1
50
Simitar sacrum
Currarino triad
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Bilateral symmetrically increased T2 in dorsal columns
B12 or HIV
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Owl eye appearance of spinal cord
Spinal cord infarct
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Enhancement of nerve roots of cauda equina
Guillain Barre
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Subligamentious spread of infection
TB
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Order of tumour prevalence in NF-2
Schwannoma > meningioma > ependymoma
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Aetiology of Sturge Weber
Maldeveloped draining veins
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All phakomatosis are ..(inheritance)
AD except Sturge Weber
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Commonest primary brain tumour in adults
Astrocytoma
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Calcifies 90% of the time
Oligodendroglioma
60
Restricted diffusion in ventricle
Choroid plexus Xanthogranuloma (normal variant)
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Pituitary T1 bright
Pituitary apoplexy
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Pituitary T2 bright
Rathke Cleft Cyst
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Pituitary - Calcified
Craniopharyngioma
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CP angle - Invades internal auditory canal
Schwannoma
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CP angle - Invased both internal auditory canals
Schwannoma with NF2
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CP angle - restricts on diffusion
Epidermoid
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Kid, arising from vermis
Medulloblastoma
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Kid, 4th ventricle, tooth paste out of 4th ventricle
Ependymoma
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Adult myelination pattern on MRI
T1 at 1 year
T2 at 2 years
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Which structures are myelinated at birth
Brainstem and posterior limb of internal capsule
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CN not in cavernous sinus
CN2 and CNV3
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Persistent trigeminal artery (vertebral to carotid)...
Increases risk of aneurysm
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Subfalcine herniation can lead to
ACA infarct
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ADEM lesions distribution
Will not involve calloso-septal interface
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Marchiafava-Bignami progression
Body > Genu > splenium
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Timescale for post radiation changes
2 month lag
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First sign of alzheimer's
Hippocampal atrophy
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Most common TORCH
CMV
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Toxoplasmosis abscess on MRI
does NOT diffusion restrict
80
Small cortical tumours can...
Be occult without IV contrast
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JPA and ganglioma
Can enhance and are low grade
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Commonest skull vault #
Nasal bone #
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Commonest fracture pattern
Zygomaticomaxillary complex fracture (tripod), involves zygoma, inferior orbit and lateral orbit
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Can mimic SAH on FLAIR
Supplemental O2
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Commonest location for hypertensive haemorrhage
Putamen
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Restricted diffusion without birght FLAIR signal
Hyperacute stroke (<6h)
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Enhancement pattern of stroke
Starts at day 3, peaks at 3 weeks, gone at 3 months
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Commonest systemic vasculitis to involve CNS
PAN
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Commonest type of craniosynostosis
Scaphocephaly
90
Piriform aperture stenosis associated with
Hypothalamic pituitary axis issues
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Commonest primary petrous apex lesion
Cholesterol granuloma
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Large vestibular aqueduct syndrome
Absence of bony modiolus in 90%
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Octreotide scan will be positive for
Esthesioneuroblastoma
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Main vascular supply to posterior nose
Sphenopalatine artery (terminal internal maxillary artery)
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warthins tumours take up...
pertechnate
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Sjorgrens associated with (Ca)
Salivary gland lymphoma
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Commonest intra-occular lesion in adult
Melanoma
98
Enhancement of nerve roots after spine surgery
Up to 6 weeks is normal, after that it's arachnoiditis
99
Most important factor for outcome in traumatic cord injury
Haemorrhage in the cord
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Currarino triad
Anterior sacral meningocele, Anorectal malformation, Sacrococcygeal osseous defect
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Commonest spinal AVF
Type 1 spinal AVF (dural AVF)
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Herpes distribution
Spares basal ganlgia (MCA infarcts do not)
