ch28 tx

Question 1

Wernicke encephalopathy (Thiamine (vit B1) deficiency)

Answer 1

symptoms are reversible when treated w thiamine, but if left can turn into Korsakoff syndrome

Question 2

bilateral optic neuritis and spinal cord demyelination

Answer 2

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO)

Question 3

meningitis

Answer 3

antb

Question 4

subdural hematoma

Answer 4

remove the blood

Question 5

Acute aseptic viral meningitis

Answer 5

resolve on own: tx symptomatically

Question 6

Pilocytic astrocytoma

Answer 6

• target BRAF inhibitor therapy

- resection bc grow slowly

Question 7

MS

Answer 7

modulate or inhibit T cell responses and block recruitment of T cells into brain

Question 8

brain abcess

Answer 8

surgery + antb = mortality under 10%

Question 9

Vit B12 deficiency

Answer 9

Vitamin supplementation has a good prognosis in the beginning, but gets worse as the Ds progresses

Question 10

PD

Answer 10

replacement of L-DOPA

-this does not change the morphology or arrest teh dis, just stops symptoms?

Question 11

Krabbe dis

Answer 11

hematopoetic stem cell transplant