CNS Flashcards by Baby Lyn Ann Tanalgo

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Sum of CSF, brain tissue and blood is constant

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Monroe-Kellie doctrine

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Cowdry Type A inclusion bodies

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HSV

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Periventricular Necrosis and calcification

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CMV

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Neuronophagia of the anterior-horn motor neurons

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Poliomyelitis

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Microglial nodules

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HIV

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Central foci of necrosis, ring-enhancing lesions

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Toxoplasma

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Soap bubbles appearance

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Cryptococcus

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Most common demyelinating DO

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Multiple sclerosis

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Common initial manifestation of multiple sclerosis

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unilateral involvement of optic nerve

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Charcot triad of multiple sclerosis:

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nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech

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CSF finding: mod pleocytosis, mildly elevated protein, inc IgG (oligoclonal)

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Multiple sclerosis

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AB, Tau

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Alzheimer dse

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Tau, a-synuclein

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Parkinson dse

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polyglutamine aggregates

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Huntington dse

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TPD-43, FUS

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ALS

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GAA Trinucleotide repeat expansion

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Friedrich ataxia

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Mnemonics for Wernicke Encephalopathy

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ACO

ataxia, confusion, ophthalmoplegia

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Mnemonics: Korsakoff syndrome

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CHO

confabulations, hallucinations, amnesia

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Most common brain tumor in children

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infratentorial

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Most common brain tumor in adults

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supratentorial

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Most common brain tumor

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metastases

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Most common primary brain tumor

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Gliomas

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Location of astrocytoma in children/adults

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Children: cerebellum
Adults: cerebral cortex

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Locatioon of ependymoma in 1st two decades/adults

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1st two decades: near 4th ventricle

Adults: spinal cord

1p19q co-deletion

Oligodendrioglioma

Most common poorly differentiated brain tumor

Medulloblastoma