CNS PATHOLOGY HIGH YIELD

Question 1

ICP is associated with kind of effect?

Answer 1

mass effect

Question 2

what are the two types of ICP?

Answer 2

diffuse and focal

Question 3

2 categories of cerebral edema?

Answer 3

vasogenic edema

cytotoxic edema

Question 4

what are the types of hydrocephalus?

Answer 4

communicating
noncommunicating
hydrocephalus ex vacuo

Question 5

ICP can be caused by?

Answer 5

mass effect
cerebral edema
hydrocephalus
herniation

Question 6

what are the types of herniation?

Answer 6

subfalcine
transtentorial herniation
tonsillar herniation

Question 7

what are the types of malformation?

Answer 7

neural tube defects
forebrain abnormalities
posterior fossa abnormalities
perinatal brain injury

Question 8

what are the types of neural tube defects?

Answer 8

anencephaly
encephalocele
myelomeningocele
meningocele
spina bifida

Question 9

forebrain abnormality types?

Answer 9

polymicrogyria
megaloencephaly/microencephaly
lissencephaly
holoprosencephaly
agenesis of corpus callosum

Question 10

posterior fossa abnormalities?

Answer 10

Arnold chiari malformation

dandy walker malformation

Question 11

perinatal brain injury types?

Answer 11

cerebral palsy
*Injury in the prenatal or perinatal period
intraparenchymal hemorrhage