Flashcards in Neuro J Peripheral Deck (25):
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Dorsal root v. Ventral root
Sensory v Motor
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Polyarteritis Nordosa nerve problem
Mononeuropathy Multiplex
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Dermatomes
1. Big Toe
2. Outside of Foot
1. L5
2. S1
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Diabetes nerve problem
Lumbosacral plexopathy
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Brachial plexopathy
Parsonage-Turner Syndrome
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Polyneuropathy
Symmetric stocking-glove pattern neuropathies
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Most common polyneuropathy
Hereditary
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Most common risk for polyneuropathy (3)
Diabetes, Alcohol, Malignancy
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Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy
Muscle weakness, autonomic dysfunction
Guillan-Barre (Campylobacter or Herpes infection)
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AIDP autoimmune target
Gangliosides (GM1)
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AIDP first deficiency
Reflexes (demyelinating)
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Miller Fisher AIDP variant
More gait ataxia than muscle weakness
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AIDP spinal tap
Albuminocytologic dissociation
(elevated protein, no cells)
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AIDP Tx
Plasmapheresis
IV Ig
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CIDP differences from AIDP
Much slower
Muscular atrophy
Neck flexor weakness
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CIDP Tx
Steroids
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B12 degeneration
Subacute combined degeneration
Dorsal column & lateral corticospinal
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Lyme disease pathogen
Borrelia Burgdorferi
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Lyme disease neuropathy
Cranial nerves
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#1 cause of neuropathy
Leprosy
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Leprosy - 2 unique findings
1. Peripheral nerve hypertrophy
2. Reflexes unaffected
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#1 hereditary neuropathy
Charcot Marie Tooth
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CMT pathology
Slowly progressive distal muscle atrophy
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HNPP
Hereditary Neuropathy with liability to Pressure Palsy
-Mononeuropathy Multiplex
-CMT cousin
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