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Cause of unilateral spatial neglect and dressing apraxia

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Non-dominant inferior parietal lesion
- MCA infarct

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DWI-FLAIR mismatch

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Acute ischaemic lesion detect with DWI but not FLAIR - > within time window for thrombolysis

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Lamotrigine toxicity

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Sodium valproate
- Lamotrigine is extensively metabolised by N-glucoronidation
Sodum valproate inhibit its glucoronidation

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Major concern of increased use of keppra

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  • Mood disorders e.g. suicidality
  • Psychiatric disorder: aggression, abnormal behavior, suicide
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Triad of meniere disease

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  • Episodic vertigo, sensisorineural hearing loss and tinnitus
  • Dx only if episodic vertigo + sensorineural hearing loss
  • Aural fullness + nausea might be seen
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HINTS exam

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Head impulse: 20 degree sudden rotation of head with eyes fixed on distance
- Normal: eye will rotate in the opposite direction
- Peripheral: abnormal - unable to maintain fixation
- Central - eye will rotate in opposite direction
Nystagmus (central: bidirectional; peripheral: unidirectional)
Skew deviation - cover and uncover eyes alternatively
- Peripheral: no deviation
- Central: vertical skew deviation (uncovered eye quickly shift from central to abnormal skew position)

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Deep brain stimulation for PD
- Specific sites targeting
- Symptoms most likely improve on

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Two specific sites target: subthalamic nucleus and internal segment of globus pallidus
Helps to improve
- Levodopa responsive symptoms, tremor, on-off fluctuations and dyskinesia

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Stroke mimic > stroke

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  • Known cognitive impairment
  • LOC or seizure at onset
  • Migration of symptoms
  • Positive symptoms: paraesthesia, jerks
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Stroke > stroke mimic

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  • Exact time of onset
  • Patient could recall exactly what they were doing at sx onset
  • Well in the week
  • Focal symptoms or signs
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Management timing for acute stroke

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Thrombolysis within 4.5h after onset
Thrombectomy: within 24h

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Fridrich’s ataxia presentation

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  • limb ataxia
  • Early loss of position and vibration (posterior column spinal cord dysfunction)
  • Dorsal root and peripheral, primarily sensory, axonal neuropathy
  • Affect autonomic -> bladder dysfunction
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Rubrospinal tract

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Red nucleus in midbrain -> decussate near point of origin and descend contralaterally in lateral funiculus of the cord

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Rubrospinal tract

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Red nucleus in midbrain -> decussate near point of origin and descend contralaterally in lateral funiculus of the cord

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Transverse myelitis presentation

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  • Sensory, motor or autonomic dysfunction attributable to the spinal cord
  • Bilateral
  • Clearly defined sensory level
  • No evidence of compressive cord lesion
  • Inflammation defined by CSF pleocytosis or elevated IgG or gadolinium enhancement
  • Progression to nadir 4h - 21 days
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Ddx of optic neuritis

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  • MS
  • Neuromyelitis optica
  • Drugs ethambutol, alcohol
  • Vit B12 def
  • Ischaemic secondary to DM, temporal arteritis
  • Familial e.g. Leber’s disease
  • Infective: EBV
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Features suggestive for MS

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Suggestive
- Relapse and remissions
- Onset between 15-50
- Optic neuritis
- Lhermitte sign
- Internuclear ophthalmoplegia
- Fatigue
- Heat sensitivity (Uhthoff phenomenon)

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Use for ocrelizumab

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  • Deplete CD20 expressing B cell
  • For primary progressive MS
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Complications of levodopa

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  • Motor fluctuations
  • Involuntary movements (dyskinesia)
  • Abnormal cramps
  • Dystonia
  • NOT Gait disturbances
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Diagnosis criteria of essential tremor

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  • Bilateral action tremor of the hands and forearms (but not resting)
  • Absence of other neuro signs, wth exception of cogwheel phenomenon
  • Isolated head tremor with no signs of dystonia
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Steroid use in bell’s palsy

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Who has poor prognosis
- Severe complete paralysis
- Age > 60
- EMG: axonal degeneration
- Hyperacusis
- Altered taste

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Association of PRES

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  • HTN (53%)
  • Kidney disease (45%)
  • Malignancy (32%)
  • Dialysis dependency (21%)
  • Transplantation (24%)
  • AI disorders (11%)
  • Eclampsia (11%)
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Clinical presentation of PRES

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  • Seizure (85%)
  • Headache (50%)
  • Amaurosis/hemianopsia (blindness in nearly 50%)
  • Altered mental status/coma (40%)
  • N+V (30%)
  • Transient motor defect (10%)
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Triad of normal pressure hydrocephalus

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  • Gait impairment (specifically gait apraxia)
  • Dementia
  • Urinary incontinence
    Treatment
  • Potentially reversible
  • CSF drainage (VP shunt)
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Wallenberg syndrome (Lateral medullary syndrome)

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Occlusion of PICA
- Ipsilateral loss of facial pain and temp (trigeminal spinal nucleus and tract involvement)
- Contralateral loss of pain and temp (spinothalamic tract)
- Ipsilateral palatal, pharyngeal, vocal cord paralysis with dysphagia and dysarthria (nucleus ambigus)
- Ipsilateral horner syndrome (descending sympathetic fibres)
- Ipsilateral cerebellar syndrome
- Vertigo, N+V (vestibular nuclei)
- Hiccups (middle medulla)
- Diplopia (lower pons)

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Foster Kennedy syndrome
Inferior frontal lobe tumor - Optic atrophy in one eye - Papilloedema of others
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Gerstamann syndrome
- Agraphia, acalculia, finger agnosia, L right disorientation
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Cluster vs migraine
- Cluster a/w unilateral phonophobia and photophobia - Cluster: move around - Migraine: motionless
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CT head before LP
- Presence of papilledema - History of recent head trauma - Known or suspected intracranial lesion - Focal neuro signs - Depressed LOC
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Features of EMG of MND
- Chronic partial denervation with preserved motor conduction velocity
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Kennedy syndrome
- X-linked disorder - Gynaecomastia and infertility - LMN signs - progressive weakness in limb and bulbar muscle - Male, mid-adult life
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Treatment that prolong survival for MND
- NIV - Riluzole only slow progression - PEG only improves QoL
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MOA of riluzole
- Na channel blocker that inhibits glutamate release
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Conditions of purely UMN signs and purely LMN signs
Purely UMN - primary lateral sclerosis Purely LMN - primary muscular atrophy
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Drugs change level of carbamezapine
Increase - Macrolides - Isoniazid - Chloramphenicol - Ca blockers Reduce - Phenobarbitone - Phenytoin - Primidone - St john wart
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S/E of phenytoin
- Osteoporosis - Ataxia, nystagmus - Gingival hyperplasia - Coarsening of facial features - Loss of libido - Hormone dysfunction - BM hypoplasia
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S/E of vigabatrin
- Drowsiness (most common) - Neuropsychiatric symptoms - Weight gain - Visual field changes
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AED that can weight gain
- Vigabatrin - Pregablin - Valproate
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Features of posterior communicating aneurysm
- Painful 3rd nerve palsy
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MOA of COMT inhibitors
- Tolcapone and entacapone - Prolong and potentiate levodopa effect when given with levodopa - Reduce the peripheral (entacapaone) and central (tolcapone) methylataion of levodopa and dopamine
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Feature of 3rd nerve palsy
- Eye is deviate down and out - Ptosis - Pupil may be dilated
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Weber syndrome - midbrain infarct
- Ipsilateral 3rd nerve palsy with contralateral hemiplegia
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AED that affect OCP
- Enzyme inducer e.g. carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital - SODIUM valproate does not affect
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AED that most likely cause SJS
- Lamotrigine
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AED to avoid in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
- Carbamazepine Important to uncover any hx of jerking, esp in the morning, before starting drugs
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AED increase half life of lamotrigine
- Na valproate
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Treatment of Essential tremor
- Propranolol - Primidone - Alprazolam - Alcohol
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Most common immediate symptoms of excess levodopa
- N+V
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MOA of amantadine
- Enhance dopamine release - Peripheral s/e: livedo reticularis, ankle oedema - Other S/E: confusion, hallucination, nightmares
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S/E of COMT Inhibitors
- Tolcapone: dyskinesia, hallucination, confusion, nausea, orthostatic hypotension - Diarrhea, orange discoloration of urine, rarely hepatoxicity - Lower the dose of levodopa either before or after addition of tolcapone - Entacapone: not been a/w hepatoxicity
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Pathologic gambling with PD
- Cuased by Pramipexole - Dysregulation of dopaminergic tone
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Clinical presentation of progressive supranuclear palsy
- Disturbance of gait -> fall - Ophthalmoparesis or ophthalmoplegia (hallmark) - Dysarthria, dysphagia, rigidity, frontal cognitive abnormalities, sleep disturbances Poor response to levodopa
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Upper trunk branchial plexopathy (C5, C6)
- Loss of shoulder movement and elbow flexion - Sensory loss over lateral aspect of arm and forearm
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Lower trunk brachial plexopathy (C8, T1)
- Claw hand - Horner syndrome - Sensory loss over (ulnar) side hand and forearm
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Complete brachial plexopathy
- Horner - LMN signs - Sensory loss over whole limb
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Foot drop
- Common peroneal nerve, L5, sciatic nerve - If reflex intact -> common peroneal nerve or L5
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Complete brachial plexopathy
- Horner - LMN signs - Sensory loss over whole limb
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Femoral nerve
- usually seen in haemophilia patient with haematoma in iliacus muscle - Weak knee extension (quadriceps), absent knee jerk, loss of sensory inner aspect of thigh and leg
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Antibiotics reduce therapeutic effect of sodium valproate
- Carbapenum (meropenum, entapenum, imipenum)
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S1 lesions
Sensory loss of posterolateral leg and lateral foot Weakness in plantar flexion Reduced ankle reflex Positive sciatic nerve stretch test
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L3 nerve root
Sensory loss over anterior high Weak knee extension Reduced patellar reflex
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L4 nerve root
Sensory loss over the knee Weak ankle dorsiflexion Reduced patellar reflex

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