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1
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Unilateral, Severe periorbital headache with tearing and conjunctival erythema

A

Cluster Headache

2
Q

Prophylactic tx for migraine

A

Antihypertensive Meds
Antidepressants
Anticonvulsants

3
Q

Common pituitary tumur

Tx

A

Prolactinoma

D2 agonists (Bromocroptine)

4
Q

55 year old pt presents with acute “broken speech”.

What type of Aphasia?
What lobe and Vascular Distribution?

A

Broca’s

Frontal Lobe

Left MCA Distribution

5
Q

Most common cause of SAH

A

Trauma

2nd most common- Berry Aneurysm

6
Q

Crescent shaped hyperdensity on CT that does not cross the midline

A

Subdural Hematoma

Bridging Veins Torn

7
Q

Hx significant for initial altered mental status with an intervening lucid interval

Dx
Most likely source?
Tx?

A

Epidural Hematoma

Middle Meningeal Artery

Neurosurgical Evacuation

8
Q

CSF findings with SAH

A

Elevated ICP

RBCs

Xanthochromia

9
Q

Albuminocytologic Dissociation

A

Guillain-Barre Syndrome (Increase protein in CSF without a significant increase in cell count)

10
Q

Cold water is flushed into a pt ear, and the fast phase of nystagmus is toward the opposite side. Normal or pathologic?

A

Normal

11
Q

Most common 1 source of metastases to the brain

A
Lung
Breast
Skin
Kidney
GI
12
Q

May be seen in children who are accused of inattention in class and confused with ADHD

A

Absence Seizures

13
Q

Most frequent presentation of intracranial neoplasm

A

Headache

14
Q

Most common cause of seizures in children (2-10 years)

A

Infection
Febrile
Trauma
Idiopathic

15
Q

Most common cause of seizures in young adults (18 - 35)

A

Trauma
Alcohol withdrawal
Brain Tumur

16
Q

1st line med for status epilepticus

A

IV Benzodiazepine

17
Q

Confusion
Confabulation
Ophthalmoplegia
Ataxia

A

Wernicke’s Encephalopathy due to deficiency of thiamine

18
Q

What % of lesions is an indication for carotid endarterectomy

A

70% is the stenosis is symptomatic

19
Q

Most common cause of dementia

A

Alzheimer’s and Multi-Infarct

20
Q

Combined UMN and LMN disorder

A

ALS

21
Q

Rigidity and stiffness with resting tremor and masked facies

A

Parkinson’s Disease

22
Q

Mainstay of Parkinson’s Therapy

A

Levodopa / Carbidopa

23
Q

Tx for Guillain-Barre Syndrome

A

IVIG or Plasmapheresis

24
Q

Rigidity and stiffness that progress to choreiform movements, accompanied by moodiness and altered behavior

A

Huntington’s Disease

25
Q

6 year old girl presents with port-wine stain in the V2 distribution as well as with mental retardation, sqizures, and ipsilateral leptomeningeal angioma

A

Sturge-Weber syndrome

Tx- Symptomatically

Possible focal cerebral resection of the affected lobe

26
Q

Cafe Au Lait spots on skin

A

Neurofibromatosis Type 1

27
Q

Hyperphagia
Hypersexuality
Hyperorality
Hyperdocility

A

Kluver-Bucy Syndrome (Amygdala)

28
Q

May be administered to symptomatic pt to diagnose myasthenia gravis

A

Edroponium