CNS Infections — Flashcards

In a typical brain abscess patient, the glucose in the CSF will be _____

What is the hallmark of idiopathic intracranial hypertension?_____

Rapid correction of _____-natremia results in cerebral edema/herniation

The most common type of HIV-associated peripheral neuropathy is _____ polyneuropathy.

What opening pressure (lumbar puncture) is associated with viral meningitis? _____ or increased pressure

_____ syphilis can result in Tabes Dorsalis, or demyelination of the dorsal column and roots

_____ is associated with temporal lobe encephalitis

Hint: what virus

_____ syndrome also known as 'dementia pugilistica', is a cumulative process and many episodes of minor head injury add up to produce the typical lesions.

Optic nerve glioma (15–40%), a pilocytic astrocytoma, is commonly seen in _____

Hint: inherited condition

_____ nerve marked as "D" is involved in Frey's syndrome