Neurology — Flashcards

Flashcard 61: _____ is a feature of the lateral medullary syndrome due to the involvement of nucleus ambiguus.

Answer: Dysphagia

Flashcard 62: CSF analysis in _____ syndrome will reveal albuminocytologic dissociation

Answer: Guillain-Barre

Flashcard 63: _____ (TAN) is an axonal condition associated with excessive cassava consumption

Answer: Tropical Ataxic Neuropathy

Extra: TAN presents with sensory ataxia, optic atrophy, and deafness. It is linked to chronic cyanide exposure from cassava consumption. Pathologically, it is characterized by distal axonal degeneration.

Flashcard 64: Lesions of the _____ cerebellar vermis are usually the result of degeneration from alcohol abuse and present with gait ataxia

Answer: anterior

Flashcard 65: The oculocephalic reflex or doll's eye reflex is used to assess the integrity of the cranial nerves III, _____, and VIII.

Answer: VI

Flashcard 66: _____ aneurysms located in the lenticulostriate vessels of the basal ganglia are commonly associated with hypertension

Answer: Charcot-Bouchard

Flashcard 67: _____ hydrocephalus often presents with a characteristic magnetic gait

Answer: Normal pressure

Flashcard 68: Paramedian thalamic syndrome is a _____ circulation infarction that occurs due to the involvement of artery of percheron

Answer: posterior

Flashcard 69: _____ partial seizures are characterized by impaired consciousness (intact or impaired)

Answer: Complex

Flashcard 70: _____ lung disease may be caused by poor muscular effort, such as polio, myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barre syndrome

Answer: Restrictive