What is the most common form of spongiform encephalopathy? _____
#2
Viral meningitis is associated with _____ glucose in the CSF
#3
What is used to differentiate between primary CNS lymphoma and toxoplasmosis?_____
#4
What type necrosis is seen with brain infarcts and abscess? _____
#5
Primary CNS lymphoma must be distinguished from _____ infection via CSF analysis or other lab tests
#6
Bacterial meningitis may cause death due to _____, secondary to cerebral edema
#7
Spongiform encephalopathy is characterized histologically by intracellular _____ due to damage to neurons and glial cells
#8
Negri bodies of Rabies virus can be found in the cytoplasm of the _____ cells and cerebellar purkinje cells
#9
Lab results of S. pneumoniae meningitis include _____ polymorphonuclear cells in CSF (high or low)
#10
What is the term for infarcted tissue in the basal ganglia or internal capsule caused by occlusion of a lenticulostriate artery?
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CNS infections Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: What is the most common form of spongiform encephalopathy? _____
Answer: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
Flashcard 2: Viral meningitis is associated with _____ glucose in the CSF
Answer: normal
Flashcard 3: What is used to differentiate between primary CNS lymphoma and toxoplasmosis?_____
Answer: Brain biopsy
Flashcard 4: What type necrosis is seen with brain infarcts and abscess? _____
Answer: Liquefactive necrosis
Flashcard 5: Primary CNS lymphoma must be distinguished from _____ infection via CSF analysis or other lab tests
Answer: toxoplasmosis
Flashcard 6: Bacterial meningitis may cause death due to _____, secondary to cerebral edema
Answer: herniation
Flashcard 7: Spongiform encephalopathy is characterized histologically by intracellular _____ due to damage to neurons and glial cells
Answer: vacuoles
Flashcard 8: Negri bodies of Rabies virus can be found in the cytoplasm of the _____ cells and cerebellar purkinje cells
Answer: hippocampal pyramidal
Flashcard 9: Lab results of S. pneumoniae meningitis include _____ polymorphonuclear cells in CSF (high or low)
Answer: high
Flashcard 10: What is the term for infarcted tissue in the basal ganglia or internal capsule caused by occlusion of a lenticulostriate artery?
Answer: lacunar infarct
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