Neurodegenerative diseases — Flashcards

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The number of neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's correlates with degree of _____

_____ dementia is a result of multiple arterial infarcts and/or chronic ischemia (e.g. hypertension, atherosclerosis, vasculitis)

Frontotemporal dementia (Pick disease) may have ubiquitinated _____ inclusions seen on histology

Lewy body dementia is characterized by intracellular lewy bodies primarily in the _____

What pathology is characterized by degeneration of the basal nucleus of Meynert? _____

What is the term for infarcted tissue in the basal ganglia or internal capsule caused by occlusion of a lenticulostriate artery?

epidural hematoma

central pontine myelinolysis

subdural hematoma

#10

subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Flashcard 1: The number of neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's correlates with degree of _____

Answer: dementia

Flashcard 2: _____ dementia is a result of multiple arterial infarcts and/or chronic ischemia (e.g. hypertension, atherosclerosis, vasculitis)

Answer: Vascular

Flashcard 3: Frontotemporal dementia (Pick disease) may have ubiquitinated _____ inclusions seen on histology

Answer: TDP-43

Flashcard 4: Lewy body dementia is characterized by intracellular lewy bodies primarily in the _____

Answer: cortex (location in the brain)

Flashcard 5: What pathology is characterized by degeneration of the basal nucleus of Meynert? _____

Answer: Alzheimer disease

Flashcard 6: What is the term for infarcted tissue in the basal ganglia or internal capsule caused by occlusion of a lenticulostriate artery?

Answer: lacunar infarct

Flashcard 7: epidural hematoma

Answer: rupture of middle meningeal artery; fracture of temporal bone

Extra: rapid arterial bleedinglucid interval followed by decreased LOC; CN 3 palsy, increased ICPCT: biconvex, hyperdense blood; does not cross sutures; may cross falx, tentorium

Flashcard 8: central pontine myelinolysis

Answer: often iatrogenic; caused by rapid correction of hyponatremia

Extra: massive axonal demyelination of pontine white matter tractsacute paralysis, dysarthria, dysphagia, diplopia, loss of consciousness; +/- locked-in syndromeT2 MRI: increased signal in central pons

Flashcard 9: subdural hematoma

Answer:

Extra: slow venous bleeding via rupture of bridging veinsdecreased LOC, increased ICPCT: crescent shaped, hyperdense blood; midline shift; may cross sutures; does not cross falx, tentorium brain atrophyelderly, alcoholics

Flashcard 10: subarachnoid hemorrhage

Answer:

Extra: rapid arterial bleeding after rupture of aneurysm"worst headache of my life", decreased LOC, increased ICPbloody or yellow CSFCT: blood conforms to shape of gyri, pools in cisterns nimodipine for late-onset vasospasmvasospasm 2-3 days later, potential for rebleed

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