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Amanda's Test Review
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03/24/2012

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What area of the brain would give these symptoms if a lesion was present:

Contralateral weakness or sensory change

Hemi-body pattern

Definition
Cerebral Hemisphere
Term
Patient comes in with mentation changes, language dysfunction, visual field changes and epileptic seizures what would you suspect the area of lesion?
Definition
Cerebral hemisphere
Term
What is the clinical name for necrosis because of lack of oxygen at the cerebral hemisphere level?
Definition
Cerebral infarction
Term
Bleeding the in cerebral hemisphere is called?
Definition
cerebral hemorage
Term
A tumor(neoplasm) of the cerebral hemisphere is called what?
Definition
glioma
Term
A patient comes in with gait ataxia. They have no pain or weakness in the limbs. It is found that there is a vascular lesion. What would the lesion be called?
Definition
Cerebellar infarction (at the cerebellum)
Term
What is a demyelination lesion of the cerebellum?
Definition
multiple sclerosis
Term
If atrophy of the muscle is found during physical examination, where is the nerve most likely damaged?
Definition
periphery
Term
If during a physical examination you find the person being hyper reflexive (possibly with clonus) where would you suspect a lesion?
Definition
central nervous lesion
Term
What area of the nervous system can show ipsilateral, contralateral or bilateral signs/symptoms?
Definition
Brainstem
Term
What area of the nervous system is Wallenberg syndrom associated with?
Definition
brainstem (specifically the medulla)
Term
A patient comes in with a loss of function below the belly button, there is no pain involved. Where would the lesion most likely take place?
Definition
Spinal cord (T10)
Term
Patient shows signs of weakness, faciculations, atrophy but no sensory symptoms, where would the lesion be?
Definition
anterior horn cell
Term
Brown-Sequard syndrome is associated with what nervous system part?
Definition
Spinal cord, caused by lateral hemisection (cutting), trauma
Term
Tabetic syndrome is associated with what?
Definition
infection of the spinal cord
Term
Syringomyelia is an anatomic lesion of what structure?
Definition
spinal cord
Term
What are the symptoms of radiculopathy usually associated with?
Definition
severe pain in one limb, with weakness AND sensory changes with the distribution of ONE root
Term
What are the symptoms of plexopathy?
Definition
Weakness, possibly sensory loss and pain in one limb with disruption of MULTIPLE roots
Term
Herniated disk could cause compression causing what?
Definition
radiculopathy
Term
What is an infection that could cause radiculopathy?
Definition
herpes zoster
Term
Saturday night palsy is a type of what neuropathy?
Definition
plexopathy
Term
Thoracic outlet syndrome is an example of a possible what neuropathy?
Definition
plexopathy (apical tumor of lung compressing brachial plexus)
Term
Injury to a single nerve is called what neropathy, and what could the symptoms be?
Definition
sensory loss, pain and/or paresthesias and weakness in the involved nerve distribution
Term
Carpal tunnel syndrome is an example of what type of neropathy?
Definition
mononeruopathy
Term
Meralgia paresthetica is an example of what neropathy?
Definition
mononeuropathy
Term
Tardy ulnar palsy is an example of what neropathy?
Definition
mononeuropathy
Term
Polio effects what area of the nervous system?
Definition
anterior horn cell
Term
What type of neuropathy is associated with diabetes melitus?
Definition
Symmetric peripheral polyneuropathy
Term
If a patient presented with primarily distal sensory loss and distal paresthesias with occasional distal weakness what type of neuropathy would you suspect?
Definition
Symmetric peripheral polyneropathy
Term
A patient comes in with vasculitic neuropathy what type of neuropathy is this associated with?
Definition
mononeuropathy multiplex
Term
A patients symptoms are sensory loss and weakness in the distribution of the involved nerves in various limbs, what neuropathy does he have most likely?
Definition
mononeuropathy multiplex
Term
A patient has had sensory loss and weakness for a long time and is now just coming to see you (a year). The symptoms look fairly symmetric, what neuropathy/ies could this be?
Definition
mononeuropathy multiplex or symmetric peripheral polyneuropathy
Term
A patient has sensory loss, possible pain and or parethesias and weakness. They present with trouble swallowing and binocular diplopia, what neuropathy is present?
Definition
cranial neuropathy (CN's III, IV, and/or VI involved)
Term
Bell's palsy and trigeminal neuralgia are examples of what neuropathy?
Definition
cranial neuropathy
Term
A patient has weakness of their biceps brachii. There is no pain or sensory loss. Where is the most likely place of the leasion?
Definition
neuromuscular junction
Term
A patient with myasthenia gravis has a problem at what part of the nervous system?
Definition
neuromuscular junction
Term
A patient with Lamber-Eaton disease has a problem with what area of the nervous system?
Definition
neuromuscular junction
Term
A patient shows weaknes in a muscle with diffuse pain and inflamation, where is the lesion?
Definition
Muscle
Term
Polymyositis and nuscular dystrophy are diseases of what?
Definition
muscle
Term
Disease of the cerebral hemispheres are called?
Definition
encephalopathy
Term
Disease of the spinal cord is call what?
Definition
myelopathy
Term
Disease of the muscle is called?
Definition
myopathy
Term
Pain the in distribution of a nerve or nerve root is called?
Definition
neuralgia
Term
Functional disturbance or pathologic change of one or more pheripheral nerves is called?
Definition
neuropathy
Term
What is numbness?
Definition
loss of sensation
Term
What is pain?
Definition
an unpleasant subjective sensory experience associated with or described in terms of actual or potential tissue damage
Term
What is the spontaneous abnormal sensations that the patient experiences in the absence of specific stimulation?
Definition
paresthesias
Term
What is a disease of the plexus?
Definition
plexopathy
Term
What is radiculopathy?
Definition
disease of the nerve root
Term
A patient comes in with mild diminished sensation on the entire left side of the body. (They can still feel some, just not as well as before) There is some mild, transient weakness of the muscles. The patient is in no discomfort. Whats a likely cause of the symptoms?
Definition
lacunar stroke
Term
Where does a lacunar stroke effect?
Definition
VPL/VPM thalamic nucleus
Term
What is the literal meaning of lacuna?
Definition
small lake
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