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AAA Medicine CNS MCQ Key Points
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03/25/2013

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Term
Weakness and Spasticity
Definition
UMN Leison
Term
Fasciculations
Definition
LMN Leison
Term
Painless burn in hand
Definition
Syringomyelia
Term
Sensation lost on same side in Brown-Sequard
Definition
Proprioception
Term
Beevor Sign
Definition
Abdominal muscle
Term
Not affected in posterior column leison
Definition
Temperature sense
Term
Pathognomic for motor neuron disease
Definition
Fasciculation
Term
Spinomuscular Atrophy / Motor Neuron Disease / Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Definition
Involve Anterior Horn Cell
Term
Earliest presentation of Friedrich Ataxia
Definition
Ataxia
Term
Pyramidal tract involvement, absent deep tendon reflex and extensor plantar response (babinski +ve)
Definition
Friedrich Ataxia
Term
VII nerve at stylomastoid foramen
Definition
Loss of corneal reflex on same side
Term
Ataxia in which viral infection
Definition
Chicken Pox (VZV)
Term
Seen in juvenile Huntington's Dz
Definition
Chorea
Term
Inverted Lasegue sign in L_ leison
Definition
L3 Leison
Term
Uncinate fits in tumours of
Definition
Temporal Lobe
Term
Pseudocoma due to injury to
Definition
Pons
Term
Hang-up knee jerk
Definition
Chorea
Term
Foster's Test
Definition
Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Term
Frenkel's exercise
Definition
Tabes Dorsalis
Term
Balint's Syndrome
Definition
Simultanagnosia + Ataxia + Apraxia
Term
Bilateral Facial Palsy
Definition
Guillain Barre Syn
Term
Golden hour for thrombolytic therapy of stroke
Definition
3 hours
Term
IOC Cerebral Abscess
Definition
CT
Term
Superior Quadrantanopia + Headache
Definition
Temporal Lobe Tumour
Term
Coast of California Sign
Definition
NF
Term
Most common site of Alzheimer's leison
Definition
Nucleus of Meynert
Term
Isolated CN III Palsy
Definition
Diabetes
Term
Location of Brain Abscess in Cyanotic HD
Definition
Parietal Lobe
Term
Earliest feature of Multiple Sclerosis
Definition
Optic Neuritis
Term
Scaphyocephaly premature closure of
Definition
Saggital suture
Term
Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia
Definition
Multiple Sclerosis
Term
Word blindness
Definition
Angular Gyrus
Term
Ophthalmoplegic Migraine
Definition
Headache + partial paralysis of CN III on same side without scotoma
Term
Thunderclap Headache
Definition
SAH
Term
Headache + parasthesias on all 4 limbs
Definition
Migraine
Term
Headache + Tinnitus + Vertigo + Hearing Loss + Family History
Definition
Basilar Migraine
Term
SSPE seizure type
Definition
Myoclonic seizure
Term
Commonest seizure in newborn
Definition
Subtle
Term
DOC Absence Sz
Definition
Valproate
Term
Post-traumatic epilepsy
Definition
Weeks to months after head injury
Term
Safe anti-convulsant in hepatic porphyria
Definition
Paraldehyde
Term
Doc Partial Complex Sz
Definition
Carbamazepine
Term
Most epileptogenic leison
Definition
Lacunar infarct
Term
Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy seizure type
Definition
Complex Partial seizure
Term
Gustatory hallucinations in
Definition
Temporal lobe epilepsy
Term
M/C cause CVA
Definition
Embolism
Term
M/C type of Intracranial Hmg
Definition
Intracerebral Hmg
Term
M/C cause of Intracerebral Hmg
Definition
Hypertension
Term
M/C location of Hypertensive Hmg
Definition
Putamen / Ext Capsule (Basal Ganglia)
Term
M/C cause of SAH
Definition
Berry Aneurysm
Term
Least common site of Berry Aneurysm
Definition
Vertebral Artery
Term
M/C site of Berry Aneurysm
Definition
Junction of Ant Communicating Artery with Ant Cerebral Artery
Term
Leison in paracentral lobule / Ant Cerebral Artery Occulsion
Definition
Contralateral foot weakness
Term
M/C cause of hemiplegia is thrombosis of
Definition
Middle Cerebral Artery
Term
Type of speech in damaged categorical hemisphere
Definition
Senseless, fluent
Term
Lateral Medullary Syndrome by
Definition
Thrombosis of Vertebral Artery
Term
Wallenberg Syndrome involves CN
Definition
IX, X, XI
Term
Not seen in pontine stroke
Definition
Vagal Palsy
Term
Millard Gubler Syndrome involves
Definition
CN VI, VII + contralateral hemiparesis
Term
Nerve affected by Post. Communicating Artery aneurysm
Definition
CN III
Term
Scale for grading SAH
Definition
Hunt Hess Scale
Term
M/C cause of late neurological deterioration in CVA
Definition
Vasospasm
Term
Damage to superior branch of MCA
Definition
Motor Aphasia
Term
M/C CN involved in intracranial aneurysm
Definition
VI >> III
Term
Hemianopia (cortical blindness) + amnesia + thalamic pain d/t
Definition
Post. Cerebral Artery thrombosis
Term
Sudden onset hemiplegia + contralateral ophthalmoplegia
Definition
Mesencephalon leison
Term
Angioid Streaks
Definition
Sickle Cell Syndrome
Term
Hemiparesis + Hemisensory loss + Homonymous Hemianopia
Definition
Ant. Choroidal Artery Syndrome
Term
Not pure motor neuropathy
Definition
Arsenic intoxication
Term
Not ascending motor paralysis
Definition
Diphtheria
Term
Not seen in autonomic neuropathy
Definition
Bradycardia
Term
Episodic generalized weakness caused by electrolyte disturbance
Definition
Hyponatremia / Hypokalemia / Hypophosphatemia

NOT HYPOCALCEMIA
Term
Not a congenital myopathy
Definition
Z-Band Myopathy
Term
Thymoma causes what change in gamma globulins
Definition
Hypogammaglobulinemia
Term
Most sensitive test for Myasthenia gravis
Definition
Single fiber jitter EMG >> Edrophonium >>>>>> EMG
Term
Myasthenia gravis, thymectomy advised when
Definition
should be done in all cases
Term
Not involved in primary idiopathic polymyositis
Definition
Ocular muscles
Term
Gene for myotonic dystrophy on chromosome
Definition
21
Term
Inverted champagne bottle muscle atrophy
Definition
Peroneal muscle atrophy
Term
Not a limb girdle dystrophy
Definition
Dystrophin dystrophy
Term
Cardiac involvement not seen in
Definition
Fascio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy
Term
Relapsing polyneuropathy
Definition
Acute Intermittent Porphyria
Term
Segmental Peripheral Neuropathy
Definition
Amyloidosis
Term
High carbohydrate diet causes
Definition
Hypokalemic periodic paralysis
Term
Mononeuritis multiplex
Definition
Systemic necrotising vasculitis
Term
Toxic focal myopathy due to drug
Definition
Narcotics
Term
Lambert Eaton syndrome associated with
Definition
Oat Cell Lung Ca
Term
M/C finding in Fibromyalgia syndrome
Definition
Tiredness and insomnia
Term
Chorea due to leison in
Definition
Caudate nucleus
Term
Loss of what seen in Huntington's Dz
Definition
Intrastriatal cholinergic + GABAergic neurons
Term
Lobe involved in Alzheimer's Dz
Definition
Cortical atrophy of Temporo-Parietal Cortex
Term
Aphasia + Apraxia + Acalculia but no Agnosia
Definition
Alzheimer's Dz
Term
Filaments of Pick's Dz made of
Definition
Hyperphosphorylated Tau protein
Term
Dz exclusively involving neurons
Definition
Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Term
Triad of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Definition
1. Gait Disorder - Ataxia
2. Urinary Incontinence
3. Dementia
Term
Frequent falls + difficulty in looking down
Definition
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Term
Ataxia + Dementia + Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Definition
Steel - Richardson Syndrome
Term
Frequency of rest tremor in Parkinson's Dz
Definition
4-6 per sec
Term
Drug used to halt degeneration of dopaminergic neurons
Definition
Vitamin E
Term
DOC Akathasia
Definition
Propranolol
Term
Recurrent falls + Rigidity + Autonomic Insufficiency
Definition
Shy-Drager Syndrome
Term
Normal CSF glucose level compared to serum
Definition
2/3rd
Term
Not a complication of TB Meningitis
Definition
Sinovenous thrombosis / Cortical Venous Thrombosis
Term
Subdural empyema - causative organism
Definition
Strep. pneumoniae
Term
M/C cause of sporadic viral encephalitis
Definition
Herpes Simplex (HSV-1)
Term
Test for monitoring treatment of neurosyphilis
Definition
VDRL
Term
M/C fungal meningitis in immuno-compromised
Definition
Cryptococcus
Term
Jargon Aphasia seen in
Definition
Wernicke's aphasia
Term
Crossed aphasia
Definition
Right hemispherical leison in right handed person
Term
Opoid with high oral : parenteral activity
Definition
Methadone
Term
M/C intracranial neoplasm adults
Definition
Astrocytoma
Term
M/C intracranial tumour
Definition
Glioma
Term
M/C type of glioma
Definition
Astrocytoma
Term
M/C posterior fossa tumour in children
Definition
Astrocytoma
Term
Tumour with best prognosis
Definition
Cerebellar Astrocytoma
Term
M/C site of sub-ependymal astrocytoma
Definition
Foramen of munro
Term
M/C childhood brain tumour
Definition
Pilocytic Astrocytoma
Term
Brain tumour which does not spread via CSF
Definition
Craniopharyngioma
Term
M/C childhood tumour to metastasize outside brain
Definition
Medulloblastoma
Term
Chang Staging
Definition
Medulloblastoma
Term
CNS tumour in Von Hippel Lindau / Non-malignant CNS tumour
Definition
Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma
Term
CNS Tumour not causing spinal cord compression
Definition
Meningioma
Term
Most radiosensitive brain tumour
Definition
Medulloblastoma
Term
Seizures + MR + Sebaceous Adenomas + Shagreen patches
Definition
Tuberous Sclerosis
Term
Lhermitte Duclos Dz
Definition
Thickened Cerebellar Folli
Term
IOC for leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
Definition
Gd enhanced MRI
Term
Not seen in Guillain Barre Syndrome
Definition
1. Residual Disability
2. Sensory Levels
Term
Neuronophagia
Definition
Poliomyelitis
Term
Kenny packs
Definition
Poliomyelitis
Term
Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy caused by
Definition
JC Virus
Term
Inclusions in oligodendrocytes (white matter)
Definition
Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy
Term
prolonged progressive dementia + recent intermittent jerky movements + bipolar spikes on EEG
Definition
HSV - 1 encephalitis
Term
recent onset progressive dementia + recent intermittent jerky movements + biphasic waves on EEG
Definition
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
Term
See-saw nystagmus
Definition
Craniopharyngioma
Term
Presenting feature of metabolic encephalopathy
Definition
Anomic Aphasia
Term
Opsomyoclonus
Definition
Neuroblastoma
Term
Painful ophthalmoplegia + dilatation of cavernous sinus
Definition
Tolosa Hunt Syndrome
Term
Brain abscess in cyanotic heart disease
Definition
Parietal Lobe
Term
Spinal segments of knee jerk
Definition
L2, L3, L4
Term
Intracranial pain insensitive structure
Definition
Choroid Plexus
Term
Drug used in multiple sclerosis
Definition
Interferon - beta
Term
Best method to monitor ICP
Definition
Intraventricular catheter
Term
Drug causing pseudotumour cerebri (except vitaminA)
Definition
Nalidixic Acid
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