Showing posts with label NEUROLOGY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NEUROLOGY. Show all posts

Lewy body dementia when compared to Alzheimer's dementia

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Which of the following is more commonly seen in patients with Lewy body dementia when compared to Alzheimer's dementia? A) Hallucinati...

How to distinguish Athetosis from Chorea ?

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Sometimes is difficult to distinguish athetosis from chorea (hence the term choreoathetosis). Typically, however, athetoid movements are slo...

Grades of deep tendon reflexes

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 Which of the following grades of deep tendon reflexes best describes a patient with transient and intermittent clonus? a. Grade 0 b. Gra...

Diagram shows pathway of the pupillary light reflex

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This is a schematic diagram of the pupillary light reflex. The afferent limb originates in the retinal photoreceptors, which convert light...

Classic description of Normal-pressure hydrocephalus

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A 75-year-old man is brought in to your office by his wife. She complains that he is not the same over the last 6 months. His memory is fail...

Picture of Cranial Nerve 12 (Hypoglossal Nerve XII) Dysfunction and Assessment

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Hypoglossal nerve is a motor cranial nerve for the muscles of the tunge.So,If the right CN 12 is dysfunctional, the tongue will deviate to t...

About management of cauda equine syndrome

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A 45-year-old man complains of decreased sensation in his buttocks and inability to achieve an erection. On examination he has decreased ana...

Ramsay Hunt Syndrome(clinical)

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CAUSES: Classic Ramsay Hunt syndrome is ascribed to infection of the geniculate ganglion by herpesvirus 3 (varicella-zoster virus [VZV]). HI...

Brain herniation Sites

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Brain herniation refers to displacement of a portion of the brain from its normal position through openings in the inelastic dura secondary ...

Cranial Nerve 9 Dysfunction Pic

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Cranial Nerve 9 Dysfunction : Patient has suffered stroke, causing loss of function of left CN 9 (Glossopharyngeal nerve). As a result, uvul...

Researchers on a Completely fearless woman, Do you belive !!

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It has been known since the 1930s that when a certain part of monkeys’ brains were removed, the animals became fearless. Now similar effects...

The Confusion Assessment Model (CAM)

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Diplopia in a Patient with HIV Infection

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A 25-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who was receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy presented with a ...

Diagnostic Algorithm for Evaluation of Acute Myelopathies and Myelitis.

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How is Neuroblastoma Clinically Presentating ?

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Neuroblastoma is a childhood cancer that is diagnosed at a median age of about 17 months. Tumors can arise anywhere along the sympathetic ne...

Minimally Invasive Surgery Corrects Urinary Incontinence

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A DMC patient with urinary stress incontinence regains control with less-invasive surgery at DMC Sinai-Grace, performed by DMC Ob/Gyn specia...

6th Cranial Nerve Palsy

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Left 6th Cranial Nerve Palsy : Left eye unable to move laterally beyond midline. In this case, nerve dysfunction was caused by diabetes-indu...

Blepharospasm

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Blepharospasm is an abnormal tic, spasm, or twitch of the eyelid. It is sometimes referred to as Benign Essential Blepharospasm. Focal dyst...

causes of coma, mnemonic

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There are several medical causes of coma. One of the easiest ways to remember these causes is to use the mnemonic AEIOU TIPS: * A - alcoho...

Babinski Response

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Babinski Response: Note upgoing great toe upon stimulation of lateral foot in patient with upper motor neuron lesion.