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Goljan HY CNS

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CSF   choroid plexus in ventricles; enters subarachnoid space; removed by arachnoid granulations  
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CSF   less protein and glucose than serum; scant number of cells; ↑ chloride  
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Xanthochromia   yellow colored CSF due to bilirubin pigment; indicates subarachnoid hemorrhage  
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Papilledema of optic nerve   sign of cerebral edema (intracranial hypertension)  
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Uncal herniation   intracranial hypertension; medial portion temporal lobe through tentorium cerebelli  
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S/S   midbrain hemorrhage; CN III palsy (pupil down/out); mydriasis  
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Mydriasis in uncal herniation   compression of parasympathetic system  
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Cerebellar tonsils herniate into foramen magnum   intracranial hypertension  
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Hydrocephalus   ↑ CSF volume with distention of ventricles  
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Non-communicating   blockage aqueduct Sylvius MCC newborn  
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Communicating   choroid plexus papilloma; scarring of arachnoid granulations  
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Adults with hydrocephalus   progressive dementia, wide-based gait, urinary incontinence; THINK  
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Open neural tube defects   folate must be adequate before pregnancy; ↑ AFP  
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Spina bifida occulta   dimple overlying skin L5-S1; vertebral arch not completely closed  
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Meningocele   vertebral defect with meninges  
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Meningomyelocele   vertebral defect with meninges and spinal cord  
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Arnold Chiari syndrome   elongation medulla/cerebellar tonsils through foramen magnum  
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S/S   hydrocephalus, syringomyelia, meningomyelocele  
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Dandy Walker syndrome   hypoplasia of cerebellar vermis; hydrocephalus  
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Syringomyelia   enlarged cervical cord; fluid filled cyst in cervical spinal cord  
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S/S   loss pain/temperature upper extremities (spinothalamic); motor loss in hands (anterior horn cells)  
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Tuberous sclerosis   AD; mental retardation; hamartomas CNS/kidney; shagreen patches skin  
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Tuberous sclerosis   angiomyolipomas kidneys; rhabdomyoma of heart  
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Neurofibromatosis   AD; pigmented neurofibromas; cafe au lait spots  
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Associations   pheochromocytoma, brain tumors, acoustic neuromas  
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Meningitis   nuchal rigidity  
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CSF findings viral meningitis   ↑ CSF protein, normal CSF glucose, ↑ lymphocytes  
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CSF findings bacterial meningitis   ↑ CSF protein, ↓ CSF glucose, ↑ neutrophils  
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Encephalitis   inflammation of brain; mental status abnormalities; coma  
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Coxsackievirus   MCC viral meningitis  
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HSV-1   hemorrhagic necrosis in temporal lobes  
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Rabies   skunk and bat common vectors; Negri bodies in neurons; hydrophobia; flaccid paralysis  
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CMV   intranuclear inclusions; periventricular calcification in congenital infection  
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Polio virus   destruction of anterior horn cells; flaccid paralysis  
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis   slow virus disease due to rubeola (measles virus)  
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy   slow virus disease due to JC virus; common in AIDS  
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease   prions; spongiform encephalopathy  
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Risk factors   contact with human brain or contaminated beef (bovine disease)  
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Meningitis newborn   Streptococcus agalactiae (group B) MCC; E. coli, 2nd MCC  
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Listeria monocytogenes   newborn meningitis; gram + rods; pregnant mother should avoid soft cheeses  
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Neisseria meningitidis   MCC meningitis 1 month - 18-yrs-old; petechia and DIC characteristic  
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Streptococcus pneumoniae   MCC meningitis >18-yrs-old  
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis   complication primary TB; base of brain meningitis with vasculitis  
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Neurosyphilis   CSF with positive VDRL  
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Meningovascular syphilis   vasculitis causing strokes  
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General paresis   syphilis with dementia and brain atrophy  
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Tabes dorsalis   posterior root ganglia/posterior column; ataxia; absent deep tendon reflexes; Argyll-Robertson pupil  
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Argyll-Robertson pupil   pupil accommodates but does not react to direct light; THINK  
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Cryptococcus neoformans   MC opportunistic CNS fungal disease; positive India ink  
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Mucor species   frontal lobe abscess in diabetic ketoacidosis  
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Toxoplasma gondii   MCC space occupying lesion in AIDS; avoid cat litter and raw meat in pregnancy  
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Congenital toxoplasmosis   calcification basal ganglia; blindness; mental retardation  
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Naegleria and Acanthamoeba   amoeba in fresh water; meningoencephalitis  
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Taenia solium   pork tapeworm; adult with worms definitive host; adult with larva intermediate host  
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Cysticercosis   larval form of T. solium; produces blindness and calcified cysts in CNS (seizures)  
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Coup injuries   contusions at site of injury  
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Contrecoup injuries   contusion on opposite side of injury; frontal and temporal lobes  
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Epidural hematoma   temporoparietal skull fracture; tear middle meningeal artery  
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Subdural hematoma   tear bridging veins; venous blood clot; fluctuating levels of consciousness  
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Hypoxic injury   neurons more susceptible to damage than neuroglial cells  
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Laminar necrosis   liquefactive necrosis at watershed areas in cortex  
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Atherosclerotic stroke   pale infarction (liquefactive necrosis) extending to periphery of cerebral cortex  
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Causes atherosclerotic stroke   thrombosis of middle cerebral artery or carotid artery  
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MCA stroke   contralateral weakness/sensory loss; expressive aphasia if left hemisphere stroke  
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Amaurosis fugax   loss vision described as curtain going down and then up  
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Cause   embolus atherosclerotic plaque to branch of retinal artery (Hollenhorst plaque)  
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Vertebrobasilar stroke   vertigo, ataxia, ipsilateral sensory loss face/contralateral hemiparesis/sensory  
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Embolic stroke   hemorrhagic infarction extending to periphery cerebral cortex due to embolization  
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Intracerebral hemorrhage   complication hypertension  
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Cause of intracerebral hemorrhage   rupture of aneurysm of lenticulostriate vessels  
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Location of intracerebral hemorrhage   basal ganglia MC site  
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage   rupture of congenital berry aneurysm; severe occipital headache  
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Lacunar stroke   microinfarctions; due to hyaline arteriolosclerosis (hypertension, diabetes)  
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Pure motor stroke   posterior limb internal capsule  
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Pure sensory stroke   thalamus  
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Multiple sclerosis   autoimmune destruction myelin sheath/oligodendrocytes; plaques in white matter  
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S/S   scanning speech, intention tremor, nystagmus, paresthesias, weakness  
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Bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia   multiple sclerosis; demyelination MLF  
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CSF with oligoclonal bands   sign of demyelination  
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Central pontine myelinolysis   rapid intravenous correction of hyponatremia in alcoholic  
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Alzheimer’s disease   MCC dementia Alzheimer’s disease  
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Alzheimer’s disease   ↑ amyloid-ß destroys neurons; occipital lobe spared  
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Alzheimer’s disease   ↑ density of neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques  
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Down syndrome   develop Alzheimer’s disease at early age; 3 functioning chromosome 21s  
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Apo E gene allele ε4   gene product has high affinity for amyloid-ß  
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Parkinson’s disease   depigmentation substantia nigra neurons; Lewy bodies; ↓ dopamine  
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S/S   extrapyramidal (muscle rigidity), resting tremor, festinating (shuffling) gait  
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Causes   CO poisoning, Wilson’s, MPTP (meperidine derivative), drugs  
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Huntington’s disease   AD; atrophy of the head of the caudate nucleus; trinucleotide repeat disorder (anticipation)  
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S/S   movement disorder; dementia  
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)   degeneration of lower/upper motor neurons; no sensory changes  
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Werdnig Hoffman disease   childhood type of ALS  
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Wilson’s disease   AR; excess copper; cystic degeneration of putamen/globus pallidus  
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Vitamin B12 deficiency   posterior column (↓ proprioception, vibration); lateral corticospinal tract (UMN)  
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Alcohol   Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, cerebellar atrophy, central pontine myelinolysis  
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Wernicke encephalopathy   thiamine deficiency; IV with glucose can prompt acute attack  
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Wernicke encephalopathy   mammillary body hemorrhage (ring hemorrhages)  
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S/S   confusion, ataxia, nystagmus, ophthalmoplegia  
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Korsakoff's psychosis   limbic system; antegrade and retrograde memory deficits  
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Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP)   AD; deficiency uroporphyrinogen synthase; ↑ porphobilinogen  
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S/S   drug induced (alcohol, barbiturates); abdominal pain (“bellyful of scars”); dementia  
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Window sill test   urine in AIP colorless; turns port wine color with exposure to light (porphobilin)  
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Rx   heme infusions (inhibits δ-aminolevulinic acid synthetase)  
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Adult brain tumors   70% supratentorial; frontal lobe MC site  
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Childhood brain tumors   70% infratentorial; cerebellum MC site  
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Adult brain tumors (descending order)   GBM, meningioma, acoustic neuroma  
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GBM   high grade astrocytoma; hemorrhage and necrosis; may cross corpus callosum  
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Meningioma   female dominant; arise from arachnoid granulations; psammoma bodies; seizures  
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Acoustic neuroma   schwannoma of the VIIIth nerve; tinnitus; sensorineural hearing loss; neurofibromatosis  
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Childhood brain tumors   astrocytoma cerebellum (MC), medulloblastoma  
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Astrocytoma   MC primary brain tumor; frontal lobe MC site in adult; cerebellum MC site in child  
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Medulloblastoma   malignant tumor cerebellum; invades fourth ventricle  
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Ependymoma   arises in 4th ventricle in children and cauda equina in adults  
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Oligodendroglioma   frontal lobe tumor with dystrophic calcification  
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CNS lymphomas   metastasis MCC; primary CNS lymphoma associated with EBV in AIDS  
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Metastasis   MC brain malignancy; lung cancer MC site of origin; junction gray and white matter  
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Schwannoma   benign tumor Schwann cell; MC peripheral nerve tumor; alternating dark and light areas  
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AIDS dementia   due to HIV; multinucleated microglial cells  
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CMV retinitis   MCC of blindness in AIDS; Rx. ganciclovir (foscarnet if unsuccessful)  
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Peripheral neuropathy   myelin destruction (sensory; paresthesias); axon destruction (muscle atrophy)  
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Peripheral neuropathy   DM MCC; thiamine/pyridoxine deficiency; vinca alkaloids (vincristine)  
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Guillain-Barre syndrome   MCC autoimmune demyelination of peripheral and spinal nerves  
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Risk factors   M. pneumoniae, influenza vaccine, Campylobacter jejuni  
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S/S   ascending paralysis; CSF increased protein, lymphocytes; Rx. plasmapheresis  
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth   AD; common peroneal nerve palsy; inverted bottle appearance  
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Idiopathic Bell’s palsy   facial muscle paralysis due to inflammation of cranial nerve VII  
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Lyme disease   facial nerve MC cranial nerve involved; bilateral Bell’s palsy  
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Bacterial conjunctivitis   Staphylococcus aureus  
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Viral conjunctivitis   adenovirus MC; HSV-1 (dendritic ulcers)  
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Sudden loss of vision   amaurosis fugax, central retinal artery or vein occlusion  
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Uveitis   inflammation of iris, choroid, ciliary body; blurry vision; ankylosing spondylitis, sarcoidosis  
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Optic neuritis   multiple sclerosis MCC; methyl alcohol poisoning  
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Glaucoma   increased intraocular pressure; fluid cannot exit canal of Schlemm; causes optic atrophy  
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Optic atrophy   blindness; pale disc; glaucoma, optic neuritis  
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Macular degeneration   MCC permanent visual loss in elderly  
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Meniere’s disease   increased endolymph; tinnitus, vertigo, sensorineural hearing loss  
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Presbycusis   MCC sensorineural hearing loss in elderly  
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Otosclerosis   MCC conductive hearing loss in elderly; fusion of ear ossicles  
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Impacted wax in outer ear canal   conduction hearing loss  
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Weber test lateralizes to left ear, bone>air conduction (Rinne test)   conduction loss left ear  
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Weber test lateralizes to left ear, air>bone conduction both ears   sensorineural hearing loss right ear  
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Otitis media   MCC conduction hearing loss in children; S. pneumoniae MCC  
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Malignant external otitis in diabetic   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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