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Neurology

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MRI: T1/T2   show
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show usually MRI (if CI: myelogram)  
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Nuclear imaging: indications   show
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show should smile  
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suprasellar cistern appearance (if healthy):   show
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Trauma/Bleeds: imaging of choice   show
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Head trauma: 5 questions   show
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Lucid interval seen in what trauma?   show
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epidural hematoma: appearance on CT   show
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show usually venous (bridging veins in space)  
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show Acceleration/ Deceleration injury; Veins transversing subdural space  
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show Cross suture lines and extends over larger area; Crescent shaped  
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show Trauma, Drugs, or Ruptured Aneurysm. Sx: thunderclap/ worst HA of my life  
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SAH: appearance on CT   show
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show Floating palate, fx maxillary sinus  
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show Pyramidal fx, medial orbital and lateral maxilla  
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show Craniofacial disjunction, horizontal orbits  
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show comminuted floor fx: herniated orbital contents; inf rectus mx entrap or vert diplopia d/t edema; blood in max sinus when orbital trauma  
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show prob not need CT, but need look in nose  
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Spine x-ray: 5 lines   show
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Spondylolisthesis: look also for:   show
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Normal disk on MRI:   show
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Degenerative disk on MRI:   show
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show Demyelination; Cysts; Infarction; Tumor  
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show patchy T2 signal; may be d/t: MS; Post infectious Myelitis; Compressive Myelopathy; Post Radiation  
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Spinal cord infarction on MRI   show
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show Ependymomas; Astrocytomas; Hemangioblastomas; Mets  
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CVA   show
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Edema on MRI   show
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show Not dx; only to r/o other conditions that would CI some tx (tumor, bleed)  
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show MCA stroke  
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CVA on CT   show
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Brain neoplasm: imaging of choice   show
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Brain neoplasm: presentation   show
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show Meninges, Ventricles, Skull  
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show Brain parenchyma  
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Astrocytoma   show
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Astrocytoma: Grade IV   show
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Meningioma   show
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show 1/3 of all intracranial neoplasms; lung, breast, melanoma, colon, lymphoma, prostate  
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Brain neoplasm: imaging   show
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Brain neoplasm: most common site for kids (unlike adults)   show
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Head & Neck ca   show
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Acute sinusitis   show
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Chronic sinusitis: imaging:   show
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Croup   show
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show Acute fever, dysphagia, stridor, sniffing position, resp fail; formerly H flu, now SP; Imaging: Thumb print sign  
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AIDS-related CNS infxn: imaging of choice   show
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show MR sensitive, but not diagnostic; Periventricular T2 bright signal: inflammation  
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NPH   show
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show early cerebritis (swollen/edema; high T2); late cerebritis (inc central necrosis; vasogenic edema at edges); early capsule; late capsule (well define ring)  
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Meningioma: imaging   show
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show Lesion is at subthalamic nucleus on left  
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show Angiography is definitive. CT / MRI may not be thorough enough for smaller  
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show Noncontrast CT > MRI. Avoid LP.  
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show Diffusion weighted is more sensitive thatn nondiffusion weighted for cerebral ischemia  
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show Absence (petit-mal) seizures  
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show Normal head CT. Carotid Doppler: high grade stenosis (eg, left ICA). Also do MRA, CTA, catheter angiography  
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show Carotid US normal (no brain large vessel problem)  
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show pulse; EKG; 24-48 hr EKG; TTE (microcavitation); TEE  
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Asymptomatic carotid stenosis: dx studies   show
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best modality to distinguish ischemic from hemorrhagic stroke:   show
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show arteriography; MRA more common (less invasive)  
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show CT or MRI to r/o cerebral hemo; cardiac w/u; cbc, esr, coags, antiphospholipids; Poss echo, ecg, carotid doppler  
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show CT (90%); CSF: hi opening P & bloody fluid; cerebral angiography, EEG  
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show simple partial seizure  
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show complex partial seizure  
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show multiple characteristic white matter lesions or plaques: periventricular or subcortical U-fibers, corpus callosum lesions  
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show Schumacher; Poser: Macdonald  
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show abscess or tumor  
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Symptoms from plateau waves   show
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show H&P; CT +/- MRI; EEG; LP; PET  
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Trauma/Bleeds: imaging of choice   show
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show lenticular (biconvex)  
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subdural hematoma: appearance on CT   show
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show Linear, within cisterns and sulci; bleed follows outlines of the gyri  
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Normal vertebral disk on MRI:   show
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Degenerative disk on MRI:   show
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show Demyelination; Cysts; Infarction; Tumor  
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show patchy T2 signal; may be d/t: MS; Post infectious Myelitis; Compressive Myelopathy; Post Radiation  
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show Gray Matter Affected Preferentially: H-pattern high T2 signal  
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show T1: dark; T2: bright  
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show Not dx; only to r/o other conditions that would CI some tx (tumor, bleed)  
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show MRI  
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Brain neoplasm: imaging   show
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show MRI; 2/3 develop CNS infxn  
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MS imaging   show
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show Ventriculomegaly out of proportion to sulcal prominence  
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show early cerebritis (swollen/edema; high T2); late cerebritis (inc central necrosis; vasogenic edema at edges); early capsule; late capsule (well define ring)  
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Meningioma: imaging   show
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Ulnar neuropathy: Dx   show
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show EMG/NCS (distinguish from peroneal neuropathy); xray  
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Dx:   show
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show CMT I: segmental demyelination; reduced motor & sensory conduction velocity; CMT II: axonal loss; normal/sl dec motor conduction, dec SNAPs; chronic partial denervation in affected mx  
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show high CSF pro; EMG/NCS: dec motor velocity, sensory conduction  
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show CSF protein normal; nerve bx; EMG/NCS: dec motor velocity, sensory conduction  
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show NCS: slow S/M nerve conduction velocities; poss denervation/axonal loss; CSF high pro  
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MG dx studies   show
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Huntington dz on CT   show
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show decreased glucose metab  
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Neuroimaging not needed when:   show
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show Neuro exam abnormal; progressively worsening HA; new persistent HA; new, rapid onset HA (thunderclap headache); HA does not respond to standard tx  
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lemon sign on US   show
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banana sign on US   show
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5 steps to dx & tx pt w/suspected brain tumor   show
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Fisher grade is used to:   show
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show classify severity of symptoms in SAH  
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Alzheimer dx   show
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show uses electrodes; record response to shock (amp & timing)  
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EMG   show
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NCS / EMG utility:   show
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show to study conduction of CNS pathways; electrodes on scalp; brain potentials recorded in response to stim  
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Evoked potential studies: 3 kinds:   show
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Evoked potential studies: useful to dx:   show
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Visual evoked potential: optic neuritis:   show
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SSEP   show
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Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma): dx with:   show
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Causes of ring-enhancing lesion (mnemonic)   show
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show tuberous sclerosis complex  
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