Neurology 1
Occurs when the brain is damaged by a sudden disruption in the flow of blood to a part of the brain (embolic) or by bleeding inside the head (hemorrhagic)
What is CVA (Stroke)?
Surgical excision if conservative treatment fails: Percutaneous discectomy, Microdiskectomy, Diskectomy; Removal of the disk with laminectomy and fusion of the vertebrae
What is Herniated and bulging disk?
Disorder of the facial nerve (7th cranial nerve) that causes a sudden onset of weakness or paralysis of facial muscles
What is Bell palsy?
Blood dyscrasia in which leukocyte levels become extremely low
What is Agranulocytosis (Neutropenia)?
Overproduction of immature lymphoid cells (lymphoblasts) in the bone marrow and lymph nodes
What is Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)?
Temporary episodes with a duration of less than 24 hours of impaired neurologic functioning caused by an inadequate flow of blood to a portion of the brain
Caused by trauma, degeneration, or rupture of the nucleus pulposus in intervertebral disks L4 to S3; Often termed sciatica because of the compression on the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots
What is Sciatic nerve injury - Spinal stenosis?
Diagnostic signs: Kernig & Brudzinski
What is meningitis?
Abnormal increase in the amount of hemoglobin, the red blood cell count, or the hematocrit, causing an absolute increase in RBC mass; Absolute & Relative
What is Polycythemia (Polycythemia vera)?
Neoplasm that involves the lymphocytes. Slowly progressing disease that results in the accumulation of mature-appearing but hypofunctional, lymphocytes
What is Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)?
Possible bruising of the cerebral tissue that is caused by back and forth movement of the head as in an acceleration-deceleration insult
What is Cerebral Concussion?
Hereditary degenerative disease of the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia; progressive atrophy of the brain occurs
What is Huntington chorea/disease?
A viral infection of the anterior horn cells of the gray matter of the spinal cord and causes a selective destruction of the motor neurons
What is Poliomyelitis and Postpolio syndrome?
Progressive impairment of the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Ultimately life-threatening
What is Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)?
Abnormal collection of lymph, usually in the extremities
What is lymphedema?
More serious than a concussion. Bruising of the tissue along or just beneath the surface of the brain
What is Cerebral Contusion?
Pain of the area innervated by the fifth cranial nerve
What is Trigeminal Neuralgia?
Acute, rapidly progressive disease of the spinal nerves
What is Guillain-Barré syndrome?
Results when the blood or blood product transfused has antibodies to the recipient’s RBS’s or the recipient has antibodies to the donor RBC’s
What is Transfusion incompatibility reaction?
A number of heterogeneous neoplasms of the lymphoid cells that exhibit a wide variety of clinical signs and symptoms
What is Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)?
Key signs: Battle’s sign (bruising behind the ears) and Raccoon eyes (bleeding around or under the eyes)
What is Depressed skull fracture?
Progressive, destructive motor neuron disease that results in muscular atrophy
What is Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (Lou Gehrig disease)?
Cancer of the lymphatic system in which the involved cells proliferate and interfere with normal function by collecting in masses in various parts of the body
What is Hodgkin lymphoma?
Condition of simultaneous hemorrhage and thrombosis. Occurs secondary to other diseases
What is Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)?
Slowly progressive neoplasms that arises in a hematopoietic stem cell or early progenitor cell, resulting in an excess of mature-appearing, but hypofunctional, neutrophils
What is Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) (Also called chronic myeloid, or myelocytic leukemia)?