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Table 23 Causes of chronic daily headache (p. 182)
Type of Headache |
Symptoms and Signs/Syndromes |
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Primary headache |
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Chronic tension |
See p. 182 |
headache |
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Migraine |
Mild to severe, often unilateral pain (transformed migraine). Additional migraine at- |
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tacks (p. 184) |
Atypical facial pain |
Unilateral or bilateral pain, often predominantly felt in the nasolabial or palatal region, |
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often very severe. Unresponsive to a wide variety of medical and surgical therapies. |
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Normal findings on a wide variety of diagnostic tests (“diagnosis of exclusion”) |
Secondary headache |
Posttraumatic, drug-induced, vascular (p. 182), intracranial mass, hydrocephalus, sinusi- |
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tis, parkinsonism, cervical dystonia, myoarthropathy of the masticatory apparatus,1 |
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mental illness (depression, schizophrenia, hypochondria), cervical spine lesions |
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(degenerative lesions, fractures, Klippel–Feil syndrome), Down syndrome, basilar im- |
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pression, osteoporosis, skull metastasis, spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, lesions of cer- |
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vical spinal cord/meningismus (tumor, hemorrhage, syringomyelia, cervical myelopathy, |
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von Hippel–Lindau syndrome, meningitis, carcinomatous meningitis, intracranial hypo- |
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tension) |
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1 Temporomandibular joint dysfunction, oromandibular dysfunction.
Table 24 Prognostic factors in epilepsy (p. 198)
Favorable Prognostic Factors |
Unfavorable Prognostic Factors |
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One seizure type |
Multiple seizure types |
No interictal neurological deficit |
Interictal neurological deficit |
Older age of onset |
Younger age of onset |
Seizures secondary to a treatable disease |
Spontaneous seizures |
Individual seizures of short duration |
Status epilepticus |
Frequent seizures |
Infrequent seizures |
Good response to anticonvulsants |
Poor response to anticonvulsants |
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(Neville, 1997) |
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Table 25 Causes of syncope (p. 200)
Cause |
Underlying Condition/Trigger |
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Cardiac |
Arrhythmia (bradyrhythmia, tachyrhythmia, or reflex arrhythmia), heart disease (e. g., |
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cardiomyopathy, myxoma, mitral stenosis, congenital malformation, pulmonary em- |
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bolism) |
Hemodynamic |
Hypovolemia, hypotension (vasovagal as an emotional reaction to pain, anxiety, sudden |
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shock, sight of blood; hypotension from prolonged standing, heat, exhaustion, alcohol; |
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multiple system atrophy; polyneuropathies, e. g., amyloid, hereditary, toxic; polyradicu- |
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lar neuropathies/Guillain–Barré syndrome; antihypertensive agents, nitrates, other |
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drugs; postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome = POTS; paraplegia above T6) |
Cerebrovascular |
Subclavian steal syndrome, basilar migraine, Takayasu disease |
Metabolic |
Hypoglycemia, hyperventilation, anemia, anoxia, postprandial (older individuals) |
Miscellaneous |
Coughing fit (cough syncope = tussive syncope = laryngeal syncope), micturition (mic- |
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turition syncope), defecation, prolonged laughing (“laughing fit”, geloplegia), glos- |
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sopharyngeal neuralgia, affect-induced respiratory convulsion in childhood (breath- |
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holding spells), pop concerts (teenage females), lying in supine position during preg- |
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nancy (supine syndrome) |
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(Bruni, 1996; Lempert, 1997) |
Table 26 Causes of sudden falling without loss of consciousness (p. 204)
Type of Fall/Pathogenesis |
Cause |
Features |
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Drop attack |
TIA1 in vertebrobasilar territory |
Usually accompanied by dizziness, |
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diplopia, ataxia, or paresthesias |
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TIA in anterior cerebral artery |
Seen when the two anterior cere- |
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territory |
bral arteries arise from a common |
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trunk |
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Colloid cyst of 3rd ventricle |
Position-dependent headache |
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Posterior fossa tumor |
Sudden fall after flexion of neck |
Parkinsonism |
Parkinson disease, multiple |
See p. 206 f |
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system atrophy |
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Muscle weakness |
Myopathy, Guillain–Barré syn- |
See p. 50 f |
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drome, polyneuropathy, spinal |
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lesions |
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Spinal or cerebellar ataxia, gait |
Funicular myelosis, cerebellar |
See specific diseases |
apraxia |
lesions, metabolic encephalo- |
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pathies, hydrocephalus, lacunar |
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state, cervical myelopathy, multi- |
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ple sclerosis |
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Cryptogenic |
Unknown |
Occurs in women over 40 while |
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walking |
Vestibular disorder |
Ménière disease (vestibular drop |
Dizziness, nausea, nystagmus, tin- |
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attack Tumarkin otolithic crisis); |
nitus. Vestibular drop attacks may |
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occasionally due to otitis media, |
occur in isolation |
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toxic or traumatic causes |
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Cataplexy |
Loss of muscle tone triggered by |
Alone or with narcolepsy |
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emotional stimuli (fright, laughter, |
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anger) |
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1 Transient ischemic attack. |
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Table 27 Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (pp. 216, 218) |
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Manifestations |
Additional Information Needed for Diagnosis |
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Two or more episodes; objective eviden- |
None |
ce1 of 2 or more lesions |
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Two or more episodes; objective evidence |
Disseminated lesions (MRI2) or two or more MS-typical lesions |
of 1 lesion |
(MRI and positive CSF tests3) or relapse4 |
One episode; objective evidence of 2 or |
Dissemination of lesions over time (MRI5) or relapse |
more lesions |
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One episode; objective evidence of 1 le- |
Disseminated lesions (MRI2) or two or more MS-typical lesions |
sion (monosymptomatic syndrome) |
(MRI + positive CSF findings3) + dissemination of lesions over |
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time (MRI5) or relapse |
Gradual worsening of neurological |
Positive CSF findings3 + disseminated lesions6 or pathological |
manifestations suggestive of MS |
VEP + 4–8 cerebral lesions7 + dissemination of lesions over time |
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(MRI5) or continuous progression for 1 year |
(McDonald et al., 2001)
1 MRI, CSF, visual evoked potentials (VEP). 2 For special criteria, see McDonald et al., 2001. 3 Oligoclonal immunoglobulin, elevated IgG index. 4 Topographic-anatomic classification differs from that of previous episodes. 5 Follow-up examination after an interval of at least 3 months; for special criteria, see McDonald et al., 2001. 6 Nine or more cerebral lesions or two or more spinal lesions or 4–8 cerebral lesions + 1 spinal lesion. 7 In patients with fewer than 4 cerebral lesions, at least 1 additional spinal lesion must be observed by MRI.
Table 28 Therapeutic guidelines for meningoencephalitis (p. 224)
Clinical Features |
Additional Findings |
Treatment1 |
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Previously healthy patient |
Gram-positive cocci in CSF |
Vancomycin + cephalosporin |
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Gram-negative cocci in CSF |
Penicillin G |
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Gram-positive bacilli in CSF |
Ampicillin or penicillin G + |
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aminoglycoside3 |
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Gram-negative bacilli in CSF |
Cephalosporin2 + aminoglycoside3 |
Previously healthy patient |
Negative CSF Gram stain5 |
Bacterial infection suspected: |
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cephalosporin2. Age !50 years + |
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ampicillin |
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Viral infection suspected: influenza |
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A, amantadine or rimantadine; |
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herpes simplex (p. 236); cytome- |
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galovirus (p. 244); poliovirus |
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(p. 242); HIV (p. 241); varicella |
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zoster (p. 239) |
Septic focus (e. g., mastoiditis), |
Supportive evidence from imaging |
Vancomycin + cephalosporin2 |
neurosurgery, head trauma |
study, e. g., CT with bone windows |
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Immune deficiency/immunosup- |
(possible) Brain stem signs, Gram- |
Ampicillin + ceftazidime |
pressant therapy4 |
negative bacilli in CSF |
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Nosocomial infection |
(possible) Gram-negative bacilli in |
Cephalosporin2 + e. g., oxacillin or |
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CSF |
fosfomycin + aminoglycoside3 |
Focal neurological signs |
Temporal lobe process demon- |
Acyclovir (p. 236) |
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strated by EEG, CT and/or MRI |
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Spinal and radicular pain |
Spinal epidural abscess confirmed |
Cephalosporin2 + (e. g.) oxacillin |
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by imaging study (MRI, myelogra- |
or fosfomycin + aminoglycoside3. |
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phy, or CT) |
Surgery |
Neonate ("3 months of age) |
Negative CSF Gram stain |
Ampicillin + cephalosporin2 |
1 Drugs recommended by Quagliarello and Scheld (1997). 2 E.g., cefotaxime or ceftriaxone. 3 Gentamycin or tobramycin. 4 Predisposes to tubercular, fungal, and other opportunistic infections (pp. 233, 245 f). 5 Aseptic/viral meningitis, p. 234.
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Table 29 Bacteria commonly causing meningitis and meningoencephalitis (p. 226)
Pathogen |
Portal of Entry/Focus |
Clinical Features |
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Pneumococcus (S. pneumoniae/ |
Nasal and pharyngeal mucosa, |
Meningitis may be accompanied or |
Gram+ extracellular diplococ- |
head trauma, neurosurgical |
preceded by sinusitis, otitis media or |
cus) adults1 |
procedures, external CSF |
pneumonia. Posttraumatic meningitis |
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drainage |
may occur several years after trauma; re- |
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current meningitis (CSF leak? Im- |
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munodeficiency?). Course may be hyper- |
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acute (nonpurulent meningitis2), acute or |
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subacute (days to weeks). Epileptic |
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seizures. Risk of brain abscess, subdural |
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empyema or cerebral vasculitis |
Meningococcus (N. meningitid- |
Nasopharynx |
Hyperacute course with sepsis, |
is3/Gram– intracellular diplo- |
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adrenocortical insufficiency and consump- |
coccus) children and ado- |
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tion coagulopathy (Waterhouse–Frider- |
lescents4 |
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ichsen syndrome). Petechial or confluent |
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cutaneous hemorrhages. Myocarditis/peri- |
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carditis |
Haemophilus influenzae (Gram– |
Nasal and pharyngeal mucosa |
Usually type B. May be accompanied or |
bacillus) children and ado- |
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preceded by sinusitis, otitis media, or |
lescents |
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pneumonia |
Listeria (L. monocytogenes/ |
Gastrointestinal tract (con- |
Focal neurological deficits, particularly |
Gram+/organism difficult to |
taminated food, e. g., dairy |
brain stem encephalitis (rhombencephali- |
identify) neonates5, adults |
products or salads) |
tis), are commonly seen. |
!50 years of age |
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Predisposing factors: pregnancy, old age, |
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alcoholism, immune suppression, primary |
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malignancy. CSF findings are extremely |
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variable (“mixed cell picture”) |
Staphylococcus (S. aureus/ |
Endocarditis, head trauma, ex- |
In association with sepsis, i. v. drug use, |
Gram+) neonates and adults |
ternal CSF drainage, lumbar |
alcoholism, diabetes mellitus, primary |
Enterobacter (Gram–/bacilli) |
puncture, urinary tract, |
malignancy |
neonates |
spondylodiskitis |
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M. tuberculosis (acid-fast bacil- |
Extracerebral organ tuberculo- |
See p. 232 |
lus) |
sis |
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Gram+ = Gram-positive; Gram– = Gram-negative.
1 Age !18 years. 2 Very rapidly progressive meningitis, low cell count and high total protein and lactate levels in CSF, and CSF smear culture containing large quantities of bacteria. 3 Group A, Central Africa, South America; Group B, Europe; Group C, North America; type may change. 4 Age 3 months to 18 years. 5 Age "3 months.
Table 30 Viruses causing CNS infection (p. 234)
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Common |
Occasional |
Rare |
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Meningitis |
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Enteroviruses1,3, arboviruses2,3, |
HSV type 14, LCMV3, mumps |
Adenoviruses4, CMV4, Epstein–Barr virus |
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HIV5, HSV type 24 |
virus3 |
(EBV)4, influenza virus A+B3, measles |
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virus3, parainfluenza virus3, rubella virus3, |
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varicella-zoster virus (VZV)4 |
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Encephalitis, myelitis |
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Arboviruses, enteroviruses, |
CMV, EBV, HIV, measles virus3, |
Adenoviruses, influenza A, LCMV, parain- |
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HSV type 1, mumps virus |
VZV |
fluenza virus, rabies virus3, rubella virus, |
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HTLV-I5,6 |
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1 |
Poliovirus 1–3, coxsackievirus (B5, A9, B3, B4, B1, B6), echovirus (7, 9, 11 30, 4, 6, 18, 2, 3, 12, 22), enterovirus |
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(70, 71). 2 Arthropod-borne viruses, including alphaviruses, flaviviruses, pestiviruses, bunyaviruses, and orbiviruses. 3 RNA virus. 4 DNA virus. 5 Retrovirus. 6 Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I causes myelitis.
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Table 31 Grades of malignancy of brain tumors (p. 264) |
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Tumor |
Grade I |
Grade II |
Grade III |
Grade IV |
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(benign) |
(semi- |
(malig- |
(malig- |
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benign) |
nant) |
nant) |
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Neuroepithelial tumors |
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Astrocytoma |
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! Fibrillary, protoplasmic, gemistocytic astrocytoma |
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+++ |
++ |
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Anaplastic astrocytoma |
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+++ |
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Glioblastoma ( = glioblastoma multiforme) |
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+++ |
! |
Pilocytic astrocytoma |
+++ |
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+ |
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Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma |
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+++ |
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Oligodendroglioma |
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! |
Oligodendroglioma |
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+++ |
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! |
Anaplastic oligodendroglioma |
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+++ |
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Ependymoma |
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! Ependymoma (cellular, papillary, epithelial) |
++ |
+++ |
++ |
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Anaplastic ependymoma |
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+++ |
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Mixed glioma |
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! |
Oligoastrocytoma |
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+++ |
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! |
Anaplastic oligoastrocytoma |
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+++ |
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Choroid plexus tumors |
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! |
Plexus papilloma |
+++ |
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! |
Plexus carcinoma |
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+++ |
++ |
Neuronal/mixed neuronal-glial tumors |
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! |
Gangliocytoma |
+++ |
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! |
Ganglioglioma |
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+++ |
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! |
Anaplastic ganglioglioma |
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+++ |
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Pineal tumors |
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! |
Pineocytoma |
+++ |
++ |
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! |
Pineoblastoma (PNET) |
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+++ |
Embryonal tumors |
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! Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET), see p. 260 |
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+++ |
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Neuroblastoma |
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+++ |
Cranial nerve tumors |
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! |
Schwannoma |
+++ |
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Meningeal tumors |
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! |
Meningioma |
+++ |
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Anaplastic meningioma |
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+++ |
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Blood vessel tumors |
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Hemangiopericytoma |
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+++ |
++ |
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Glomus tumor |
+++ |
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Lymphoma |
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! |
Primary CNS lymphoma |
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+++ |
Germ cell tumors |
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Germinoma |
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+++ |
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Intraand suprasellar tumors |
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Pituitary adenoma |
+++ |
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Craniopharyngioma |
+++ |
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Metastatic tumors |
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(Kleihues et al., 1993 and Krauseneck, 1997) |
+++, Common; ++, Rare; +, Very rare.
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Table 32 Karnofsky performance scale for quantification of disability (p. 264)
General Condition |
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Comments |
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Patient can perform normal daily activities and |
100 |
Normal; no complaints; no evidence of disease |
work without impairment |
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No specific treatment required |
90 |
Able to carry on normal activity; minor impair- |
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ment |
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80 |
Normal activity with effort; some impairment is |
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clearly evident |
Patient cannot work; can meet most personal |
70 |
Cares for self; cannot perform normal activities |
needs, but needs some degree of assistance; can |
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or work |
be cared for at home |
60 |
Needs occasional assistance, but can meet most |
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personal needs |
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Needs considerable assistance and frequent |
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medical care |
Patient cannot care for self; needs to be cared for |
40 |
Disabled; requires special care and assistance; |
in a hospital, nursing home, or at home by a |
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home nursing care still possible |
nurse/family members. Disease may progress |
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rapidly |
30 |
Severely disabled; hospitalization indicated al- |
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though death not imminent |
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Gravely ill; hospitalization necessary |
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10 |
Moribund |
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Table 33 Glasgow coma scale (p. 266)
I |
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II |
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III |
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Eye Opening |
Score |
Best Verbal Response |
Score |
Best Motor Response (arms) |
Score |
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Obeys commands |
6 |
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Oriented |
5 |
Selectively avoids painful stimuli |
5 |
Spontaneous |
4 |
Confused |
4 |
Withdraws limb from painful |
4 |
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stimuli |
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To speech |
3 |
Single words |
3 |
Flexes limb in response to painful |
3 |
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stimuli |
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To pain |
2 |
Meaningless utterances |
2 |
Extends limb in response to pain- |
2 |
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ful stimuli |
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No response |
1 |
No response |
1 |
No response |
1 |
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The scores in columns I, II, and III are summed to yield the overall value.
GCS 13–15 = mild head trauma; GCS 9–12 = moderate head trauma; GCS 3–8 = severe head trauma.
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Table 34 Criteria for assessment of head trauma (p. 266)
Severity (GCS)1 |
Risk of |
Symptoms and Signs 3 |
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Secondary |
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Injury2 |
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Mild (13–15) |
Low |
Impairment of consciousness lasting !1 hour |
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Asymptomatic (or, at most: headache, dizziness, bruises, and lacera- |
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tions) |
Moderate (9–12) |
Moderate |
Impairment of consciousness at time of accident or thereafter, last- |
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ing between 1 and 24 hours |
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Increasingly severe headache |
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Alcohol/drug intoxication |
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No reliable description of accident. Multiple trauma, severe facial injur- |
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ies, basilar skull fracture, suspicion of depressed skull fracture or open |
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head injury. Posttraumatic epileptic seizure, vomiting, amnesia |
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Age !2 years (except in minor accidents), possibility of child abuse |
Severe (3–8) |
High |
Impairment of consciousness lasting !24 hours + brain stem syn- |
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drome or |
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Impairment of consciousness lasting "24 hours or |
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Posttraumatic psychosis lasting "24 hours |
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Impairment of consciousness not due to alcohol/substance abuse/medi- |
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cations, and not a postictal or metabolic phenomenon |
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Focal neurological signs |
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Depressed skull fracture, open head injury |
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(White and Likavec, 1992) 1 Glasgow Coma Scale. 2 Patients with one or more manifestations from the list at right belong to the corresponding risk group. 3 Criteria for assessment of severity are in bold type.
Table 35 Late complications of head trauma (p. 268)
Complications |
Clinical Features |
Remarks |
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Posttraumatic syn- |
Headache, nausea, vertigo, orthostatic |
Usually follows mild head trauma; may |
drome |
hypotension, depressed mood, irritability, |
cause significant psychosocial impairment |
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fatigue, insomnia, impaired concentration |
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Chronic subdural |
Headache, behavioral change, focal signs |
Usually follows mild trauma (predisposing |
hematoma (SDH) |
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factors: old age, brain atrophy, alco- |
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holism) |
Subdural hygroma |
Same as in chronic SDH |
Symptoms may improve when the patient |
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is lying down and worsen on standing |
CSF leak |
Drainage of CSF from the nose or ear; risk |
CSF rhinorrhea worsens on head flexion. |
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of recurrent meningitis, brain abscess |
CSF otorrhea indicates a laterobasal skull |
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fracture |
Hydrocephalus |
Headache, behavioral change, urinary in- |
Normal pressure hydrocephalus, venous |
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continence |
sinus thrombosis |
Epilepsy |
Focal/generalized seizures |
May arise years after head trauma |
Encephalopathy |
Behavioral changes |
See p. 122ff. Types include septic en- |
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cephalopathy, punch-drunk en- |
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cephalopathy (p. 302, Table 44) |
Critical illness neu- |
Prolonged ventilator dependence, weak- |
Associated with sepsis and multiple organ |
ropathy and my- |
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failure |
opathy |
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Heterotopic ossifi- |
Restricted mobility of joints, pain |
Due to muscle trauma |
cation (myositis |
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ossificans) |
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Complications of |
Bed sores, peripheral nerve lesion, joint |
Ensure proper positioning and frequent |
immobility |
malposition |
changes of position (especially of para- |
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lyzed limbs) |
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Table 36 Spinal fractures (p. 272)
Fracture/Dislocation |
Pathogenesis |
Stability1 |
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Cervical spine |
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! |
Atlantoaxial dislocation |
! Dislocation between C1 and C2 |
! |
Unstable |
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! |
Jefferson’s fracture2 |
! |
Axial trauma |
! |
Unstable |
! |
Dens fracture |
! |
Hyperflexion |
! |
Unstable3 |
! Bilateral axis arch fracture4 |
! |
Hyperflexion and distraction |
! |
Unstable |
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! Dislocation fracture of C3–7 |
! |
Hyperflexion |
! |
Unstable |
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! |
Lateral compression fracture |
! |
Flexion and axial compression |
! |
Stable |
Thoracic spine, lumbar spine |
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! |
Compression fracture |
Fall (back, buttocks, extended legs), |
! |
Stable |
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direct trauma. These fractures may be |
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pathological (osteoporosis, myeloma, |
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|
! |
Burst fracture |
metastasis) |
! |
Stable |
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! |
Dislocation fracture |
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! |
Unstable |
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(Ogilvy and Heros, 1993; Sartor 2001)
1 At the time of injury. 2 Fracture of the ring of C1 due to compression between the occiput and C2. 3 May be overlooked if the dens is not displaced; sometimes stable. 4 Hangman’s fracture.
Table 37 Classification of traumatic transverse spinal cord syndrome (p. 274)
Loss of Function |
Category |
Features |
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Complete |
A |
No sensory or motor function, including in S4–5 |
Incomplete |
B |
No motor function. Sensory function intact below level of lesion, |
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including in S4–5 |
Incomplete |
C |
There is motor function below level of lesion; most segment-in- |
|
|
dicating muscles have strength !3 |
Incomplete |
D |
There is motor function below level of lesion; most segment-in- |
|
|
dicating muscles have strength "3 |
None |
E |
Normal motor and sensory function |
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|
(American Spinal Cord Injury Association Impairment Scale; Ditunno et al., 1994)
Table 38 Treatment of spinal trauma (p. 274)
Result of Trauma |
Treatment Measures |
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Neck sprain/whiplash in- |
Analgesics, application of heat/cold, immobilization (as brief as possible). Early in- |
jury |
itiation of active exercise therapy. Measures to prevent chronification |
Fracture |
Stable conservative (extension/fixation). Unstable surgery |
Arterial dissection |
Anticoagulation |
Spinal cord trauma |
Methylprednisolone (i. v.) within 8 hours of trauma (bolus of 30 mg/kg over 15 |
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min, then 5.4 mg/kg/h for 23 hours). Monitor respiratory and cardiovascular func- |
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tion, bladder/bowel function; thrombosis prophylaxis, pain therapy, careful |
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patient positioning and pressure sore prevention. Transfer to specialized center |
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for rehabilitation of paraplegic patients (as indicated) |
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Table 39 Clinical manifestations of spinal cord lesions (p. 282) |
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Features |
Site of Lesion |
Clinical Manifestations |
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Spinal cord transection |
! |
Cervical spinal cord |
! |
Quadriplegia |
(p. 48) |
! |
Thoracic spinal cord |
! |
Paraplegia |
|
! |
Lumbar/sacral spinal |
! Paraplegia/conus syndrome with paralysis of blad- |
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cord |
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der/rectum and saddle anesthesia |
Lesion affecting a por- |
! |
Anterior root |
! Flaccid paralysis, muscle atrophy, hyporeflexia ( |
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tion of the spinal cord |
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segment-indicating muscles, see Table 2, p. 357) |
(pp. 32, 50) |
! |
Posterior root |
! Localized/radicular/referred pain, sensory deficit in |
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corresponding dermatome |
|
! |
Incomplete transverse |
! Brown–Séquard syndrome, posterior column syn- |
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cord syndrome |
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drome, anterior horn syndrome, posterior horn |
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syndrome, central cord syndrome, anterior spinal |
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! |
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! |
syndrome |
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Complete transverse |
See p. 48 |
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cord syndrome |
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Temporal course |
! |
Acute |
! |
Spinal shock |
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! |
Chronic |
! |
Spasticity, sensory and autonomic dysfunction |
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Table 40 Malformations and developmental anomalies (p. 288)
Feature |
Syndrome1 |
Comments2 |
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Macrocephaly (ab- |
Hydrocephalus (p. 290), hydranencephaly, megalencephaly |
4th week/ |
normally large |
(massively enlarged brain) |
2nd to 4th month |
head) |
|
|
Craniostenosis |
Turricephaly ( lambdoid and coronal suture; oxycephaly), |
Before 4th year of life |
(premature ossifi- |
scaphocephaly ( sagittal suture; dolichocephaly, “long |
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cation of cranial |
head”), brachycephaly ( coronal suture; “short head”) |
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sutures, p. 4) |
|
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Migration disorder |
Schizencephaly (presence of cysts or cavities in the brain), |
2nd to 5th month |
(defective migra- |
agyria (lissencephaly3, few or no convolutions), pachygyria |
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tion of neuroblasts |
(broad, plump convolutions), heterotopia/dystopia (ectopic |
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into cortex) |
gray matter) |
|
Microcephaly (ab- |
Micrencephaly (abnormally small brain) |
5th week (primary), |
normally small |
|
perior postnatal (sec- |
head) |
|
ondary) |
Dysraphism (neural |
See p. 292 |
3rd to 4th week/ |
tube defect) |
|
4th to 7th week |
Chromosomal |
Down syndrome (trisomy 21, mongolism), Patau syndrome |
Genome mutation |
anomaly |
(trisomy 13), Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18), cri-du-chat |
|
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syndrome (deletion, short arm of chromosome 5), Klinefelter |
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syndrome (XXY), Turner syndrome (XO), fragile-X syndrome |
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Phakomatosis |
See p. 294 |
|
Prenatal or peri- |
Rubella, cytomegalovirus, congenital neurosyphilis, HIV/ |
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natal infection |
AIDS, toxoplasmosis |
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Mental retardation |
A component of many syndromes (e. g., microcephaly, hy- |
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drocephalus, Down syndrome, perinatal or prenatal infec- |
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tion) |
|
Cerebral lesion |
Ulegyria (postanoxic corticomedullary scarring), poren- |
Prenatal, perinatal or |
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cephaly (p. 290), hemiatrophy, infantile cerebral palsy |
postnatal |
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(p. 288 f) |
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1 (Selected). 2 The times specified refer to the gestational and neonatal ages, respectively. 3 There are two forms of lissencephaly: type 1, Miller–Dicker syndrome (craniofacial deformity), and type 2 (pronounced heterotopia with Fukuyama muscular dystrophy).
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Table 41 Age-related changes (p. 296)
Change |
Sequelae |
Elevated risk1 of |
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Accommodation |
Presbyopia |
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Miosis |
Light/convergence reaction |
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Cataract |
Glare, visual acuity |
Blindness |
|
Hearing (inner ear) |
Presbycusis |
Deafness |
|
Sense of smell/taste |
Impaired sense of smell/taste |
|
|
Body fat |
volume of distribution for fat-soluble drugs2 |
Obesity |
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Total body water, |
|
volume of distribution for water-soluble drugs2 |
Dehydration, hydro- |
Thirst |
|
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penia |
Arteries |
Atherosclerosis, impairment of cerebral autoregula- |
Stroke3, leukoaraiosis4, |
|
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tion and blood-brain barrier, decrease in cerebral |
subcortical arterios- |
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blood flow, reduced tolerance of brain tissue to |
clerotic encephalo- |
|
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ischemia and metabolic changes |
pathy (p. 172), cerebral |
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amyloid angiopathy5, |
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atrial fibrillation, myo- |
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|
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cardial infarction |
Motor function |
Mobility, reactivity, coordination, fine motor |
Falls (p. 204), osteo- |
|
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control, muscle atrophy (especially thenar, dorsal in- |
porosis, fear of falling/ |
|
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terosseous, and anterior tibial muscles), |
inactivity (avoidance of |
|
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muscle force, leg muscle tone, hypokinesis of |
social contact, isola- |
|
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arms, gait impairment (p. 60) |
tion) |
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Reflexes |
Reflex movements (p. 42), palmomental reflex, |
Falls |
|
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snout reflex, grasp reflex |
|
|
Sensation |
Pallhypesthesia in toe/knuckle region, position |
Polyneuropathy, ataxia, |
|
|
sense |
falls |
|
Brain atrophy |
Senile forgetfulness6 (impairment of episodic |
Alzheimer disease, |
|
|
memory, p. 134) |
leukoaraiosis4 |
|
Cerebral dopamine syn- |
Stooped posture |
Parkinsonism |
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thesis |
|
|
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Cerebral norepinephrine |
|
|
Depression |
Non-REM stage 4 |
Early awakening, insomnia |
Sleep apnea syndrome |
|
(p. 112) |
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(Resnick, 1998)
1 Risk of developing condition in old age. 2 Increased risk of drug side effects. 3 Especially due to border zone infarction, subdural hematoma (after relatively minor trauma). 4 Rarefaction of white matter seen as bilateral, usually symmetrical hypodensity on CT and as hyperintensity on T2-weighted MRI (FLAIR = fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequence). 5 Increased risk of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage (p. 176). 6 Benign senescent forgetfulness, age-associated memory impairment (AAMI).
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