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How Good at Neurology are you? – Answers

^* Departments of Neurology and
Neurophysiology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK. Email; pg255{at}hermes.cam.ac.uk; drslennox{at}aol.com; j.l.ray{at}medschl.cam.ac.uk

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Paget’s disease.

He has cataracts and prostatic outflow obstruction, common pathologies in older people. However, his deafness and back pain are due to Paget’s disease. The Xray shows a coarseness of the L2-4 vertebral bodies and blurring of the cortico-medullary junction. The bodies are also quite flat and there is thickening of the right border of L3.

Further Reading

Hadjipavlou AG, Gaitanis LN, Katonis PG, Lander P (2001) Paget’s disease of the spine and its management. European Spine Journal, 10, 370–84.

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Low CSF volume headache.

This pattern of diffuse meningeal enhancement following gadolinium injection is typical of low CSF volume headache. 90% of such cases can be picked up by this means. Other causes of meningeal enhancement, such as malignant infiltration or sarcoidosis, are more likely to give a nodular, rather than smooth, pattern.

Further Reading

Goads by PJ, Boes C & Sudlow CLM (2002) Low CSF ...

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