Neurology Quiz: Cerebral Hemisphere Infarction and Aneurysms

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What is the term used to describe the condition where the cell body shrinks with a pyknotic nucleus, loss of nucleolus, and intense eosinophilia of the cytoplasm?

Plaque formation

Cerebral palsy

Subdural hematoma

Contusions (correct)

Which pathological condition involves fixed dilated pupils, loss of consciousness, and a shift of the midline to the left due to swelling in the cerebral hemisphere?

Plaque formation

Subdural hematoma

Cerebral palsy

Subdural Hypertensive disease (correct)

In the case mentioned, what was the cause of cerebral edema leading to brain herniation?

Transtentorial herniation

Duret hemorrhages

Metastases (correct)

Hydrocephalus

What condition is characterized by a form of neural tube defect and results in absence of the fetal cranial vault?

Anencephaly Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the compression of the brainstem and stretching of arterial branches due to herniation through the tentorium?

Transtentorial herniation Signup and view all the answers

What type of infarction involves liquefactive necrosis with the beginning formation of cystic spaces in the brain?

Large remote cerebral infarction Signup and view all the answers

What is the likely cause of the contusions described in the text?

Fall in the bathtub Signup and view all the answers

What is the appearance of old contusions described in the text?

Yellowish brown patches involving the crests of gyri Signup and view all the answers

Which condition is characterized by 'plaque formation' according to the text?

Parenchymal involvement in neurosyphilis Signup and view all the answers

What is the typical presentation of a subdural hematoma?

Liquefactive center with yellow pus surrounded by a thin wall Signup and view all the answers

Which condition is associated with focal cystic necrosis involving frontal and occipital lobes?

Contusions Signup and view all the answers

What type of lesions are commonly seen in herpes infection according to the text?

Eosinophilic intranuclear viral inclusions Signup and view all the answers

What condition is characterized by the thickening and deposition of homogenous, acellular, eosinophilic material in small to medium-sized cortical and leptomeningeal vessels?

Plaque formation Signup and view all the answers

Which condition involves a blood clot seen over the external surface of the dura within the cranial cavity?

Subdural hematoma Signup and view all the answers

In what condition can tearing of cerebral veins occur, particularly with significant cerebral atrophy, leading to a decrease in subdural hematoma?

Subdural Hypertensive disease Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common location for small lacunar infarcts like the one found in the pons?

Basal ganglia Signup and view all the answers

Which condition involves the formation of three berry aneurysms seen after dissecting the circle of Willis?

Subdural hematoma Signup and view all the answers

What type of hemorrhage is associated with ruptured berry aneurysms leading to subarachnoid hemorrhage?

<code>Subarachnoid hemorrhage</code> Signup and view all the answers