Miscellaneous
Diseases
Still's
:
A
form
of
juvenile
____________________
arthritis
.
Paget's
:
Osteitis
____________________
.
Produces
thickening
and
deformity
of
bone
.
Parkinson's
:
AKA
paralysis
agitans
.
Problem
with
____________________
in
the
basal
ganglia
.
Inclusion
bodies
called
____________________
bodies
.
Patient
has
____________________
face
,
stooped
posture
,
resting
tremor
and
festinating
gait
.
Multiple
Sclerosis
:
____________________
triad
:
scanning
speech
,
intention
tremor
and
____________________
.
Characterized
by
exacerbations
and
remissions
.
Myasthenia
gravis
:
Formation
of
antibodies
that
block
the
____________________
receptors
at
the
myoneural
junction
producing
excess
____________________
thymic
enlargement
.
Causes
progressive
weakness
and
fatigue
.
First
starts
in
the
____________________
muscles
.
ALS
:
AKA
Lou
Gherig's
disease
.
____________________
horn
and
corticospinal
tracts
affected
with
no
____________________
loss
.
PLS
:
AKA
combined
systems
disease
.
Dorsal
columns
and
____________________
tract
affected
.
Results
from
long
term
____________________
anemia
.
Syringomelia
:
Cyst
like
formation
from
the
central
canal
of
the
spinal
cord
that
leads
to
loss
of
pain
and
temperature
and
signs
of
an
upper
motor
neuron
lesion
.
Described
as
a
?
____________________
like
?
distribution
of
pins
and
needles
sensation
.
Arnold
Chiari
:
Congenital
-
brain
stem
drops
through
____________________
magnum
.
Huntington's
Chorea
:
Hereditary
onset
30
-
50
Basal
ganglia
affected
,
deficiency
of
GABA
.
Produces
dementia
and
death
.
____________________
:
Progressive
severe
atrophy
of
the
cerebral
cortex
.
Aluminum
deposits
found
in
the
brain
.
Friedreich's
Ataxia
:
Lesions
of
sclerosis
of
the
____________________
tract
.
Guillian
Barre
Poliomyelitis
:
Polyneuritis
of
the
PNS
.
Seen
following
immunizations
and
produces
an
____________________
paralysis
.
Can
be
fatal
if
it
affects
the
anterior
horn
.
It
produces
LMNL
.
If
it
affects
the
brain
stem
,
then
cranial
nerves
are
affected
and
the
breathing
apparatus
may
be
damanged
.
____________________
:
Alcoholic
psychosis
.
Depletion
of
thiamine
due
to
severe
alcoholism
.
Charcot
Marie
Tooth
:
Hereditary
progressive
peroneal
muscle
atrophy
Duchenne's
muscular
dystrophy
:
Pseudohypertrophy
of
the
valves
usually
boys
3
-
7
.
Recessive
____________________
linked
gene
.
