Nervous System ( pathology )

Neuronal injury and gliosis
Cerebrovascular diseases: ischemic stroke, hemorrhage
Infections: meningitis (bacterial, viral, TB), encephalitis, brain abscess
Demyelinating diseases: multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barré
Neurodegenerative diseases: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, ALS
Brain tumors: astrocytoma, glioblastoma, oligodendroglioma, meningioma, medulloblastoma, schwannoma
Congenital malformations: neural tube defects, Arnold-Chiari, Dandy-Walker
Increased ICP, herniations
Peripheral neuropathies
Prion diseases

Course Content

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Ischemic stroke (thrombotic, embolic, lacunar)
Hemorrhagic stroke (intracerebral, subarachnoid)
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Aneurysms (Berry, Charcot–Bouchard)
Arteriovenous malformations

Trauma and Increased Intracranial Pressure

Infections of the Nervous System

Demyelinating Diseases

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Brain Tumors

Congenital and Developmental Disorders

Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Disorders

Seizure Disorders

Neurocutaneous Syndromes (Phakomatoses)

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Israa Tarek

Nervous System ( pathology )

Course Content

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Ischemic stroke (thrombotic, embolic, lacunar)

Hemorrhagic stroke (intracerebral, subarachnoid)

Transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Aneurysms (Berry, Charcot–Bouchard)

Arteriovenous malformations

Trauma and Increased Intracranial Pressure

hematoma types

Cerebral edema and herniation syndromes

Infections of the Nervous System

Meningitis (bacterial, viral, fungal, TB)

Encephalitis (HSV, arboviruses, rabies)

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)

Brain abscess

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (prion disease)

Demyelinating Diseases

Multiple sclerosis (MS)

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

Guillain–Barré syndrome (peripheral)

Central pontine myelinolysis

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Alzheimer’s disease

Parkinson’s disease

Huntington’s disease

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Frontotemporal dementia (Pick’s disease)

Lewy body dementia

Spongiform encephalopathy

Brain Tumors

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Congenital and Developmental Disorders

Neural tube defects (spina bifida, anencephaly)

Chiari malformations (I and II)

Dandy–Walker malformation

Hydrocephalus (communicating, non-communicating)

Syringomyelia

Holoprosencephaly

Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Disorders

Peripheral neuropathies (diabetic, toxic, hereditary)

Myasthenia gravis

Lambert–Eaton syndrome

Muscular dystrophies (Duchenne, Becker) and Myotonic dystrophy

Inflammatory myopathies (polymyositis, dermatomyositis)

Seizure Disorders

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Neurocutaneous Syndromes (Phakomatoses)

Neurofibromatosis type 1 and Neurofibromatosis type 2

Tuberous sclerosis complex , Sturge–Weber syndrome and Von Hippel–Lindau disease

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