Chapter 70: Management of Patients With Oncologic or Degenerative Neurologic Disorders

rare, transmissible, progressive fatal disease of the central nervous system characterized by spongiform degeneration of the gray matter of the brain.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

ICP sx

Seizures Nausea with or without vomiting Papilledema - edema of optic nerve Headache **can be caused by brain tumor - may wake up with headaches , "morning headaches"

disease of unknown cause in which there is a loss of motor neurons in the anterior horns of the spinal cord and the motor nuclei of the lower brain stem.

ALS

most prominent sx of huntington disease

- chorea rapid, jerky, involuntary, purposeless movements), - impaired voluntary movement, - intellectual decline, - personality changes

chronic, progressive, and degenerative brain disorder that is accompanied by profound effects on memory, cognition and ability for self-care.

Alzheimer's disease

chronic, degenerative, progressive disease of the CNS characterized by the occurrence of small patches of demyelination in the brain and spinal cord.

Multiple sclerosis

chronic, progressive, hereditary disease of the nervous system that results in progressive involuntary dancelike movements and dementia?

huntington disease

only known risk factor for brain tumors

ionizing radiation

primary focus for parkinsons disease

maintain safe environment

glioma

most aggressive type of malignant brain tumor originates within the brain tissue.

decreased levels of dopamine due to destruction of pigmented neuronal cells in the substantia nigra in the basal ganglia of the brain.

parkinsons disease