DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Inflammatory diseases
Meningitis
Definition
Types
Septic Meningitis
Causes
Pathology of Meningococcal Meningitis: Gross Picture, Microscopic Picture, C.S.F. changes and Clinical picture
Local effects and complications
General effects and complications
Viral (aseptic meningitis)
CSF changes
Tuberculous Meningitis
Pathological features
CSF changes
Complications
Brain Abscess
Etiology: Causative organisms, Routes of infections
Sites, Pathological Features, Clinical picture and Complications
Encephalitis
Definition
Viral encephalitis
VIRAL DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM
POLIOMYELITIS
Etiology, Pathological Features; Gross and Microscopic pictures, Clinical features
RABIES
Pathological and Clinical features
HERPES ZOSTER
Pathological and Clinical features
CEREBRAL EDEMA
Definition, Types and Gross features
VASCULAR DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM
Cerebrovascular Diseases
Stroke
Cerebral infarction: Causes
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE
Cerebral hemorrhage
Location, Causes, Morphology and Effects
Meningeal hemorrhage
Types and Causes
CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS
Types and Etiology
Effects of cerebral aneurysms
Vascular malformations
Normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
Production and circulation
HYDROCEPHALUS
Definition, causes, types and clinical features
Normal cells of CNS
TUMOURS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Classifications
GLIOMAS
Astrocytomas: Sites, Types and Pathological Features; Gross and Microscopic
Oligodendroglioma: Sites and Pathological Features; Gross and Microscopic
Ependymoma: Sites and Pathological Features; Gross and Microscopic
MEDULLOBLASTOMA
Sites and Pathological Features; Gross and Microscopic
MENINGIOMA
Sites, Types and Pathological Features; Gross and Microscopic
INTRACRANIAL METASTATIC TUMORS
Sites and origin
Effects of intracranial tumors
TUMOURS OF PERIPHERAL NERVES
Schwannoma (Neurilemmoma): Sites, Types and Pathological Features; Gross and Microscopic
Neurofibroma: Sites and Pathological Features; Gross and Microscopic
Neurofibromatosis (Von Recklinghausen's Disease)
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST)
Increased intracranial tension (↑ICT)
aetiology, symptoms and effects
PERIPHERAL NEURITIS
Definition and causes
