NEURO

Question 1

Urinary incontinence + gait abnormality + dementia = ?

Answer 1

Normal pressure hydrocephalus.

Question 2

Which antibiotics can increase the risk of developing idiopathic intracranial hypertension?

Answer 2

Tetracyclines.

Question 3

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is typically seen in which patient demographic?

Answer 3

Young, overweight females.

Question 4

What is the most common neurological manifestation of sarcoidosis?

Answer 4

Facial nerve palsy (often bilateral with bilateral parotid gland enlargement).

Question 5

Confusion, ataxia, nystagmus and ophthalmoplegia are all signs of what?

Answer 5

Wernicke’s encephalopathy

Question 6

Acute migraine treatment?

Answer 6

Triptan + NSAID or triptan + paracetamol.

Question 7

Long term prophylaxis of migraine?

Answer 7

Propranolol or Topiramate.

Question 8

Radial nerve radiculopathy is which dermatome?

Answer 8

C6.

Question 9

Bilateral vestibular schwannomas are associated with what condition?

Answer 9

Neurofibromatosis 2

Question 10

A painful third nerve palsy is caused by what?

Answer 10

Posterior communicating artery aneurysm.

Question 11

Which drugs can cause patients to develop gambling problems?

Answer 11

DA agonists (Bromocriptine)

Question 12

Autonomic dysreflexia can occur in patients with spinal cord injuries above which level?

Answer 12

T6.

Question 13

What would a lumbar puncture in a patient with GBS show?

Answer 13

A rise in protein with a normal white cell count.