Neuro Conditions

Question 1

Muscular dystrophy
- typical history and investigations
- gowers sign
- management
- duchennes
- beckers
- myotonic

Question 2

Botulism
- type of disorder
- use/transmission
- pathophysiology
- signs and symptoms
- treatment

Question 3

Myasthenia gravis
- aetiology
- associations
- pathophysiology
- antibodies
- presentation
- how to elicit fatigability
- precipitatants
- investigations
- treatment
- complications
- crisis

Question 4

Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome
- type of disorder
- pathophysiology
- presentation
- management

Question 5

Peripheral neuropathy
- features
- investigations
- treatment

Question 6

Guillian barre syndrome
- type of disorder
- pathophysiology
- presentation
- diagnosis
- management
- complications
- prognosis

Question 7

Charcot Marie tooth disease
- type of disorder
- classical features
- other causes of peripheral neuropathy
- management

Question 8

Diabetic neuropathy
- examination
- management

Question 9

Entrapment neuropathies
- signs/symptoms
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- ulnar nerve
- radial nerve
- sciatic nerve
- common peroneal
- investigations
- management

Question 10

Radiculopathies
- features
- sciatica
- nerve root compression in the neck
- investigations
- treatment
- cauda equina

Question 11

Spinal cord
- acute vs progressive presentation
- UMN symptoms
- investigations
- spastic gait
- b12 deficiency
- anterior spinal artery occlusion
- off legs in elderly patient

Question 12

Stroke
- types + causes
- classifications
- proximal MCA
- brainstem
- TIA
- presentation
- risk factors
- tools
- management (TIA + stroke)
- underlying cause
- secondary prevention
- rehabilitation

Question 13

Dementia
- definition
- Alzheimer’s
- Lewy body
- vascular
- frontotemporal
- HIV
- differentials
- delerium

Question 14

Parkinson’s
- pathophysiology
- triad and other symptoms
- comparison of tremors
- Parkinson plus syndromes
- diagnosis
- management

Question 15

Parkinson’s drugs
- levodopa
- amantadine
- COMT inhibitors
- Dopamine agonists
- monoamine oxidase B inhibitors

Question 16

Huntingtons
- genetics
- anticipation
- presentation
- management
- prognosis

Question 17

Ataxia/cerebellar syndrome
- differentials
- features (ipsilateral or contralateral)
- causes
- investigations

Question 18

Infections
- shingles
- auto-immune limbic encephalitis
- Lyme disease
- meningitis
- prion disorders
- unexplained neurology

Question 19

Multiple sclerosis
- type of disorder
- pathophysiology
- causes
- onset
- different presentations
- disease patterns
- diagnosis
- management

Question 20

Motor neurone disease
- types of MND
- pathophysiology
- risk factors
- presentation
- LMN vs UMN
- diagnosis
- management
- cause of death

Question 21

Headaches
- unilateral causes
- primary headaches
- red flags

Question 22

• tension headaches
• secondary headaches
• sinusitis
• medication overuse
• hormonal
• cervical spondylosis
• trigeminal neuralgia

Question 23

GCA
- links
- presentation + features
- diagnosis
- management
- complications

Question 24

Migraine
- types
- pathophysiology
- symptoms/ICHD criteria
- aura
- hemiplegic migraine
- triggers
- acute management
- Triptans action and contraindications
- prophylaxis
- stroke risk

Question 25

Cluster headache
- pattern
- triggers
- symptoms
- investigation
- management

Question 26

Intracranial bleeds
- types
- dural layers and spaces
- risk factors
- presentation
- GCS
- extradural
- Subdural
- intracerebral
- management

Question 27

Subarachnoid haemorrhage
- subarachnoid space
- causes
- risk factors
- presentation
- investigations + timings
- management
- complications

Question 28

Brain tumour
- presentation
- intracranial hypertension causes and red flags
- Papilloedema
- gliomas
- meningiomas
- secondary mets
- pituitary tumours
- acoustic neuroma
- management

Question 29

Epilepsy
- seizure definition + pathophysiology
- provoked seizures
- generalised tonic-clonic
- partial
- myoclonic
- tonic
- atonic
- absence
- infantile spams
- febrile convulsions
- differentials of seizures
- investigations
- management

Question 30

Epilepsy drugs (mechanism + side effects)
- sodium valporate
- carbamazepine
- Phenytoin
- lamotrigine
- levetiractem
- general side effects
- drug interactions

Question 31

Status epilepticus
- definition
- management
- medical treatment
- benzodiazepines options

Question 32

Neurofibromatosis
- type of disorder
- type 1 genetics
- type 1 features
- neurofibromas
- management
- complications
- type 2