Neurologic Examination

Question 28

Seizures

Answer 28

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Question 30

Mass lesions, strokes, head trauma, demyelinating
disease, brain abscess

Answer 30

Computed Tomography (CT Scan)

Question 31

Mass lesions, strokes, demyelinating disease, brain
abscess

Answer 31

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Question 32

Myopathies (check for the level of muscle enzymes)

Answer 32

Muscle Biopsy

Question 33

Neuropathies, Myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barre
syndrome

Answer 33

Nerve stimulation studies (NSS)

Question 34

Hypokalemic paralysis

Answer 34

Serum Potassium

Question 35

Aneurysm, aterio-venous malformation

Answer 35

Angiogram

Question 36

CNS infections (Meningitis, encephalitis,
subarachnoid hemorrhage)

Answer 36

Lumbar puncture

Question 37

Pott’s disease

Answer 37

Spine X-ray

Question 37

Muscle disease, polymyositis, dermatomyositis
■ Total CPK level = very high

Answer 37

Total CPK (Creatine phosphokinase )

Question 38

Stroke and hydrocephalus

Answer 38

Transcranial US

Question 39

Fracture

Answer 39

Skull-x-ray

Question 40

Pt w/ CNS manifestation of HIV/AIDS, TB, viral
encephalitis

Answer 40

Serologic test