Random facts

Question 1

Triad of symptoms in normal pressure hydrocephalus

Answer 1

Urinary incontinence
Dementia
Gait abnormality

Question 2

Organism classically associated with Guillain-Barre

Answer 2

Campylobacter jejuni

Question 3

Pathognomonic for herpes simplex encephalitis on CT/MRI

Answer 3

Bilateral temporal lobe changes

Question 4

Gout needle aspiration findings

Answer 4

Uric acid crystals
Negatively birefringent needle shaped

Question 5

Pseudogout needle aspiration findings

Answer 5

Calcium pyrophosphate
Positively birefringent rhomboid shaped

Question 6

Homonymous quadrantanopias

Answer 6

PITS - Parietal-Inferior, Temporal-Superior

Question 7

Cushing’s triad for raised ICP

Answer 7

Bradycardia
Irregular breathing
Widened pulse pressure

Question 8

Clonic movements travelling proximally

Answer 8

Frontal lobe epilepsy
Jacksonian movements

Question 9

Lip smacking, aura, clothes plucking

Answer 9

Temporal lobe epilepsy

Question 10

Common causes of anterior mediastinal masses

Answer 10

4Ts:
Teratoma, terrible lymphadenopathy, thymic mass, thyroid mass

Question 11

Boot shaped heart

Answer 11

Tetralogy of Fallot

Question 12

Lichen planus

Answer 12

Purple, pruritic, polygonal, papules
Wickham’s striae

Question 13

Lesion dimples when pinched

Answer 13

Dermatofibroma