Neuro

Question 1

Difference between spacticity and rigidity?

Answer 1

spacticity is velocity dependent

Question 2

Precentral gyrus

Answer 2

motor

Question 3

Post central gyrus

Answer 3

sensory

Question 4

Broca’s is lesion where, and what happens?

Answer 4

frontal lobe
broken speech (expressive issue)

Question 5

Wernicke’s is lesion where, and what happens?

Answer 5

temporal lobe

receptive issue,

Question 6

Problems if parietal lobe lesion?

Answer 6

sensory

Question 7

Oncology patient with spinal compression

Answer 7

give dexamethoson

Question 8

Cape like sensory loss?

Answer 8

central cord syndrome

Question 9

Hot cross buns on MRI

Answer 9

multi system atrophy

Question 10

Hummingbird sign MRI

Answer 10

progressive supranuclear palsy

Question 11

Corticobasilar?

Answer 11

alien limb

Question 12

Wilson’s disease treatment

Answer 12

penicillamine

Question 13

Give what with levodopa?

Answer 13

carbodopa

Question 14

What anti-emetic in PD?

Answer 14

NOT metoclopramide

Question 15

Huntingon’s is what chromosome?

Answer 15

4

Question 16

What is reduced in Huntington’s

Answer 16

GABA

Question 17

Antibodies in MG?

Answer 17

anti musc and anti-ACh

Question 18

Which is post synaptic, MG or lambert eaton?

Answer 18

MG

Question 19

What does Lambert eaton affected first?

Answer 19

LEGS

Question 20

What column is affected first in diabetic neuropathy?

Answer 20

dorsal

Question 21

Ascending paralysis?

Answer 21

Guillian barre

Question 22

What contraceptives are safe in epilepsy?

Answer 22

IUS, IUS and depo

Question 23

Raised protein in which meningitis?

Answer 23

bacterial and TB

Question 24

hemocrania responds to?

Answer 24

indomethacin

Question 25

Who gets cluster headaches?

Answer 25

male smokers

Question 26

Pulsating headache?

Answer 26

migraine

Question 27

Acute migraine treatment?

Answer 27

triptan stat

Question 28

What is used to treat short unilateral neuralgiform injection and tearing of eye?

Answer 28

lamotrigine

Question 29

Commonest brain tumour?

Answer 29

glioblastoma

Question 30

Prognosis of glioblastoma?

Answer 30

Poor

Question 31

What artery affected in upper limb stroke?

Answer 31

middle cerebral

Question 32

POCS?

Answer 32

eye problems

Question 33

Dural tail?

Answer 33

meningioma

Question 34

Chicken wire?

Answer 34

oligodendroglioma

Question 35

What vessels affected in subdural?

Answer 35

bridging veins

Question 36

What vessel affected in extradural?

Answer 36

middle meningeal

Question 37

What fracture can lead to extradural

Answer 37

temporal

Question 38

How long do you wait to LP in SAH?

Answer 38

12 hours

Question 39

What can you give in SAH?

Answer 39

hypertonic saline and nifedipine

Question 40

What are burrholes used for?

Answer 40

subdural

Question 41

stormy appearance?

Answer 41

SAH

Question 42

Which haemorrhage crosses midline?

Answer 42

subdural

Question 43

Normal intracranial pressure?

Answer 43

5-15

Question 44

How do you calculate cerebral perfusion pressure?

Answer 44

BP-ICP

Question 45

Decorticate posturing?

Answer 45

flexed in

Question 46

Decerbirate posturing?

Answer 46

extended

Question 47

Spacticity in MS can give what?

Answer 47

baclofen

Question 48

Recent travel, add what to meningitis treatment?

Answer 48

Vancomycin

Question 49

Are ash leaf spots pigmented or depigmented?

Answer 49

depigmented

Question 50

Pregnancy risk of Bells palsy?

Answer 50

3x higher

Question 51

Most common complication of meningitis?

Answer 51

sensorineural HL

Question 52

Pontine haemorrhage may be secondary to what?

Answer 52

uncontrolled BP

Question 53

Prophylaxis for cluster headache?

Answer 53

verapamil

Question 54

restless legs?

Answer 54

ropinirole

Question 55

Treament of demyelinating polyneuropathy?

Answer 55

steroids

Question 56

Best treatment for motor neurone disease?

Answer 56

Riluzole

Question 57

What artery affected in occipital infarct?

Answer 57

posterior cerebral

Question 58

ataxia, nystagmus, facial palsy/numbness, dyphagia?

Answer 58

Lateral medullary syndrome

Question 59

Wernicke's features?

Answer 59

CANOPEN | Confuction, Ataxia, Nystagmus, Opthalmoplegia, Peripheral Neuropathy

Question 60

What motor neurone disease has worst prognosis?

Answer 60

progressive bulbar palsy

Question 61

What may provoke absence seizure?

Answer 61

hyperventilation

Question 62

Axillary freckles?

Answer 62

NF1

Question 63

Weber's syndrome?

Answer 63

3rd nerve palsy

Question 64

Craniopharyngioma?

Answer 64

lower quadrant defect

Question 65

Pituitary?

Answer 65

upper quadrant defect

Question 66

Intolerant of clopidigrel, give what?

Answer 66

aspirin and dipyrd.

Question 67

How does odansetron work??

Answer 67

5HT3 antagonist

Question 68

What should be give in young women for migraine prophylaxis?

Answer 68

propranolol

Question 69

What supplies index finger?

Answer 69

median nerve

Question 70

What must be checked in SAH?

Answer 70

U+Es for hyponatraemia

Question 71

Signs of coning?

Answer 71

hypertension and bradycardia

Question 72

Transtentorial herniation in an extradural haemorrhage causes what?

Answer 72

3rd nerve palsy

Question 73

On warfarin and head injury?

Answer 73

CT in 8 hrs