Lobotomies & other treatments
Most effective dual antiplatelet therapy for long-term secondary stroke prevention
What is Aspirin and Dypiridamole?
Type of dementia characterized by fluctuating attention and alerness, recurrent visual hallucinations, or spontaneous parkinsonism?
Preferred test to exclude atherosclerotic disease in a patient with suspected TIA
What is Carotid US?
Diagnosis of this CT brain and case:
An 83-year-old healthy woman was admitted with episodes of nausea and vertigo that had increased in frequency over several months.
What is meningioma?
Preferred antiepileptic drug therapy for women taking hormonal contraceptives
What is levetiracetam?
Two first-line therapies for essential tremors
What are propranolol or primidone?
Preferred clinical tools for cognitive impairment in patients with an advanced level of formal education
What is MOCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) Tool?
Neuroimaging recommended for classic migraine with normal neurologic examination?
What is none?
The name of this physical exam finding:
A 46-year-old man presented to the otolaryngology clinic with hearing loss and a sensation of fullness in the left ear.
What is Battle's sign (ecchymosis around the mastoid process from head trauma that has caused a temporal bone fracture) ?
Type of epilepsy associated with an aura of a rising epigastric sensation with unremarkable EEG and MRI findings?
What is temporal lobe epilepsy?
Vitamin recommended as adjunctive therapy in Multiple Sclerosis?
What is vitamin D?
Progressive neurodegenerative disorder triggered by repetitive mild head injury?
What is chronic traumatic encephalopathy (dementia pugilistica)?
Necessary test to exclude suspected SAH in a patient with normal head CT without contrast?
What is lumbar puncture?
Diagnosis of this case with shown MRI with Contrast:
An 83-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 5-hour history of weakness in the left arm, drooping on the right side of the face, slurred speech, and urinary incontinence.
What is glioblastoma/butterfly glioma?
Site of care that reduces 1-year mortality for patients with acute stroke
What is Stroke Unit?
Two emergent treatment for myasthenic crisis
What are plasmapheresis and IVIG?
Paraneoplastic antibody syndrome involving inflammation of the emotional and memory structures of the brain
What is limbic encephalitis?
Required diagnostic test before treating primary central nervous system lymphoma
What is brain biopsy?
Diagnosis for MRI on this case:
A 32-year-old man presented to the neurosurgery clinic with mild balance difficulties and hearing loss in the left ear.
What is bilateral vestibular schwannomas (in patient with Neurofibromatosis type 2)?
Diagnostic study indicated in patients with prolonged altered mental status after convulsive status epilepticus
What is 24-hour EEG?
Treatment of advanced Parkinson disease for patient who continue to benefit from dopaminergic medications but experience medication-related complications?
What is deep brain stimulation?
Condition causing progressive loss of language function with relative sparing of other cognitive domains
What is primary progressive aphasia?
Two characteristics imaging features of menigioma on MRI
What is 1. Intense homogenous contrast enhancement ("lightbulb sign") and 2. A dural tail?
Diagnosis of this case with Diffuse Weighted MRI imaging:
A 54-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 3-week history of cognitive deterioration and functional decline
What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?
Three broad-spectrum antiepileptic drugs appropriate for both focal and generalized epilepsy
What are levetiracetam, lamotrigine, topiramate, valproic acid, zonisamide?