Neurology Shelf Exam Review

I hope you find this file helpful for student preparation for the Neurology Shelf Exam. The audio for the last 9 slides will be completed shortly, however for your information, the slides present topics I discuss with students during the shelf review session. Sincerely, Heather Anderson, MD Director, Neurology Clerkship Associate Professor of Neurology

Neuro-ophthalmology • Optic neuritis – Afferent pupillary defect

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Amarosis fugax Amblyopia Diplopia Ptosis

Other Cranial Nerve Disorders • Bulbar weakness • Facial pain • Facial palsy

Vertigo • • • • • •

Meniere’s Benign positional vertigo Labyrinthitis Aminoglycoside-induced neurotoxicity Cerebellar hemorrhage Vertebrobasilar TIA

Seizures • DDx for causes of seizures – Metabolic – Drug-induced – Structural • Developmental • Tumor, abscess, etc. • Trauma, previous stroke, other injury

Multiple Sclerosis • • • •

Demographics Diagnostic features of MS INO Transverse myelitis

Parkinson’s Plus Syndromes • • • •

Progressive supranuclear palsy Lewy body dementia Corticobasal degeneration Multiple system atrophy

Other Movement Disorders • Opisthotonos

Toxins • • • • •

Organophosphate poisoning Anticholinergic syndrome Toxicity Carbon monoxide poisoning Medication side effects

Conversion Disorder • Discussion of features characteristic of – Pseudoseizures (non-epileptic events) – Pseudocoma – Pseudoweakness – Etc.

Meningitis • Diagnosis • Treatment • Etiologies