Neurology

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Many of the topics are identical as topics in neurology 2 and therefore link to those topics. I don’t have time to cover all topics. Topics in italic are topics I’ve written exclusively for neurology final.

“A” questions

1. Main points of the neurological history
2. Cerebrospinal fluid tests
3. Ultrasonography in neurology (extra- and intracranial blood vessels) (see neuroimaging)
4. CT (see topic A3)
5. MRI (see topic A3)
6. EEG
7. EMG and ENG
8. Polysomnography (see topic B55)
9. Muscle biopsy

“B” questions

1. Clinical importance of transient ischemic attack
2. Acute hypertensive encephalopathy, reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome
3. Acute ischemic stroke
4. Symptoms of stroke (anterior circulation and posterior circulation)
5. Hemorrhagic stroke
6. Subarachnoidal hemorrhage. Vascular malformations
7. Thrombosis of intracranial sinuses
8. Types of epileptic seizures
9. Convulsive syncope
10. Grand mal and postictal symptoms (see topic B8)
11. Causes of acute epileptic seizures
12. Idiopathic (genetic) epilepsies
13. Temporal lobe epilepsy (see topic B8)
14. Definition of epilepsy and epileptic seizure (see topic B8)
15. Status epilepticus
16. Traumatic brain injuries
17. Differential diagnostics of loss of consciousness
18. Causes of vertigo
19. Specific and non-specific back pain, failed back syndrome
20. Ischias syndrome, cervicobrachialgia (symptoms, warning signs)
21. Carpal tunnel syndrome
22. Primary headaches
23. Secondary, symptomatic headaches
24. Examination of patients suffering from headache (see topic B23)
25. Neuralgias (trigeminal neuralgia and postherpetic neuralgia)
26. Neuropathic pain
27. Bell’s palsy
28. Multiple sclerosis (clinical features, diagnosis, treatment)
29. Myasthenia gravis
30. Guillain-Barre syndrome and CIDP
31. Polyneuropathies
32. Parkinson’s disease
33. Parkinson-plus syndromes (see topic B32)
34. Drug-induced movement disorders
35. Wilson’s disease
36. Dystonias
37. Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementias
38. Potentially reversible dementias (+ normal pressure hydrocephalus)
39. Herpes simplex encephalitis
40. Encephalitis
41. Meningitis, cerebral abscess
42. Lyme disease
43. Neurosyphilis
44. Herpes zoster (postherpetic neuralgia, herpes zoster not covered)
45. Neurological complications of HIV infection
46. Prion diseases
47. Migraine (see topic B22)
48. Tension headache (see topic B22)
49. Raised intracranial pressure
50. Amyotrophic lateralsclerosis (ALS)
51. Dermatomyositis, polymyositis
52. Huntington disease
53. Paraneoplastic syndromes
54. Autoimmune encephalitis
55. Obstructive sleep apnoe syndrome (OSAS), restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy
56. Neurological consequences of alcoholism
57. Drugs and nervous system
58. Schwartz-Bartter-syndrome (“Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone section” – SIADH)
59. Essential tremor
60. Primary brain tumors
61. Brain metastases
62. Differential diagnosis of vertigo
63. Autoimmune inflammatory myopathies and metabolic myopathies
64. Characteristic symptoms of myopathies, the most common types of hereditary muscle diseases (see topic B63)
65. Functional neuroanatomy of urination, neurogenic causes of bladder dysfunction
66. Neuromyelitis optica
67. Minor neurocognitive deficiency
68. Neurocutaneous diseases (phacomatoses): sclerosis tuberosa, neurofibromatosis
69. Raised intracranial pressure and herniations (see topic B49)
70. Motor neuron disorders (ALS, SMA, SPG) (see topic B50)
71. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
72. Phobic vertigo
73. Acute and chronic disturbances of memory

“C” questions

1. Treatment of multiple sclerosis (see topic B28)
2. Drug and surgical treatment of epilepsy (see topic B8)
3. Treatment of epileptic status (see topic B15)
4. Treatment of myasthenia gravis (see topic B29)
5. Treatment of myasthenic crisis (see topic B29)
6. Treatment of sleep apnoe syndrome (see topic B55)
7. Treatment of restless legs syndrome (see topic B55)
8. Treatment of primary headaches (see topic B22)
9. Treatment of polyneuropathies (see topic B31)
10. Treatment of ischemic stroke
11. Treatment of hemorrhagic stroke (see topic C10)
12. Anticoagulation
13. Thrombolysis (see topic B31)
14. Thrombectomy (see topic B31)
15. Primary and secondary prevention of stroke (primary, secondary)
16. Treatment of subarachnoidal hemorrhage (see topic B6)
17. Risk factors of stroke and their treatment (see topic C15)
18. Management strategy in case of acute unconsciousness
19. Therapy of brain edema
20. Drug treatment of Parkinson’s disease (see topic B32)
21. Surgical treatment of Parkinson’s disease (see topic B32)
22. Treatment of traumatic brain injuries (see topic B16)
23. Treatment of herpes infections (see topic B39)
24. Therapy of meningitis (see topic B41)
25. Treatment of Guillain-Barre syndrome (see topic B30)
26. Therapy of dystonias (see topic B36, non-focal dystonias not covered)
27. Therapy of nociceptive and neuropathic pain (see topic B26 for neuropathic)
28. Treatment of lumboischialgia and cervicobrachialgia (see topic B20)
29. Drug treatment of urinary incontinency (see topic B65)
30. Therapy of acute bacterial meningitis (see topic B41)
31. Treatment of hyponatremia
32. Treatment of patients suffering from vertigo
33. Therapy of Wernicke’s encephalopathy (see topic B56)
34. Deep brain stimulation