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
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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
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Demographics
Diagnostic features of MS
INO
Transverse myelitis
Parkinson’s Plus Syndromes
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Progressive supranuclear palsy
Lewy body dementia
Corticobasal degeneration
Multiple system atrophy
Other Movement Disorders
• Opisthotonos
Toxins
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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