Quiz 05/27/2022 (2)

A 40-year-old male presents with a one-day history of numbness of his right arm. This has never happened before, but he does report an episode of left leg weakness that self-resolved two years ago. The neurological examination confirms a sensory disturbance of his right arm. Sagittal MRI of the cervical spine is shown below (Left: T1, Middle: T1 with contrast, Right: T2). Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

At a national conference, a pharmaceutical representative reaches out to you and offers you an all-inclusive trip to the Bahamas to hear about their newest available preventative migraine therapy. As a resident, which is the most appropriate response:

An 80-year-old female presents with abnormal eye movements and cognition. She has also been experiencing problems with gait and memory. An MRI of the brain revealed midbrain atrophy, with relative sparing of the other brainstem structures. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

A 12-year-old patient with neurofibromatosis type I is found to have a cerebellar cystic mass with a mural nodule and contrast-enhancing rim after presenting with symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. The lesion was surgically resected and an example of the pathologic findings is shown below. What is the most likely diagnosis?

All of the following medications have Level A or B evidence in migraine prophylaxis except:

Which of the following medications has been shown to improve neurological outcomes in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage?

A 45-year-old man with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes and COPD presents with a 1-week history of fever, headache, and dizziness. Additionally, for the past two days, he has had intractable vomiting. MRI of the brain with and without contrast is shown below. What is the most appropriate treatment for this patient?

Which of the findings are most likely to be found on examination in a patient with the lesion appreciated in the image below?

Which of the following antiplatelet medications rely heavily on the cytochrome P450 system for its therapeutic effect?

Which of the following findings is depicted in the catheter angiogram shown?

A 72-year-old female presents to the clinic with her husband who states that she is “seeing things that aren’t there”. For the past two weeks, she has been complaining of bats flying around her room at night. Comparable visual disturbances have occurred over the past year, but have gotten progressively worse recently. She has also been acting out a lot at night; her husband states that she has been violently kicking and flailing her arms while asleep. Finally, she has been experiencing cognitive decline, including forgetting where she lives, what year it is, and the names of her grandchildren. On exam, there is symmetric cog-wheel rigidity appreciated. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Patients with Alzheimer’s disease may have hypometabolism in which of the following brain regions?

A 20-year-old female presents with complaints of 2 years of excessive daytime sleepiness and brain fog during the day. She reports sleeping is unrefreshing. In the morning she has difficulty waking up and feels an uncontrollable desire to go back to sleep. She denies difficulty staying asleep during the night and denies episodes of suddenly collapsing in stressful situations. She had a polysomnogram where she slept for 12 hours, had 4 apneic episodes per hour, had REM sleep onset latency of 7 minutes, and did not have sleep-onset REM periods (SOREMPs). Which of the following is her diagnosis?

A patient who was admitted to the neurology intensive care unit for myasthenic crisis developed ventilatory-associated pneumonia on the fifth day of his hospitalization. On the day following the initiation of antibiotic therapy, there was a significant decline in the patient’s respiratory status. Which of the following antibiotics most likely contributed to the patient’s respiratory distress?

Which of the following medications do not worsen myasthenia gravis symptoms?

The vessel imaging shown below is consistent with which of the following?

A 61-year-old male with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and coronary artery disease presents after a sudden onset of headache and difficulty speaking, with left arm and leg weakness. Their blood pressure is 212/105 mmHg, and their blood glucose is 275 mg/dL. You notice aspirin on his medication list. A CTH is performed and is notable for a 25 cc hemorrhage in the right basal ganglia. Which of the following is correct?

A 72-year-old woman is brought to the clinic by her family with concerns about living at home alone. Her daughter states that the patient’s “memory is not what it used to be” and that she will often think that there are little children in her house when no one is there. On exam, you appreciate a bilateral upper extremity resting tremor. A functional PET scan will most likely show which of the following?

Which of the following findings is depicted in the catheter angiogram shown?

The ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve exits the skull from which cranial foramina?