Quiz 07/07/2022 (2)

Which of the following medications is an NMDA receptor antagonist?

A 33-year-old female presents to the clinic for evaluation of a left lower extremity foot drop. On physical examination, there is weakness in dorsiflexion. Ankle eversion, inversion, and plantar flexion strength are normal. Hip abduction strength is normal as well. Which of the following is the most likely etiology for the patient’s symptoms?

What is the mechanism of action of pregabalin?

Which of the following is the mechanism of action for amantadine?

A 42-year-old man with a longstanding history of chronic alcohol abuse was found down unresponsive in a public park. He was intubated in the field and brought emergently to the emergency room where his blood alcohol level was 0.32%. A chest X-ray revealed aspiration pneumonia. He was admitted to the ICU, sedated, started on broad-spectrum antibiotics, and aggressively fluid resuscitated. On the second day of the hospitalization, the sedative was weaned but the patient remained comatose. An MRI was performed to identify a possible cause of his symptoms. What is the most likely diagnosis?

A 56-year-old woman with a history of right temporal epilepsy with no other comorbidities had an ambulatory 24-hour EEG performed. What is the state of the patient in this segment of the recording?

Which of the following medications has a relatively low risk of sexual dysfunction?

In the diagram below, what neurologic information is carried by the tract labeled with the green arrow?

Which of the following comorbidities are responsible for the lesion appreciated in the image below?

A 29-year-old man with a 10-pack-year smoking history comes into the clinic with a severe headache. The pain surrounds his right eye and is associated with a runny nose, excessive tearing, and a “droopy eyelid.” He describes the pain as stabbing that usually lasts about 30 minutes and occurs every day after he eats dinner. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Which of the following is characteristic of a left internuclear ophthalmoplegia?

Which of the following medications is considered a first-line agent for the management of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy?

Which of the following is the first abnormal EMG/NCS finding seen in a patient with carpal tunnel syndrome?

A 20-year-old male presents with severe burns on his hands after accidentally touching a stove. Neurology was consulted because the family noted that the patient did not initially pull away from the hot stove as one would expect. Physical exam shows decreased sensation of pain and temperature along the back and arms, with intact strength. T2 sagittal MRI of the cervical spine is shown below. Which of the following is commonly associated with the pathology shown?

What anatomical structure is the most common location for a Mycobacterium tuberculosis-related CNS infection?