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Neurology questions for NEET PG
221 Neurology questions from the Medicine section of the Recallab bank, each with a verified answer, every option explained and a reference to a current edition. 3 are published in full below.
- Which of the following is not a histopathologic feature of Alzheimer’s disease?
- An elderly man with history of frequent falls presents to ED with features of dementia, ataxia, difficulty in downward gaze. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A 28-year-old man develops tingling in both feet followed by weakness that ascends from the legs to the thighs over four days. He had bloody diarrhoea three weeks earlier. Tendon reflexes are absent…
- A 74-year-old woman has had two years of worsening forgetfulness for recent events, repeating questions and losing her way in familiar streets. Her personality, gait and continence are normal, and…
- A 62-year-old hypertensive man has continuous vertigo, nausea and unsteadiness for six hours. Examination shows direction-changing horizontal nystagmus, a normal head impulse test, and skew deviation…
- A 32-year-old man cannot release his grip after a handshake. He has frontal balding, wasting of the temporalis and sternocleidomastoid, bilateral cataracts and a resting pulse of 48 with first-degree…
- A 28-year-old woman has three months of drooping eyelids and double vision that are absent on waking and worst by evening, with difficulty chewing towards the end of a meal. Reflexes and sensation…
- A 66-year-old man is brought 2 hours after the sudden onset of right hemiparesis and aphasia. Blood pressure is 168/94, glucose 6.8 mmol/L, INR 1.0 and platelets normal. Non-contrast computed…
- A man has three weeks of headache, low-grade fever and increasing drowsiness, with a sixth nerve palsy. Cerebrospinal fluid shows 180 cells, 85 per cent lymphocytes, protein 2.4 g/L and glucose 1.8…
- A woman with migraine asks for a triptan. Which feature of her history would make a triptan contraindicated, and what is the mechanism behind that contraindication?
- An obese man who has recently started wearing a tight belt describes burning and numbness over the upper outer thigh. There is no weakness and the knee jerk is normal. Which nerve is entrapped, and…
- A man has sudden weakness that is worst in the leg and foot with relative sparing of the face and hand, together with urinary incontinence and a striking lack of spontaneous speech or movement…