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

• Amarosis fugax

• Amblyopia

• Diplopia

• Ptosis

Other Cranial Nerve Disorders

• Bulbar weakness

• Facial pain

• Facial palsy

Vertigo

• 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

• Demographics

• Diagnostic features of MS

• INO

• Transverse myelitis

Parkinson’s Plus Syndromes

• Progressive supranuclear palsy

• Lewy body dementia

• Corticobasal degeneration

• Multiple system atrophy

Other Movement Disorders

• Opisthotonos

Toxins

• 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