Neurology practice questions

A 24-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department after drinking approximately 8 L of water during a long-distance event. She is drowsy and has a serum…

A 59-year-old man suddenly develops difficulty speaking and weakness of the right arm while driving. His wife reports that, immediately beforehand, the right si…

A 63-year-old woman has three sudden episodes over two days of dizziness followed by double vision, slurred speech and veering to the left; each episode lasted…

A 41-year-old woman develops a daily headache after several weeks of intense exercise. At first it occurred only after she stood for long periods, but it now be…

A 44-year-old woman develops a severe headache while lifting her young child; she says it was already unbearable before she could put the child down. She has vo…

A 41-year-old woman presents with sudden right arm weakness and difficulty speaking. Her partner saw rhythmic jerking of the right hand for 90 seconds followed…

A 48-year-old man has a large right middle cerebral artery infarction despite reperfusion treatment. Twenty-four hours later he becomes increasingly drowsy, dev…

A 66-year-old man develops abrupt spinning vertigo and vomiting while gardening. Six hours later he remains unable to stand without support; examination shows h…

A 41-year-old woman presents nine hours after the onset of a severe headache that struck like a blow to the back of the head while she was lifting weights and r…

A 72-year-old man presents three days after an episode of weakness of his left arm and leg with slurred speech, which resolved completely within 20 minutes. He…

A 46-year-old woman presents with a generalised tonic-clonic seizure. Serum sodium is 112 mmol/L, serum osmolality is 240 mOsm/kg and glucose is 5.2 mmol/L. She…