Neurology Cases & Quizzes

• Fast Five Quiz: Dementia Are you familiar with key components of presentation, workup, and treatment associated with various causes of dementia? Test your knowledge of this increasingly common condition with our quick quiz.
  Medscape, October 2018
• Deteriorating Cognition 5 Weeks After a Heroin Overdose: A Case A 32-year-old woman with a history of opioid abuse presents with increasing confusion after a recent overdose. Can you diagnose her?
  Medscape Neurology, October 2018
• A Visual Field Defect in a Patient With History of Seizures A 64-year-old woman comes to you after 2 weeks of symptoms. Between visual testing and MRI, can you offer her a diagnosis?
  Medscape Ophthalmology, October 2018
• A 2-Year-Old Girl With an Abdomen Mass: USMLE Question A 2-year-old girl is brought to a pediatric outpatient clinic due to a mass in her upper abdomen. What's the diagnosis?
  Osmosis, October 2018
• The Telltale Tall R Waves A routine ECG in the neurologist's office prompts an urgent cardiology consultation.
  Medscape Cardiology, October 2018
• Prevention of Stroke in Obese Patients With Nonvalvular AF Which anticoagulant is most appropriate for stroke prevention in a patient with comorbid obesity and AF? Take this quiz created by experts at ACC to find out.
  ACC.org, October 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Generalized anxiety disorder is associated with persistent, excessive, and unrealistic worry not focused on a specific object or situation. Do you know key information needed to provide the best care?
  Medscape, September 2018
• A Post-Op Analgesic Approach For Hip Fracture Repair: A Case This case describes the use of a SIFI block after surgery to minimize the use of psychotropic medications in the elderly patient population.
  HSS Grand Rounds Complex Cases, September 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Key Aspects of Atrial Fibrillation Do you know key aspects of atrial fibrillation, including important elements of the etiology, presentation, workup, and treatment? Refresh and assess your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, September 2018
• A 38-Year-Old Man With Bloody Gums and a Rash A 38-year-old man presents with a 3-day history of bleeding from his gums after brushing his teeth. He also noticed a rash on both legs over the past couple of weeks. Can you make the diagnosis?
  Medscape, September 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Migraine Prevention and Treatment Patients with frequent migraine attacks usually require both acute (abortive) and preventive (prophylactic) therapy. Refresh and test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, August 2018
• A 65-Year-Old Man With Pain After a Rash: USMLE Question A 65-year-old man presents with persistent, burning pain in the same area previously covered by a rash. What treatment option is best for him?
  Osmosis, August 2018
• A 57-Year-Old Man With Unexplained Difficulty Walking A 57-year-old man presents with difficulty walking due to clumsiness of both of his feet. He also has had intermittent numbness and tingling in his feet, left leg, and hands. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, August 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults The prevalence rate of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the adult general population is 4%-5%. Can you properly recognize and treat this condition? Test yourself with this short quiz.
  Medscape, August 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Marijuana How much do you know about the medical benefits, harms, uses, and abuses of marijuana? Test your knowledge with our quick quiz.
  Medscape, August 2018
• A 35-Year-Old Man in a Crash: USMLE Question A 35-year-old man dies after a severe bicycle accident. Are you able to determine the most likely cause of death?
  Osmosis, August 2018
• Match These Quotes to Famous Medical Books Can you identify these famous quotes from some of medicine's most cherished tomes? Take the quiz to find out.
  Medscape, July 2018
• The Woman With Multiple Sclerosis and Blurry Vision Why is this 65-year-old patient with relapsing-remitting MS having decreased vision in her right eye?
  Medscape Ophthalmology, July 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Myasthenia Gravis Myasthenia gravis is a relatively rare autoimmune disorder that can result in weakness that leads to neuromuscular respiratory failure. Test yourself on key aspects with our short quiz.
  Medscape, July 2018
• Seizures and Flaccid Quadriparesis in a 16-Year-Old Boy A 16-year-old boy presents with a 1-week history of weakness of both lower extremities, which progressed to involve both the arms over the course of 1 day. Can you make the diagnosis?
  Medscape, July 2018