Arab Board Neurosurgery Part 1 case studies
Arab Board Neurosurgery Part 1 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Arab Board Neurosurgery Part 1 is the primary (written) stage of the neurosurgery certification pathway administered by the Arab Board of Health Specializations (ABHS). It is aimed at trainees who have entered or are entering accredited neurosurgery residency programmes in Arab League countries and who need to demonstrate a broad, working command of the basic and clinical sciences that underpin operative neurosurgery before progressing to the later, more clinically weighted parts of the board sequence. The Arab Board Neurosurgery Part 1 case studies are 5 cases and about 2,163 words.
1Deteriorating Head-Injured Patient on the Ward
A 34-year-old man is admitted after a motorcycle crash with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 14 (E4 V4 M6), a right frontal contusion on CT, and no anticoagulation. Six hours later the nurse calls: GCS is now 9 (E2 V2 M5), the right pupil is 5 mm and unreactive while the left is 3 mm and reactive, and blood pressure is 168/94 mmHg with a heart rate of 58/min.
464 words, about 2 min2Incidental Meningioma in an Elderly Patient
A 72-year-old woman presents with a single seizure. MRI shows a 3.2 cm extra-axial, homogeneously enhancing, dural-based left sphenoid wing mass with a dural tail, consistent with a meningioma.
465 words, about 2 min3Sudden Worst Headache with a Normal Initial CT
A 48-year-old smoker presents 18 hours after a sudden-onset "worst headache of my life" that peaked within seconds while lifting a box. He has neck stiffness and photophobia but no focal deficit and a GCS of 15.
449 words, about 2 min4Progressive Myelopathy with a Cervical Mass
A 58-year-old man has 4 months of progressive gait unsteadiness, hand clumsiness, and urinary urgency. Examination shows brisk reflexes in all four limbs, bilateral Hoffmann signs, and a sensory level at C5.
397 words, about 2 min5Neonatal Hydrocephalus After Intraventricular Haemorrhage
A baby born at 27 weeks' gestation, now 3 weeks old, developed a grade III intraventricular haemorrhage on day 3. Serial cranial ultrasound shows progressive ventricular dilatation with a growing head circumference crossing centiles, a tense fontanelle, and episodes of apnoea and bradycardia.
388 words, about 2 min