Egyptian Board Neurology case studies
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The Egyptian Board of Neurology is the national specialty qualification for physicians who have completed basic neurology training and want consultant-level recognition in Egypt. It is aimed at neurology residents nearing the end of training and at specialists preparing for the final board stage, and it is also taken by graduates returning from training abroad who need Egyptian credentialing. The Egyptian Board Neurology case studies are 5 cases and about 4,403 words.
1Postpartum headache with thalamic haemorrhage: anticoagulating cerebral venous thrombosis
A 29-year-old woman, 9 days after an emergency caesarean section, presents with 5 days of progressive holocranial headache that is worse lying flat and on Valsalva, and two generalised tonic–clonic seizures in the emergency department. She is breastfeeding, afebrile, BP 122/78 mmHg, and has bilateral papilloedema.
856 words, about 4 min2Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, valproate and a planned pregnancy
A 23-year-old woman, a final-year pharmacy student, has a 4-year history of early-morning jerks that make her drop her toothbrush; after one sleep-deprived night she had a generalised tonic–clonic seizure. EEG shows 4–6 Hz generalised polyspike-and-wave discharges on a normal background; MRI is normal.
870 words, about 4 min3Myasthenic crisis masked as a chest infection
A 67-year-old retired teacher presents with 4 weeks of fluctuating double vision and slurred speech and 1 week of difficulty chewing and swallowing. She has lost 4 kg and now coughs after drinking water.
845 words, about 4 min4HIV-associated tuberculous meningitis with hyponatraemia and a treatment-timing dilemma
A 32-year-old man, an agricultural labourer, presents with 3 weeks of worsening headache, low-grade fever and night sweats, and 3 days of confusion. He was diagnosed with HIV 6 weeks ago and has not started antiretroviral therapy; CD4 count 48 cells/µL.
838 words, about 4 min5Large hemispheric infarct in an 82-year-old: reperfusion, decompression and a divided family
An 82-year-old woman who lives alone, with mild vascular dementia (baseline mRS 2), was last seen well at 08:00 and found on the floor at 14:00 with dense left hemiplegia, forced gaze deviation and neglect; NIHSS 22. She takes apixaban 5 mg twice daily for atrial fibrillation, last dose at 07:00.
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