Iran Specialty Board Neurology case studies
Iran Specialty Board Neurology · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Iran Specialty Board Examination in Neurology (بورد تخصصی نورولوژی) is the national certifying assessment that physicians in Iran sit after completing neurology residency, and passing it is what allows a neurologist to practice as a specialist and to be recognized for hospital appointments and academic posts. It is aimed at residents near the end of training and at repeat candidates, and it tests the whole breadth of clinical neurology rather than a single subspecialty: vascular disease, epilepsy, neuromuscular and demyelinating disorders, movement disorders, headache, neuro-oncology, infection, cognitive decline, neuro-ophthalmology, spinal cord problems and the basic and critical-care neuroscience that underlies them. The Iran Specialty Board Neurology case studies are 5 cases and about 2,475 words.
1Late-Window Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion With Transfer Constraint
67-year-old man with hypertension and atrial fibrillation not on anticoagulation is found by family at 23:10 after being last seen normal 8 hours earlier. On arrival, NIHSS is 12 with right hemiparesis, global aphasia, and left gaze deviation.
503 words, about 3 min2Pregnancy and Valproate Exposure in Focal Epilepsy
28-year-old woman at 10 weeks' gestation with left temporal cavernoma-related focal epilepsy presents because of three focal impaired awareness seizures and one secondarily generalized seizure in the past 3 weeks. She has been seizure-free for 4 years on valproate 1000 mg/day.
567 words, about 3 min3Impending Myasthenic Crisis Before Thymectomy
34-year-old woman with a 6-month history of fluctuating ptosis, diplopia, and dysphagia that worsens in the evening. Anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody is positive, and chest CT shows a 4-cm anterior mediastinal mass.
486 words, about 2 min4Area Postrema Syndrome and Long-Segment Myelitis in AQP4-Positive NMOSD
32-year-old woman presents with 2 weeks of intractable vomiting and hiccups followed by acute bilateral leg weakness and urinary retention. She cannot walk without support.
452 words, about 2 min5Parkinson Disease Psychosis With Orthostasis and Cognitive Decline
72-year-old man with a 9-year history of Parkinson disease presents with 3 months of visual hallucinations of children in his house and paranoid delusions that his wife is poisoning him. He takes levodopa/carbidopa 25/100 mg four times daily, pramipexole 1.5 mg three times daily, and selegiline 5 mg twice daily.
467 words, about 2 min