Pathology EMQ template.

Name:

Candidate number:

Theme: Cerebrovascular disease 2

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Subdural haematoma	I	Metastatic brain tumour
B	Transient Ischaemic attack	J	Viral meningitis
C	Temporal arteritis	K	Alzheimer’s disease
D	Vascular dementia	L	Extradural Haemorrhage
E	Ruptured Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm	M	New-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
F	Ruptured Berry aneurysm	N	Central pontine myelinolysis
G	Cavernous angioma	O	Cerebral abscess
H	Astrocytoma	P	Meningioma

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. A 38 year old woman is brought into A&E in a semi-conscious state complaining of sudden severe headache and double vision. Her past medical history includes hypertension and polycystic kidney disease.

 

2. A patient presents to A&E vomiting, confused and complaining of weakness on their left side. The patient is noted to have recently suffered from an ear infection.

 

3. A condition associated with inactivation mutations in the neurofibromatosis 2 gene on chromosome 22q.

 

4. Sentinel headaches may precede this condition.

 

5. A patient who was brought into A&E earlier that day following a car accident begins to lose consciousness.

 

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. F

2. O

3. P

4. F

5. A