MD / DNB General Medicine Neurology Common Viva Questions

Dr. Sanoop Kumar Sherin Sabu , M.D., General Medicine from Government Superspeciality Medical College Salem..

These are common Viva Questions asked in MD general medicine and DNB General Medicine Neurology cases

  1. Pupillary abnormalities
  2. Lmn and umn bladder
  3. DDx for bilateral ptosis
  4. Physiological and pathological fasciculation – difference
  5. Management, DD of MND
  6. Difference between umn and lmn , spasticity and rigidity
  7. DD for lhermitte sign
  8. DD for small muscles wasting
  9. Signs of cvj anomaly
  10. Medial lemniscus
  11. Dominant hemispheres
  12. Hand dominance importance
  13. Dajavu jamais vu
  14. Hemispheres function
  15. Definition and types of agnosia and apraxia
  16. Cerebellum functions
  17. Fundus changes in ataxia
  18. Hypothyroidism And ataxia
  19. Why hypotonia and hyperreflexia in cerebellar ataxia ?
  20. Hypothyroidism and menstrual abnormalities
  21. Prognosis of ataxia
  22. Types of ataxias
  23. Difference Autosomal dominance and recessive
  24. Hereditary importance
  25. Parts of cerebellum and clinical importance
  26. Chadok sign importance
  27. Other types of Babinski
  28. CADASIL
  29. Pseudo myotonic reflex- importance
  30. Pinpoint pupil causes
  31. Seizure, epilepsy definition
  32. Headache types
  33. Basilar migraine
  34. Dejavu phenomenon
  35. Todd’s paresis
  36. Sleep stages
  37. Parietal lobe function
  38. Tone examination
  39. Plantar examination
  40. Brown sequard syndrome
  41. Types of Motor neuron disease
  42. Lhermitte sign and causes
  43. Root value for DTR
  44. Root value for Plantar reflex
  45. UMN vs LMN bladder
  46. Power examination
  47. UMN vs LMN difference
  48. Definition of Seizure, epilepsy, convulsion
  49. What is Jacksonian March
  50. Differential diagnosis
  51. types of pain
  52. pain fibres
  53. weakness localisation
  54. autonomic hyperreflexia
  55. location of autonomic fibres in cord
  56. bladder umn vs lmn
  57. HIV and cns
  58. cranial nerve involvement and cord
  59. mydriatic pupil causes
  60. tone elicitation,eom elicitation
  61. hand muscle movement -demonstration
  62. reflex demonstration
  63. cold abscess
  64. nerve thickening causes.
  65. Band like sensation – localizes for?
  66. What do you mean by ill defined glove and stocking pattern and it’s localization?
  67. Signs of posterior column dysfunction
  68. Sexually transmitted diseases that can cause ataxia
  69. Pseudo tabes
  70. Examination of cerebellar function tests
  71. Clonus and plantar equivalents examination
  72. Gait demonstration – hemiplegic gait and it’s reasoning
  73. Equine gait?
  74. Differentiating between L5 radiculopathy and peroneal nerve palsy
  75. Frozen shoulder
  76. Demonstrate testing small muscles of hand
  77. Demonstrate DTR in patient beside
  78. DEMONSTRATE JAW jerk
  79. What is inference of jaw jerk positivity
  80. Management of stroke if patient present with in 3 hours
  81. Corda equina vs conus medularis
  82. Different blader diseases
  83. Clinical fetaures of umn bladder
  84. What does triping of toe mean
  85. Causes of foot drop
  86. Causes of thickened nerve
  87. Causes of papilledema
  88. Define motor neuron
  89. Define giant motor neuron
  90. Dysphasia
  91. Aphasia
  92. Dysarthria vs Dysphasia
  93. Define fasciculations
  94. causes of b/l LMN palsy
  95. Bulbar palsy
  96. pseudobulbar palsy
  97. causes of fasciculations
  98. Causes of bilateral ptosis
  99. Parietal lobe functions
  100. Hand Intrinsic muscle testing
  101. Young stroke causes
  102. TIA recent scoring system
  103. Split hand sign
  104. Reverse Lhermitte
  105. Sympathetic tract
  106. Optic nerve
  107. Light reflex
  108. Corneal/conjunc root value nd nucleus
  109. Tone definition
  110. Demonstration of reflexes
  111. Demonstration of Power of 2/5
  112. Demonstration of Tone
  113. Plantar
  114. Clonus- definition / mechanism
  115. Extramedullary Vs Intramedullary lesions
  116. Extradural Vs intradural diff .
  117. Comprehensive geriatric care and neurology
  118. Acute stroke management protocol
  119. Scoring systems for ischemic stroke
  120. Difference of central and spinal paraparesis
  121. Tracts facilitating and inhibiting antigravity muscles
  122. Draw pyramidal and posterior column
  123. Most common type of ataxia
  124. Difference between cerebellar, sensory and vestibular ataxia
  125. Wash basin sign
  126. Neurocutaneous markers in ataxia
  127. Demonstrate cerebellar signs
  128. Pseudomyotonic reflex, how to elicit, upper limb equivalent of it, causes
  129. How to differentiate involvement of cerebellum vs spinocerebellar tract
  130. Reversible causes of ataxia
  131. Most common type of ataxia-in india, worldwide
  132. Define Ataxia
  133. Diff B/W Sensory Vs Cerebellar Ataxia
  134. Clinical Features of Sensory Ataxia
  135. Head and Ophthal Signs of Cerebellar ataxia
  136. Spinocerebellar Ataxia
    1. Clinical features
    2. How many types
    3. MC type in World
    4. MC Type in India
    5. Features of type 3
  137. Cerebellum Input, Out Put
  138. Brainstem and Cerebellum Connection
  139. Fundus Finding In Spinocerebellar Ataxia
  140. Bladder features in cerebellum involvement
  141. Reversible cause of cerebellar Ataxia
  142. Acute Causes of ataxia
  143. Aphasia
  144. Dysarthria vs Dysphasia
  145. Define fasciculations
  146. causes of b/l LMN palsy
  147. Bulbar palsy
  148. pseudobulbar palsy
  149. causes of fasciculations
  150. Madras MND
  151. JAW jerk demonstration and inference
  152. DTR demonstration
  153. Tone
  154. Extra and intramedullary difference
  155. Ankle clonus
  156. Other methods of Babinski
  157. Dissociated sensory loss
  158. Flexors muscle of lower limb
  159. UMN and LMN bladder
  160. T6 and T8 localisation
  161. Bevor’s sign

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