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ASN Quiz League 2023/24 Q12

Princess Diana, who was in a tragic car accident in France was admitted to the hospital pictured in image 1, before her passing. This hospital has a legacy of being the place where a famous French neurologist had his practice. The neurologist in question described a neurological disease which can cause the clinical sign depicted in image 2 (wasted thenar eminence but spared hypothenar eminence).

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A1) Name the “image syndrome” depicted in image 2. *

A2) Name the hospital in image 1. *

B1) Name the French neurologist in question. *

B2) What is the disease in question? *

C1) What is the “local” name for this disease in the USA? *

C2) What is the “local” name for this disease in France? *

D1) Name the latest criteria developed for definitive diagnosis of this disease’s typical syndrome, especially for research purposes. *

D2) Name at least 2 other criteria used previously for this purpose. *

E1) If a patient with the clinical sign depicted in image 2 gets progressive deterioration but does not have any clinical or imaging signs of upper motor neurone involvement, what other syndrome is describable? *

E2) Name the neurologist who described the syndrome in E1. *

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2023

31 March 2023

The seeds of the legume shown above contain an important bioactive chemical useful in the treatment of a neurological disorder. The two actors shown on the right were casted to a film based on a book about the disorder written by the neurologist pictured in the center.

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A1) What is the neurological disorder? *

A2) Identify the plant by its scientific name. *

A3) Give one name each for the plant in the languages of Sinhala and Tamil. *

B1) What is the relevant bioactive chemical contained within the plant? *

B2) What is the chemical process that affects the bioavailability of this chemical within the CNS? *

B3) How is the above mitigated in pharmaceutical preparations of the bioactive chemical? *

B4) List two early side-effects that cause poor tolerance when the above method of mitigation is used. *

C1) Name the specific side-effect that occurs in the long term use of the bioactive chemical. *

C2) What is the non-pharmacological intervention to minimize this side-effect? *

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10 March 2023

Answer in fields below.

A) What is the descriptive anatomic term given for the highlighted portion of the human brain? *

B1) Name the blood vessel that supplies the above cerebral lobe. *

B2) Early NCCT scans reveal a distinct radiological sign when the above cerebral lobe is affected by acute ischaemic stroke. Name the sign. *

B3) Explain why the above radiological sign appears first in the timeline of radiological findings. *

C1) The semiology of seizures originating from the highlighted lobe has earned it another descriptive name. Name it. *

C2) Despite the descriptive name, the semiology may have certain characteristic symptoms. Name two of such symptoms. *

C2) A rare and worst-possible complication of epilepsy is postulated to involve epilepsy originating from the highlighted lobe. Name the complication. *

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10 February 2023

The 16th Annual Congress of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists (ASNAC) is just around the corner, with an academic programme spanning four days, including a Masterclass on Headache, a Pre-congress on Movement Disorders, a two day Congress, and a Post-congress workshop on Epilepsy Surgery. This week’s quiz is about the history of Neurology in Sri Lanka with a bonus prize of a free delegate pass to ASNAC!

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A) Name the Neurologist who founded the Institute of Neurology of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. *

B) Name the Founder President of ASN. *

C) Name the first Clinical Neurophysiologist of Sri Lanka. *

D) Name four national organizations that contribute to the development of neurological services; neurology research; and neurological disease advocacy in Sri Lanka. *

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