Oral Exam Study Guide

This examination consists of three categories. Below is an outline of areas that may be covered. This is a general outline and is not all-inclusive.

A study guide is also available for the new computerized exam, which will be administered for the first time on October 18, 2012. For further information and a link to the study guide for this new exam, go to http://www.theabr.org/content/neuroexam.

Brain and its coverings

1. Intraaxial
   • primary and secondary neoplasm
   • infection
   • demyelinating and dysmyelinating disease
   • stroke
   • hemorrhage
   • congenital malformation
2. Extraaxial
   • neoplasm
   • infection
3. Vascular
   • arteriovenous malformation
   • aneurysm
4. Trauma
5. Degenerative disease/dementia

Skull Base and ENT

1. Pituitary
2. Temporal Bone
   • neoplasm
   • infection
   • trauma
3. Orbit
   • neoplasm
   • infection
   • trauma
4. Sinuses/Nasal Cavity
   • neoplasm
   • infection
   • trauma
5. Oral Cavity and Oropharynx
6. Larynx and Thyroid

Spine

1. Degenerative Disease
2. Disc Disease
3. Congenital Malformations
4. Epidural Disease
5. Intradural Disease
   • neoplasm
   • demyelinating disease
6. Vascular Malformations
7. Trauma