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Pediatric Neurological NCLEX Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
All the following are featurof Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: VHL, incidence ~1:36,000 , has ~50% de novo mutations , and featurspinal hemangioblastomas and pheochromocytomas . Renal carcinoma , not listed, is the most common cause of death, not pheochromocytoma, which is frequent but less lethal. Misinterpreting frequent for fatal makes D the intended exception and correct answer, aligning with VHLs mortality profile.
Question 2 of 5
The MOST common cause of anatomic megalencephaly is
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Benign familial megalencephaly is the most common anatomic megalencephaly cause, a non-syndromic, inherited large head size without neurologic deficits. Sotos , Simpson-Golabi-Behmel , fragile X , and Weaver are rarer syndromic causwith additional features. Bs frequency and benign nature make it the correct answer.
Question 3 of 5
The majority of patients who had prolonged febrile seizurand encephalopathy after vaccination and who had been presumed to have suffered from vaccine encephalopathy turn out to have
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Prolonged febrile seizurpost-vaccination with encephalopathy often reveal Dravet syndrome , a severe SCN1A-related epilepsy misdiagnosed as vaccine injury. GEFS+ , temporal lobe epilepsy , and myoclonic-astatic seizurare less common in this context. Dravets early onset and severity make D the correct answer.
Question 4 of 5
Weight gain and alopecia are side effects of the following antiepileptic drugs AEDs
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Valproic acid causweight gain and alopecia via metabolic and hormonal effects (e.g., insulin resistance, hair follicle disruption). Primidone , oxcarbazepine , lamotrigine , and acetazolamide lack this profile rash or sedation dominate instead. Valproatunique side effects make B the correct answer.
Question 5 of 5
There are 5 main neonatal seizure types: subtle, clonic, tonic, spasms, and myoclonic. One of the following seizuris frequently not associated with electrographic discharges
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Subtle seizure.g., eye deviation, apnea often lack EEG correlatin neonatdue to immature cortex and subcortical origins, per Volpe. Focal clonic , tonic , spasms , and myoclonic typically show discharges. Subtldissociation makes C the correct answer.