Neuroimaging: Neurovascular Disease, Trauma and CT Brain
- Previous year questions on Neuroimaging: Neurovascular Disease, Trauma and CT Brain for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Radiology section of the exam.
- Most questions here are original image-based vignettes written around openly licensed figures, and were never asked in any exam. The rest come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them.
- 88 live questions in Neuroimaging: Neurovascular Disease, Trauma and CT Brain.
- 2 of 88 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019.
- Radiology is worth about 6 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 21 Aug 2026.
Q1.New born male baby presented with congestive heart failure. On examination enlarged fontanelles, a loud cranial bruit and following radiological finding was noted the mostly likely diagnosis:-
- AVein of Galen malformation✓ Correct answer
- BDandy walker syndrome
- CPneumocephalus
- DCrouzon syndrome
Q2.Diffuse axonal injury is best detected in
- ANon contrast CT
- BContrast CT
- CMRI✓ Correct answer
- DTranscranial Doppler
Q3.Best advantage of doing transcranial Doppler ultrasound?
- ADetect AV malformation
- BDetect emboli
- CDetect vasopasm✓ Correct answer
- DDetect brain blood vessels stenosis
Q4.Brain infarct is detected at the earliest by
- ANCCT
- BCECT
- CX ray
- DDiffusion weighted MRI✓ Correct answer
Q5.Premature filling of veins on cerebral angiography is a feature of
- ATrauma
- BBrain tumour
- CArteriovenous malformation✓ Correct answer
- DAerial occlusion
Q6.Puff of smoke appearance on cerebral angiography is seen in:
- AACA aneurysm
- BCavernous sinus thrombosis
- CMoyamoya disease✓ Correct answer
- DVein of Galen malformation
Q7.45yr old female with sudden onset headache and neck rigidity There is no history of trauma ..
- ASAH✓ Correct answer
- BMeningitis
- CSDH
- DHemorrhagic stroke
Q8.Earliest sign of increased intracranial tension is
- ASilver beaten appearance
- BErosion of dorsum sella✓ Correct answer
- CSuture diastasis
- DJ shaped sella
Q9.Medusa head appearance on MRI is seen in
- AAV malformation
- BVenous angioma✓ Correct answer
- CCavernous hemangioma
- DVein of galen malformation
Q10.A male was brought unconscious to the hospital with external injuries. CT shows no midline shift, but basal cisterns were full (compressed) with multiple small haemorrhage. The most probable diagnosis is:
- ABrain contusion
- BDiffuse axonal injury✓ Correct answer
- CSubdural hemorrhage
- DMultiple infarct
Answer key
Q1: A. Vein of Galen malformation; Q2: C. MRI; Q3: C. Detect vasopasm; Q4: D. Diffusion weighted MRI; Q5: C. Arteriovenous malformation; Q6: C. Moyamoya disease; Q7: A. SAH; Q8: B. Erosion of dorsum sella; Q9: B. Venous angioma; Q10: B. Diffuse axonal injury.
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