Case Files Neurology - part 7 pot

... and usually involve people with diabetes mellitus for at least 25 years. 322 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY ❖ CASE 39 A 25-year-old female is brought into the emergency room (ER) after tripping during a ... the respiratory status of an individual. 300 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY ANSWERS TO CASE 34: Sixth Nerve Palsy (Ischemic Mononeuropathy) Summary: A 65-year-old man with hypertension, corona...

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... football hel- met should only be performed by a health care provider experienced in its CLINICAL CASES 89 diagnostic showing regular and symmetrical 3 Hz, possible 2- to 4-Hz spike-and-slow-wave complexes, ... patient has carotid stenosis D. The patient has atrial fibrillation 100 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY ❖ CASE 10 A 15-year-old right-hand dominant male became briefly unconscious after...

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... NEUROLOGY Fp2-F4 F4-C4 C4-P4 P4-O2 Fp2-F8 F8-T4 T4-T6 T6-O2 Fp1-F3 F3-C3 C3-P3 P3-O1 Fp1-F7 F7-T3 T3-T5 T5-O1 200 µV 1 s Figure 29–1. EEG of a patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. (With permis- sion from Aminoff ... of 74 % (Fig. 29–1). Computerized tomography of the brain can help rule out the possibility that the symptoms result from other problems 246 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY Fp2-F...

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... Approach to Clinical Problem-Solving 8 Part 3. Approach to Reading 10 SECTION II Clinical Cases 15 Fifty-three Case Scenarios 17 SECTION III Listing of Cases 4 47 Listing by Case Number 449 Listing ... recessive C. X-linked dominant D. X-linked recessive E. Y-linked CLINICAL CASES 21 APPROACH TO TREMOR Definitions Cogwheel rigidity—The feeling of periodic resistance to passive move- m...

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... Antiemetic agents such as prochlorperazine (Compazine) and meto- clopramide can cause a drug-induced parkinsonism. ❖ CASE 5 This 5 7- year-old man of Portuguese descent noticed that he had difficulty marching ... To characterize metabolic derangements that can complicate clinical course 74 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY In this particular case the focus should be on the history of trauma the...

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... APO- E genotype from commercial laboratories. It is important to note however that the presence APO-E ε4 is only a risk factor and does not prove AD. 174 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY ❖ CASE 17 A 23-year-old ... Post-LP headache is likely caused by the proximal relationship to the lumbar puncture. 158 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY ANSWERS TO CASE 19: Chronic Headache Summary: A 38-year-old wh...

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... remains controversial. 218 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY 194 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY Treatment Treatment of vitamin B 12 deficiency involves administering the vitamin in a fash- ion to bypass the pathologic ... meningitis. 228 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY CLINICAL PEARLS ❖ Meningitis classically presents with the triad of altered mental sta- tus, fever, and neck stiffness but is present in only...

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... acid. CLINICAL CASES 377 ❖ CASE 43 A 21-year-old college student presents with a 4 week history of frequent falls and difficulty jogging. This athletic woman states she noticed that she was fre- quently ... ascending paralysis and resolves with removal of the tick. 334 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY ❖ CASE 40 A 31-year-old woman presents with a 3-month history of muscle soreness, cramps, and...

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... are 428 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY 404 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY ANSWER TO CASE 48: Tourette Syndrome Summary: An 8-year-old boy with a 12-month history of motor and phonic tics accompanied by obsessive-compulsive ... moderate to severe pain. A fam- ily history of migraines, while common and helpful, is not required for the diagnosis. 392 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY 400 CASE FILES: NEUR...

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... 172 – 175 causes, 176 cortical/subcortical classifications, 172 , 174 t differential diagnosis, 175 – 177 Parkinson disease dementia, 184 pseudodementia syndrome, 171 , 172 , 175 denervation, 195, 371 Denver ... pseudotumor cerebri causative conditions, 276 and CIDP, 326 clinical approach, 277 – 278 clinical pearls, 281 considerations, 276 physiology of, 278 symptoms, 275 , 276 , 2...

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