Case Files Neurology - part 8 pdf

... 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 muscle fatigue ... epilepsy D. Localization-related epilepsy E. Simple partial seizure [44.1] A 7-year-old boy is brought to clinic by his mother after complaining of smelling a foul odor. [44.2] An 8- year-o...

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... are 4 28 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:...

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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 447 Listing by Case Number 449 Listing ... (Table 1–1). 18 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY ❖ CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii INTRODUCTION xv SECTION I How to Approach Clinical Problems 1 Part 1. Approach to the Patie...

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... consumption and/or dependency ANSWERS TO CASE 8: Epidural/Subdural Hematoma Summary: This is a case of an 1 8- year-old athlete with an acute brain injury related to a sports-related trauma. The injury is ... SCA-6, which usually occurs between the ages of 40 and 50. People with SCA -8 usually develop symptoms in their late 30s. SCA-2 patients usu- ally develop dementia and slow eye mov...

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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 aft...

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... day. 156 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY Clinical Approach Etiologies and Clinical Presentation Hysterical attacks have been described by Briquet ( 188 7), Charcot ( 188 7– 188 9), and Breuer and Freud ( 189 5). ... 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 ❖...

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... remains controversial. 2 18 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. 2 28 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY CLINICAL PEARLS ❖ Meningitis classically presents with the triad of altered mental sta- tus, fever, and neck stiffness but is present in...

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... problems 246 CASE FILES: 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 ... visual fields can occur later on. 2 78 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY ❖ CASE 31 A 25-year-old man is brought to the emergency room after experiencing a gen- eralized tonic-clonic seizure....

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... 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 ... syndrome: patho- physiology of cochleovestibular symptoms. J Laryngol Otol 2002;116(10): 84 4 84 8. Ohtani F, Furuta Y, Aizawa H, et al. Varicella-zoster virus load and cochleovestibu- lar...

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... 85 considerations, 80 81 definitions, 81 vs. dementia, 82 , 85 diagnosis attention levels, 83 Babinski sign, 81 GCS, 81 , 81 t duration, 85 etiologies of, 83 t, 85 medication for, 84 pathophysiology, 82 risk ... radiotherapy can ame- liorate symptoms. Small asymptomatic lesions in older patients can be observed. 436 CASE FILES: NEUROLOGY LISTING OF CASES 451 LISTI...

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