Case Files Neurology - part 9 pdf

... 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: NEU...

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... cord myelitis [ 39. 1] A 1 9- year-old man, who works at a hamburger stand, develops diar- rhea, and 2 weeks later experiences gait difficulties and foot tingling. [ 39. 2] An 18-year-old woman comes ... weakness. [ 39. 3] A 62-year-old man with hypertension and diabetes presents with acute right face, arm, leg weakness, slurred speech, and right-sided hyperreflexia. [ 39. 4] A 34-year-old wo...

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... 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 4 49 Listing by Disorder ... DYT-1, early-onset torsion dystonia, caused by mutation in the torsin A gene at chromosome 9q34; and DYT-5, dopa-responsive dystonia. See Table 3–1 for differential diagnosis of dystonia...

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... Injury Study of high-dose methylprednisolone therapy on acute cervical spinal cord injury-results in spinal injuries center. Spine 2006;31(26): 299 2– 299 6. CLINICAL CASES 69 CLINICAL PEARLS ❖ The ... Academy of Neurology. Neurology 2006;66 :98 3 99 5. Tolosa E, Wenning G, Poewe W. The diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. Lancet Neurol 2006;5:75–86. This page intentionally left blank • Dr...

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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 afte...

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... 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 white female has a 10-year ... 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. 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 ... Harrison’s principles of internal medicine, 16th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2004: Figs. 3 59 3a, 3b.) CLINICAL CASES 2 09 CLINICAL CASES 195 [22.3] C. Multiple sclerosis is by and la...

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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 MJ, Simon ... 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-F4 F4-...

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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 ... several weeks. Some patients CLINICAL CASES 323 ANSWERS TO CASE 39: Guillain-Barré Syndrome Summary: A 25-year-old healthy female presents to the ER with rapid pro- gression of ascending...

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... pearls, 195 considerations, 190 – 191 differential diagnosis, 192 – 193 laboratory confirmation, 193 microscopic image of, 193 f symptoms, 1 89 treatment options, 194 and Vitamin B 12 deficiency, 191 – 192 subarachnoid ... 199 clinical approach, 199 clinical pearls, 202 considerations, 198 diagnosis, 201 epidemiology, 199 etiologies, 199 –201, 200f multiple sclerosis association,...

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