55 Cases in Neurology

Description:

Written by a neurologist with 20 years of experience working in a general hospital, this engaging and informative book brings together 55 example cases from a general hospital setting with differential diagnoses. The case report format facilitates up to date management including modern neuroimaging, but also allows the reader to consider the potential diagnoses before turning the page to determine the correct diagnosis and treatment. The history, epidemiology as well as diagnostic criteria and management of specific neurological disorders are provided in an accompanying comment section. Unusual for a book of neurology, patients have had an opportunity to explain how neurological illness impacted their physical, psychological and social activities (provided by a relative/carer when the patient could not contribute). The themes provide a personal and truthful testament of the immediate and longer-term real-life impact of neurological illness, giving readers an insight into the effects of neurological diagnoses on their patients.

Table of Contents

Section 1 Visual Disturbance

1 Weight Loss Effects on Vision and Limbs

2 Adult-Onset Visual Loss

3 A BEE of a Syndrome

4 Multiple Problems

5 Chasing Periorbital Nerves

6 High Pressure

7 Test Characteristic Limitations

8 Temporary Visual Failure

9 Chasing the Clot

Section 2 Headache andPain

10 Losing Volume

11 Where Is the Pus?

12 Recurrent Acute Headaches

13 A ‘Never’ Recurring Event

14 Headache and Fever

15 Brain Infection

16 Headache and Droopy Eye

17 Facial Somatic Mosaicism

18 An Alarm Clock Headache

Section 3 Weakness

19 Bleeding Brain

20 A Battery Issue

21 Symptoms Took Years to Develop

22 High-Frequency Improvement

23 Singling Out Dermatomes

24 Asthmatic Neurology

25 Neurological Consequences of Infection

26 When Speech and Swallow Fail

27 Recurrent Weakness

28 Increasing Golfing Handicap

Section 4 Behavioural and Language Changes

29 Emotional Consequences

30 Covalent Cascade

31 Progressive Silence

32 Personality Change

33 Evolving and Changing Neurology

Section 5 Confusion

34 Clouding of Consciousness in Hospital

35 Leaky Effects of Rising Pressure

36 Smoking Encephalopathy

37 Losing Running Memories

Section 6 Movement Disturbances

38 Involuntary Arm Movement

39 Salt Control

40 A Young Man with More Than Dizziness

41 Late Familial Falling

42 Non-familial Falling

43 Shaking Leg

44 A Viral Opportunity

45 More Searching for Causes of Progressive Unsteadiness

Section 7 Acute Onset of Neurological Symptoms

46 A Neurological Miscarriage

47 Am I Repeating Myself?

48 A Raspberry Causing Trouble

49 Different Spells

50 Following the Eyes

51 Fuming Loss of Consciousness

52 From Skin to Brain

53 Self-Tolerance Failure

54 Not a Minor Problem

55 Seized

Perspectives

Index