Practical Neurology Visual Review

Preface
Acknowledgment
¦ SECTION 1: NEUROMUSCULAR Disorders
CASE 1: Bilateral Carpal Tunnel in Pregnancy
CASE 2: Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow
CASE 3: Combined Median and Ulnar Neuropathy
CASE 4: Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy
CASE 5: Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy
CASE 6: Brachial Plexopathy (Parsonage-Turner Syndrome)
CASE 7: Polyneuropathy/Sensory Neuronopathy
CASE 8: L-5 Radiculopathy (Disc Herniation)
CASE 9: Femoral Neuropathy
CASE 10: Foot Drop: History of Arthroscopic Surgery
CASE 11: Motor Neuron Disease
CASE 12: Myasthenia Gravis
CASE 13: Myotonic Dystrophy

¦ SECTION 2: SPINAL CORD DISORDERS
CASE 14: Posttraumatic Cervical Syringomyelia
CASE 15: Lumbar Myelomeningocele/Spina Bifida
CASE 16: Cervical Myelopathy (Sarcoidosis)
CASE 17: Autoimmune Melopathy (Stiff Person Syndrome)
CASE 18: Ischemic Myelopathy (Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome)
CASE 19: Paraparesis after Nitrous Oxide Anesthesia

¦ SECTION 3: BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY
CASE 20: Nonfluent Aphasia Secondary to Left Frontal Infarction
CASE 21: Nonfluent Aphasia Secondary to LICA Occlusion
CASE 22: Fluent Aphasia Secondary to Left Posterior Temporal Infarction
CASE 23: Wernicke Aphasia Secondary to Left MCA Infarction
CASE 24: Primary Progressive Aphasia
CASE 25: Frontotemporal Dementia
CASE 26: Alien Hand Syndrome Secondary to Left Frontal/Callosal Infarction
CASE 27: Alexia without Agraphia
CASE 28: Gerstmann Plus Syndrome
CASE 29: Anterior Opercular Syndrome (Foix-Chavany-Marie)
CASE 30: Amnesia (PCA Infarct)
CASE 31: Dementia (Early Alzheimer Disease)
CASE 32: Dementia (Late Alzheimer Disease)
CASE 33: Dementia with Lewy Bodies

¦ SECTION 4: CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS
CASE 34: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis
CASE 35: Vertebrobasilar TIAs: Basilar Artery Stenosis
CASE 36: Dysphagia/Imbalance: Vertebral Artery Stenosis
CASE 37: Pure Motor Hemiparesis due to Capsular Lacunar Infarction
CASE 38: Ataxic Hemiparesis due to Pontine Infarction
CASE 39: Left Internal Carotid Artery Dissection
CASE 40: Wallenberg Syndrome Secondary to Vertebral Artery Dissection
CASE 41: Multiple Cerebral Infarctions due to Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
CASE 42: Pseudobulbar Palsy (Multiple Strokes)
CASE 43: Watershed Infarcts
CASE 44: Moyamoya Syndrome Associated with Down Syndrome
CASE 45: Takayasu’s Arteritis
CASE 46: Recurrent Facial Palsies (VZV) Followed by Cerebral Infarction
CASE 47: Multiple Lobar Hemorrhages due to Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
CASE 48: Pure Sensory Stroke due to Thalamic Hemorrhage
CASE 49: Lacunar Hemichoreathetosis
CASE 50: Alexia Without Agraphia due To Biopsy Negative Primary CNS Angiitis
CASE 51: Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis

¦ SECTION 5: MOVEMENT DISORDERS
CASE 52: Resting Tremor (and a “Stroke of Luck”)
CASE 53: Essential Tremor
CASE 54: Dystonic Tremor
CASE 55: Parkinson’s Disease
CASE 56: Multiple System Atrophy, Parkinsonism
CASE 57: Corticobasal Syndrome, Corticobasal Degeneration
CASE 58: Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
CASE 59: Cervical Dystonia
CASE 60: Cerebral Palsy/Dystonia
CASE 61: Palatal Tremor due to Medullary Infarction
CASE 62: Hemichorea/Hemiballism
CASE 63: Paraneoplastic Chorea/Sensory Neuronopathy
CASE 64: Hemifacial Spasm
CASE 65: Tic Disorder
CASE 66: Hemidystonia (Neurosarcoidosis)
CASE 67: Acute Dystonic Reaction

¦ SECTION 6: CEREBELLAR DISORDERS
CASE 68: Ataxia due to Bilateral PICA Infarctions
CASE 69: Friedreich’s Ataxia
CASE 70: Cerebellar Ataxia
CASE 71: Hereditary Ataxia
CASE 72: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3
CASE 73: Multiple System Atrophy/Cerebellar Type
CASE 74: Lipid Storage Ataxia: Niemann-Pick Type C

¦ SECTION 7: DEMYELINATING DISORDERS
CASE 75: Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Secondary to Multiple Sclerosis
CASE 76: Nystagmus/Ataxia Secondary to Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
CASE 77: Multiple Sclerosis (Pontine Lesion)
CASE 78: Spastic Gait/Dysarthria due to Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

¦ SECTION 8: NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY
CASE 79: Horner’s Syndrome in Patient with Wallenberg Syndrome
CASE 80: Adie’s Tonic Pupil/Ross Syndrome
CASE 81: Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
CASE 82: Postoperative Acute Left CN III Palsy
CASE 83: Progressive Left CN III Palsy Secondary to Cavernous Sinus Mass Lesion
CASE 84: Abducens Palsy
CASE 85: Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
CASE 86: Right Homonymous Hemianopia Due to PCA Infarct
CASE 87: Upbeat Nystagmus: Wernicke’s Encephalopathy

¦ SECTION 9: NEUROINFECTIOUS
CASE 88: Herpes Zoster (Postherpetic Neuralgia)
CASE 89: Recurrent Aseptic Meningitis
CASE 90: Post-encephalitic Parkinsonism
CASE 91: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

¦ SECTION 10: NEURO-OTOLOGY
CASE 92: Vertigo/Imbalance Secondary to Isolated Vermian Infarction
CASE 93: Deafness/Tinnitus Secondary to Vestibular (Acoustic) Schwannoma
CASE 94: Vertiginous Dizziness
CASE 95: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

¦ SECTION 11: NUTRITIONAL/METABOLIC
CASE 96: Wernicke’s Encephalopathy Secondary to Hyperemesis Gravidarum
CASE 97: Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis

¦ SECTION 12: HEADACHES/PAIN
CASE 98: Migraine Headaches/Pregnancy
CASE 99: Cluster Headaches
CASE 100: CSF Hypotension Syndrome
CASE 101: Ideopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri)
CASE 102: Trigeminal Neuralgia
CASE 103: Atypical Facial Pain

¦ SECTION 13: EPILEPSY AND SPELLS
CASE 104: Partial Complex Seizures
CASE 105: Partial Seizures with Elementary Symptomatology
CASE 106: Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
CASE 107: Epilepsia Partialis Continua
CASE 108: Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
CASE 109: Cough Syncope

¦ SECTION 14: SLEEP MEDICINE
CASE 110: Obstructive Sleep Apnea

¦ SECTION 15: GAIT DISORDERS
CASE 111: Lower-Body Parkinsonism (Gait Apraxia)
CASE 112: Vascular Parkinsonism and Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
CASE 113: Hemiplegic Gait/Spasticity
CASE 114: Hemiparkinsonian Gait
CASE 115: Adult-Onset Dystonic Gait
CASE 116: Psychogenic Gait

¦ SECTION 16: NEURO-ONCOLOGY
CASE 117: Leptomeningeal Malignancy (Lymphoma)
CASE 118: Paraneoplastic Chorea

¦ SECTION 17: NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES/URGENCIES
CASE 119: Acute Cerebellar Infarction (PICA) with Early Hydrocephalus
CASE 120: Iatrogenic Emergencies

¦ SECTION 18: BORDERLAND BETWEEN NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
CASE 121: Conversion Disorder (Psychogenic Gait)
CASE 122: Somatization Disorder (Psychogenic Stuttering)
CASE 123: Psychogenic Tremor

¦ SECTION 19: BORDERLAND BETWEEN NEUROLOGY AND MEDICINE
CASE 124: Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome
CASE 125:Tetany in Electrolytic Derangement
CASE 126: Acquired Neuromyotonia in Rheumatologic Disease

¦ SECTION 20: CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CORRELATIONS
CASE 127: Primary CNS Angiitis
CASE 128: Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis
CASE 129: Polymyositis/Myasthenia Gravis
CASE 130 : Multiple System Atrophy-Cerebellar type

CASE 131: Neoplastic Brachial Plexopathy

REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
INDEX

Discover today’s most practical guide to neurologic diagnosis.
• Case-based format includes 131 real-world scenarios to sharpen readers’ critical thinking and diagnostic skills.
• Over 370 multiple-choice questions reinforce essential knowledge.
• Over 130 online video clips address common and unusual neurologic presentations.
• Principles of bedside neurology include description and localization of findings, differential diagnosis, evaluation, management, and counseling.
NEW to the Second Edition…
• Full-color design facilitates visual learning.
• 50 new cases from two institutions provide new diagnostic challenges.
• Additional diagnostic images highlight critical pathologic features.
• QR codes located in the print book allow easy access to videos via SmartPhone scanning
• Companion website features digital interactive case presentations
• Presentations by expert instructors ensure clear and accurate descriptions of neurologic conditions, their signs, and symptoms.

"This is a valuable tool for medical students or residents, including neurology residents. It includes a wide variety of cases with unique audiovisual presentations and provides a simple and practical way of learning about neurological problems rooted in bedside teaching techniques. It succinctly provides interactive cases that help reinforce the information for readers."
Doody's Review (September 2013)
Rebecca Hurst, M.D.(Mayo Clinic Florida)