Case Presentations in Neurology

by G. S. Venables, D. Bates, N. E. F. Cartlidge

Overview

Case Presentations in Neurology presents a selection of case histories demonstrating how patients with often quite simple problems may present and to bring out aspects of their diagnosis and management. All the patients presented to the Department of Neurology including those with more obscure diagnoses. The book consists of 12 exercises, each of six cases broadly corresponding to the style of the MRCP (UK) written case history papers. Each case is set out with the history and physical findings given first. There follows either a series of questions or true/false statements on one side of the page which the reader should attempt before continuing on to the answer section on the other side. There then follows a short discussion about each case and a single reference. This book is intended for those doctors studying for higher professional qualifications such as the MRCP, although it may be of interest and use to medical students approaching their final examinations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781483141305
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	10/22/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	252
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

PrefaceAbbreviationsChapter 1. Exercise 1 Case 1.1 An Impotent Man Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 1.2 An Evolving Paraparesis Questions Answers Questions Answers Questions Comment Further Reading Case 1.3 Sudden Blindness with Headache Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 1.4 Multiple Seizures Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 1.5 A Forgetful Man Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 1.6 An Infected Tooth Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further ReadingChapter 2. Exercise 2 Case 2.1 Dizzy Spells Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 2.2 Unexplained Coma Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 2.3 A Painful Arm Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 2.4 Confusion and Focal Seizures Questions Questions Answers Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 2.5 Numb Legs on Exercise Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 2.6 A Complicated Head Injury Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further ReadingChapter 3. Exercise 3 Case 3.1 A Weak Arm after a Fight Questions Answers Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 3.2 Muscle Pain on Exercise Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 3.3 A Case of Involuntary Movements Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 3.4 Weak Legs with Incontinence Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 3.5 'Febrile' Convulsions Questions Answers Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 3.6 Declining Abilities in Middle Age Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further ReadingChapter 4. Exercise 4 Case 4.1 'Complicated Migraine' Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 4.2 Funny Turns Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 4.3 Backache and Pain in the Leg Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 4.4 Positional Dizziness Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 4.5 A Runny Nose Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 4.6 Weakness in Cold Weather Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further ReadingChapter 5. Exercise 5 Case 5.1 Headache Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 5.2 A Clumsy Child Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 5.3 Sudden Generalized Weakness Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 5.4 Tingling Fingers and Toes Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 5.5 Dizziness after Going to a Discothèque Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 5.6 False Localizing Signs? Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further ReadingChapter 6. Exercise 6 Case 6.1 What Am I Doing Here? Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 6.2 Repeated Attacks of Pain in the Eye Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 6.3 A Wet Bed Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 6.4 A Painful Hand Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 6.5 Blank Spells Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 6.6 Recent Memory Loss Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further ReadingChapter 7. Exercise 7 Case 7.1 Neurological Complications of Systemic Disease Questions Answers Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 7.2 Abnormal Behavior Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 7.3 Deteriorating School Work Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 7.4 Acute Dizziness Questions Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 7.5 Painful Blindness Questions Answers Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 7.6 Sudden Falls Questions Answers Comment Further ReadingChapter 8. Exercise 8 Case 8.1 A Painful Shaking Limb Questions Answers Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 8.2 Pain in the Chest Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 8.3 A Slater with a Headache Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 8.4 Headache and a Weak Arm Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 8.5 A Painful Eye Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 8.6 Weakness and a Rash Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further ReadingChapter 9. Exercise 9 Case 9.1 Blindness after a Road Accident Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 9.2 An Unresponsive Patient Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 9.3 Slow Motor Development Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 9.4 A Paralyzed Arm Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 9.5 Acute Paraparesis Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 9.6 Coma of Uncertain Origin Questions Answers Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further ReadingChapter 10. Exercise 10 Case 10.1 A Stroke in a 17-Year-Old Girl Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 10.2 A Lump on the Head Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 10.3 Pes Cavus Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 10.4 Painful Ophthalmoplegia Questions Answers Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 10.5 Progressively Impaired Consciousness Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 10.6 Acute Confusion after an Operation Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further ReadingChapter 11. Exercise 11 Case 11.1 Deterioration after Head Injury Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 11.2 Sudden Visual Loss Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 11.3 Dizzy Spells Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 11.4 Unsteadiness Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 11.5 An Acute Confusional State Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 11.6 Painful Feet and Hands Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further ReadingChapter 12. Exercise 12 Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 12.1 Sudden Collapse Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 12.2 Pain in the Face Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 12.3 An Incontinent Child Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 12.4 An Unsteady Lady Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 12.5 Difficulty in Swallowing Questions Answers Questions Answers Comment Further Reading Case 12.6 Intermittent Weakness of the Left Arm Questions Answers Comment Further ReadingIndex by Subject