BookH. Manji, C. Turner, M.R.B. Evans (eds.).
Summary: This book presents 50 cases, common and rare, genetic and acquired, in a practical, easy-to-read format. Each case includes history and examination, lab test results, neuropathology as appropriate, neuroradiology, differential diagnosis and management.
Contents:
Section 1: Peripheral nerve, neuromuscular junction and motor neuron disorders
A woman who could not wear high heels
Rare as rocking horse droppings...- A lady with ataxia ? an example of Hickam?s Dictum
A lady with tremor not due to Parkinson?s disease
A makeup artist with Crohn?s disease
Not a laughing matter
Leg swelling and painful feet in a business man
A man with back pain and weight loss
A man with progressive weakness and muscle twitching
A woman with burning hands
Another case of unsteadiness
A young man with blurred vision and foot drop
Progressive motor weakness in a Somalian man
A man with a pacemaker develops difficulty walking
Cramps, weakness and fasciculations
A lady with weakness since childhood
A man with an insidious, painful mononeuropathy
A lady with head drop
The dangers of home preserved vegetables
A man with a dry mouth and weakness
A man with difficulty chewing gum and an ominous family history
A patient with an acute syndrome, recovers and represents years later
A man with recurrent chest infections
A medical student with episodes of weakness and sensory disturbance
Weakness in an Indian man
A man with episodes of shoulder pain and a weak arm
A man with painful feet and hand ulcers
A psychologist with wrist drop
Section 2: Muscle disorders
Longstanding drooping eyelids
Drooping eyelids PLUS
Neither one nor the other
When is myotonia not caused by myotonic dystrophy?
Myotonia and paralysis-two syndromes, one diagnosis
Typical phenotype, MRI and histology
Atypical phenotype, MRI and histology
A multisystem muscle disorder needs monitoring
The less aggressive and less common cousin
A common cause of progressive proximal weakness..
... and the other common cause
A treatable systemic muscle disease
A blood vessel disease causing weakness
Antibody-mediated muscle disease?
When the wind comes back
When the wind does not come back
Paralysis is only a part of the problem
“Back to the basics”-never forget to look at the back
Is it time to take the heat out of the problem?
Praying for an answer can be helpful
Neuromuscular junction dysfunction is not always myasthenic
Carrying shopping can be difficult, especially for men.