Case Files Neurology, Fourth Edition

by Eugene C. Toy, Pedro Mancias, Erin Furr Stimming, Doris H. Kung

Overview

A Doody's Core Title for 2024 & 2023!

Real-life cases sharpen your critical thinking skills for your clerkship and the shelf exam

Case Files®: Neurology presents 50+ real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in neurology. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, high-yield presentation of key diagnostic and treatment information, USMLE-style review questions. With this system, students learn in the context of real patients, rather than merely memorize facts. This fourth edition has been thoroughly updated with the most current medical information and therapy and includes new cases on acquired ataxias, status epilepticus, optic neuritis, radiculopathy, and sleep disorders.

• Learn from 50+ high-yield cases, each with board-style questions
• Master key concepts with clinical pearls questions
• Polish your approach to clinical problem solving and patient care
• Maximize your shelf exam score with this proven learning system
• NEW cases on acquired ataxias, status epilepticus, optic neuritis, radiculopathy, and sleep disorders

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781264268801
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	10/21/2022
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	656
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Eugene C. Toy, MD, is professor in the department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science; and assistant dean for educational programs at the University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School in Huston, TX.

Pedro Mancias, MD, is Adriana Blood Professor in the department of Pediatrics, Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology; assistant dean of Diversity and Inclusion; and distinguished teaching professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston McGovern Medical School in Houston, TX.

Erin E. Furr Stimming, MD, is associate professor of neurology at the University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, in Houston, TX.

Doris Kung, DO, FAAN is an associate professor, vice chair of education, and clerkship director in the department of Neurology at Baylor College on Medicine in Houston, TX. 

Table of Contents

Reviewers vii

Contributors ix

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xix

Introduction xxi

Listing of Cases xxiii

Section I How to Approach Clinical Problems 1

Part 1 Approach to the Patient 3

Part 2 Approach to Clinical Problem-Solving 9

Part 3 Approach to Reading 10

Section II Clinical Cases 15

Fifty-Four Case Scenarios

Movement Disorders (Cases 1 -6) 17

Trauma (Cases 7-8) 79

Altered Mental Status (Cases 9-10) 103

Stroke (Cases 11-13) 125

Seizures (Cases 14-17) 161

Headache (Cases 18-19) 205

Dementia (Cases 20-24) 227

Infection (Cases 25-31) 291

Cranial Nerve Disorders (Cases 32-37) 361

Motor Disorders (Cases 38-43) 427

Pediatric Neurology (Cases 44-51) 487

Tumors (Cases 52-53) 565

Miscellaneous (Case 54) 585

Section III Review Questions 595

Index 603