Practical Neurology Visual Review

by José Biller MD, FACP, FAAN, FAHA, Alberto Espay

Overview

Now in a fully revised and updated Second Edition, Practical Neurology Visual Review previously known as (Practical Neurology DVD Review) continues to be a powerful educational tool for mastering the clinical practice of neurologic diagnosis. The book opens new venues for teaching and learning the essentials of neurology by utilizing an interactive patient-based audiovisual electronic format.
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 any smartphone or tablet QR reader
• Companion website features digital interactive case presentations
• Presentations by expert instructors ensure clear and accurate descriptions of neurologic conditions, their signs, and symptoms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451182699
Publisher:	LWW
Publication date:	05/07/2013
Edition description:	Second
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Jose Biller MD, FACP, FAAN, FAHA
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
Alberto J. Espay, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati, UC Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, OH

Table of Contents

Preface v

Acknowledgment vii

Section 1 Neuromuscular 1

Case 1 Bilateral Carpal Tunnel in Pregnancy 1

Case 2 Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow 3

Case 3 Combined Median and Ulnar Neuropathy 5

Case 4 Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy 7

Case 5 Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy 9

Case 6 Brachial Plexopathy (Parsonage-Turner Syndrome) 10

Case 7 Polyneuropathy/Sensory Neuronopathy 12

Case 8 L5 Radiculopathy (Disc Herniation) 14

Case 9 Femoral Neuropathy 16

Case 10 Foot Drop: History of Arthroscopic Surgery 19

Case 11 Motor Neuron Disease 21

Case 12 Myasthenia Gravis 23

Case 13 Myotonic Dystrophy 25

Section 2 Spinal Cord 27

Case 14 Posttraumatic Cervical Syringomyelia 27

Case 15 Lumbar Myelomeningocele/Spina Bifida 29

Case 16 Cervical Myelopathy (Sarcoidosis) 31

Case 17 Autoimmune Myelopathy (Stiff Person Syndrome) 33

Case 18 Ischemic Myelopathy (Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome) 36

Case 19 Paraparesis After Nitrous Oxide Anesthesia 39

Section 3 Behavioral Neurology 41

Case 20 Nonfluent Aphasia Secondary to Left Frontal Infarction 41

Case 21 Nonfluent Aphasia Secondary to LICA Occlusion 44

Case 22 Fluent Aphasia Secondary to Left Posterior Temporal Infarction 46

Case 23 Wernicke Aphasia Secondary to Left MCA Infarction 48

Case 24 Primary Progressive Aphasia 50

Case 25 Frontotemporal Dementia 52

Case 26 Alien Hand Syndrome Secondary to Left Frontal/Callosal Infarction 54

Case 27 Alexia Without Agraphia 55

Case 28 Gerstmann Plus Syndrome 56

Case 29 Anterior Opercular Syndrome (Foix-Chavany-Marie) 58

Case 30 Amnesia (PCA Infarct) 60

Case 31 Dementia (Early Alzheimer Disease) 62

Case 32 Dementia (Late Alzheimer Disease) 64

Case 33 Dementia with Lewy Bodies 66

Section 4 Cerebrovascular 70

Case 34 Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis 70

Case 35 Vertebrobasilar TIAs: Basilar Artery Stenosis 72

Case 36 Dysphagia/Imbalance: Vertebral Artery Stenosis 74

Case 37 Pure Motor Hemiparesis Due to Capsular Lacunar Infarction 76

Case 38 Ataxic Hemiparesis Due to Pontine Infarction 77

Case 39 Left Internal Carotid Artery Dissection 79

Case 40 Wallenberg Syndrome Secondary to Vertebral Artery Dissection 81

Case 41 Multiple Cerebral Infarctions Due to Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome 82

Case 42 Pseudobulbar Palsy (Multiple Strokes) 83

Case 43 Watershed Infarcts 84

Case 44 Moyamoya Syndrome Associated with Down Syndrome 86

Case 45 Takayasu Arteritis 87

Case 46 Recurrent Facial Palsies (VZV) Followed by Cerebral Infarction 89

Case 47 Multiple Lobar Hemorrhages Due to Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy 90

Case 48 Pure Sensory Stroke Due to Thalamic Hemorrhage 92

Case 49 Lacunar Hemichoreoathetosis 94

Case 50 Alexia Without Agraphia Due to Biopsy-Negative Primary CNS Angiitis 96

Case 51 Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis 99

Section 5 Movement Disorders 102

Case 52 Resting Tremor (and a "Stroke of Luck") 102

Case 53 Essential Tremor 103

Case 54 Dystonic Tremor 105

Case 55 Parkinson Disease 108

Case 56 Multiple System Atrophy, Parkinsonian Type 111

Case 57 Corticobasal Syndrome (Corticobasal Degeneration) 113

Case 58 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy 115

Case 59 Cervical Dystonia 118

Case 60 Cerebral Palsy/Dystonia 121

Case 61 Palatal Tremor Due to Medullary Infarction 122

Case 62 Hemichorea-Hemiballism 124

Case 63 Paraneoplastic Chorea/Sensory Neuronopathy 127

Case 64 Hemifacial Spasm 128

Case 65 Tic Disorder 130

Case 66 Hemidystonia (Sarcoidosis) 132

Case 67 Acute Dystonic Reaction 133

Section 6 Cerebellar Disorders 136

Case 68 Ataxia Due to Bilateral PICA Infarctions 136

Case 69 Friedreich Ataxia 138

Case 70 Cerebellar Ataxia 141

Case 71 Hereditary Ataxia 143

Case 72 Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 145

Case 73 Multiple System Atrophy, Cerebellar Type 147

Case 74 Lipid Storage Ataxia: Niemann-Pick Type C 149

Section 7 Demyelinating Disorders 151

Case 75 Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Secondary to Multiple Sclerosis 151

Case 76 Nystagmus/Ataxia Secondary to Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis 153

Case 77 Multiple Sclerosis (Pontine Lesion) 155

Case 78 Spastic Gait/Dysarthria due to Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis 157

Section 8 Neuro-Ophthalmology 159

Case 79 Homer Syndrome in Patient with Wallenberg Syndrome 159

Case 80 Adie Tonic Pupil/Ross Syndrome 161

Case 81 Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy 163

Case 82 Postoperative Acute Left CN III Palsy 164

Case 83 Progressive Left CN III Palsy Secondary to Cavernous Sinus Mass Lesion 167

Case 84 Abducens Palsy 168

Case 85 Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia 170

Case 86 Right Homonymous Hemianopsia Due to PCA Infarct 172

Case 87 Upbeat Nystagmus: Wernicke Encephalopathy 174

Section 9 Neuroinfectious Diseases 177

Case 88 Herpes Zoster (Postherpetic Neuralgia) 177

Case 89 Recurrent Aseptic Meningitis 178

Case 90 Postencephalitic Parkinsonism 180

Case 91 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 182

Section 10 Neurootology 185

Case 92 Vertigo/Imbalance Secondary to Isolated Vermian Infarction 185

Case 93 Deafness/Tinnitus Secondary to Vestibular (Acoustic) Schwannoma 187

Case 94 Vertiginous Dizziness 189

Case 95 Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo 191

Section 11 Nutritional/Metabolic 194

Case 96 Wernicke Encephalopathy Secondary to Hyperemesis Gravidarum 194

Case 97 Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis 196

Section 12 Headaches/Pain 198

Case 98 Migraine Headaches/Pregnancy 198

Case 99 Cluster Headaches 199

Case 100 CSF Hypotension Syndrome 201

Case 101 Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension 203

Case 102 Trigeminal Neuralgia 205

Case 103 Atypical Facial Pain 206

Section 13 Epilepsy and Spells 209

Case 104 Partial Complex Seizures 209

Case 105 Partial Seizures with Elementary Symptomatology 211

Case 106 Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 213

Case 107 Epilepsia Partialis Continua 215

Case 108 Frontal Lobe Epilepsy 217

Case 109 Cough Syncope 219

Section 14 Sleep Medicine 221

Case 110 Obstructive Sleep Apnea 221

Section 15 Gait 224

Case 111 Lower-Body Parkinsonism (Gait Apraxia) 224

Case 112 Vascular Parkinsonism and Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 226

Case 113 Hemiplegic Gait/Spasticity 230

Case 114 Hemiparkinsonian Gait 232

Case 115 Adult-Onset Dystonic Gait 234

Case 116 Psychogenic Gait 236

Section 16 Neuro-Oncology 238

Case 117 Leptomeningeal Malignancy (Lymphoma) 238

Case 118 Paraneoplastic Chorea 240

Section 17 Neurologic Emergencies/Urgencies 243

Case 119 Acute Cerebellar Infarction (PICA) with Early Hydrocephalus 243

Case 120 Iatrogenic Emergencies 245

Section 18 Borderland Between Neurology and Psychiatry 247

Case 121 Conversion Disorder (Psychogenic Gait) 247

Case 122 Somatization Disorder (Psychogenic Stuttering) 248

Case 123 Psychogenic Tremor 250

Section 19 Borderland Between Neurology and Medicine 253

Case 124 Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome 253

Case 125 Tetany in Electrolytic Derangement 256

Case 126 Acquired Neuromyotonia in Rheumatologic Disease 257

Section 20 Clinicopathologic Correlations 260

Case 127 Primary CNS Angiitis 260

Case 128 Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis 262

Case 129 Polymyositis/Myasthenia Gravis 264

Case 130 Multiple System Atrophy, Cerebellar Type 266

Case 131 Neoplastic Brachial Plexopathy 269

Review Questions and Answers 272

Index 323

Editorial Reviews

"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)

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