Full Description
Neurology is a complex field with many nuances specific to individual patients. Each patient's neurological condition can present uniquely, influenced by a myriad of factors such as genetics, lifestyle, comorbidities, and environmental exposures. This complexity means the traditional method of learning medicine by subject matter often fails to capture the essence of real-world clinical practice. Like all skills, proficiency in neurology is acquired through mindful practice. This involves deep analysis of each case, corrected in real-time by gold standards such as genetic tests, imaging, and pathology. To maintain and expand one's expertise, this process must be continually practiced throughout one's career.
Neurology: One Patient at a Time is a collection of clinical commentaries written by Dr. Martin A. Samuels based on cases covered in the daily "Morning Report", which he initiated in the department of Neurology at Brigham and Women's. Each case is meticulously analyzed, with relevant references to literature and his personal judgment as one of the world's leading neurologists. This blend of evidence-based concepts and expert interpretation allows for a more holistic approach to patient care. Containing more than 70 representative patient cases, Neurology: One Patient at a Time provides invaluable insights for trainees and experts alike.
Contents
Preface
Section 01: Cerbrovascular Diseases
Case 1: Convexity Hemorrhage and RCVS: "
Case 2: Left Pontine Infarct (Not a Lacune) After a Diagnosis of FND
Case 3: Radiation Vascular Disease Causing Pontine Strokes: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Case 4: Dental Numbness and the Quintothalamic Tract
Case 5: Multiple Saccular Aneurysms
Case 6: Budd-Chiari and Cortical Vein Thrombosis
Case 7: Vermal Arteriovenous Malformation
Case 8: Orthostatic Shaking
Section 02: Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders
Case 9: Aphasia and the Insula
Case 10: Transient Global Amnesia
Case 11: Anton-Babinski in Reverse and Denial of Seeing
Case 12: Confusional State
Section 03: Movement Disorders
Case 13: Multiple-System Atrophy, Parkinsonian Subtype (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Case14: Parkinsonism Perioperative Delirium
Case 15: Chorea Gravidarum and Acanthocytosis
Case 16: Psychogenic Overlay
Section 04: Seizure Disorders
Case 17: ALL Treatment and Epilepsia Partialis Continua
Case 18: First Seizure and a Right Parietal Lesion in a 65-Year-Old Pilot
Case19: Cursive Seizures and Epileptic Personality
Section 05: Neoplastic Disorders
Case 20: Glioblastoma Producing Transcortical Motor Aphasia
Case 21: Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis
Case 22: Hydrocephalus from Pineal Region Glioma
Case 23: Herniation
Case 24: Subacute Encephalopathy in a Woman with "
Cas 25: Cauda Equina Syndrome in an Immunocompromised Patient
Case 26: Pituitary Apoplexy
Case 27: Charles Bell X 2: Facial Palsy and Mental Numbness
Case 28: I Missed a Glioma
Case 29: Lymphoma
Section 06: Headache and Pain
Case 30: CREST Neurology and Convexity Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Case 31: Complicated Migraine with Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Case 32: Migrainous White Spots
Case 33: Acute Eye Pain
Case 34: Migraine in the Elderly
Case 35: Migraine: The Neurologist's Friend
Section 07: Peripheral Nervous System Disorders
Case 36: Amyloid Neuropathy
Case 37: Weak in the ICU: Neurocritical Care Neuromyopathy
Case 38: Microvascular Oculomotor Palsy
Case 39: Nemaline Myopathy
Case 40: Duchenne Dystrophy and Chronic Hypoxia
Case 41: Necrotizing Statin Myopathy
Section 08: Metabolic and Toxic Disorders
Case 42: Metabolic Encephalopathy from Osmotic Shifts
Section 09: Psychogenic Disorders
Case 43: Psychogenic Weakness on the Left Side
Case 44: MELAS + Stress
Case 45: A Dissociative State
Case 46: The Perils of FND
Case 47: The DTs Return
Case 48: Psychogenic Paraplegia
Section 10: Spinal Fluid Disorders
Case 49: The Froin-Nonne Sign
Case 50: " H. Houston Merrett
Section 11: Medical Neurology
Case 51: Neurocardiac Lesion
Case 52: Trousseau's Disease
Case 53: Cobalamin Deficiency
Case 54: Trousseau's Syndrome with Pancreatic Cancer
Case 55: Cardiac Surgery-Related Stroke
Case 56: ECMO and Migraine
Case 57: Myeloproliferative Disorders, Hyperviscosity and Pseudo-dissection
Section 12: Infectious Diseases
Case 58: Orbital Cellulitis With Superior Ophthalmic Vein Thrombophlebitis
Case 59: Antibiotic Neurotoxicity
Case 60: Leptomeningitis and Ventriculitis in a Patient on Steroids
Case 61: Neutrophilic Meningoencephalitis
Case 62: Infective Endocarditis
Case 63: Lightning Pains
Case 64: Hodgkin Disease, Stem Cell Transplant and Recurrent Encephalitis
Section 13: Immune and Inflammatory Disorders
Case 65: MS Acute Treatment and Disease Modifying Therapies (DMTs)
Case 66: A Fatal Demyelinating Disease
Case 67: One-and-a-Half Syndrome
Case 68: Autoimmune Encephalitis
Section 14: Dizziness
Case 69: Chronic Dizziness and the Syndrome of Multiple Sensory Deficits
Section 15: Spinal Cord Disorders
Case 70: Cervical Myelopathy
Case 71: Myelopathy After Minor Accident
Case 72: Cervical Spondylosis in an 81-Year-Old Woman
