Case 23 – Common Complaints; Rare Pathology
Abstract Mrs. A is a 30-year-old female who presented to the emergency department of a major urban hospital in Canada with complaints of abdominal pain, fatigue, and tremor. Her first…
Case 24 – Tremor, Hallucinations, and Cognitive Decline
Abstract A 72-year-old woman was seen with her husband at the movement disorder clinic. She was referred by her attending neurologist who has been following her for 9 years for…
Case 21 – Who Are These People in My Living Room?
Abstract A 73-year-old right-handed man presented with a 1-year history of visual hallucinations. The hallucinations were described as the sight of intruders, about 20–30 people who were seen in his…
Case 22 – Case of Parkinsonism That Never Had a Good Response to Levodopa
Abstract This 62-year-old former accountant presented to a neurologist with complaints of a right hand tremor, slowness, and gait difficulties. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and received pramipexole…
Case 19 – Obsessive Mandala Drawing in Semantic Dementia
Abstract A 65-year-old retired nurse with problems in following and remembering conversation. Case 19 Obsessive Mandala Drawing in Semantic Dementia Eline Donders and Yolande Pijnenburg 19.1 Main Complaint A 65-year-old…
Case 20 – Forced into Retirement
Abstract A 70-year-old man was referred because his balance had deteriorated in recent months. While he had only occasionally fallen over the previous 3 years, he now described a strong…
Case 18 – A Meaningless World
Abstract A 54-year-old right-handed highly educated French-speaking father of three was referred for a neurological consultation for “some memory difficulties and behavioral changes” for the past 2 years. His past…
Case 17 – The Man Who Stopped Reading
Abstract This is about a 56-year-old man who presented to the neurology clinic because of reading difficulty. Case 17 The Man Who Stopped Reading William S. Musser , Julia Kofler…
Case 16 – Middle-Aged Man Looking for Words
Abstract The patient is a 58-year-old-right-handed man, with 11 years of schooling. A retired bank manager, he presented in May 2011 with a 3-year history of progressive word-finding difficulties and…
Case 15 – From Stuttering to Mutism
Abstract EEP is a Brazilian, 68-year-old, right-handed man, with 15 years of schooling (graduated in business school). He is married and has a daughter and a son. Case 15 From…
