The Worst Headache of My Life

May 10, 2026 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on The Worst Headache of My Life
History and Physical A 17-year-old male with a history of obesity, Cushing syndrome, and arterial hypertension comes to the emergency room for severe headache starting 3 hours before sexual intercourse….
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Children Can Also Have Microstrokes

May 10, 2026 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Children Can Also Have Microstrokes
History and Physical A 12-year-old girl presents with episodic recurrent headaches since 10 years of age, which are throbbing in quality, 8/10 in intensity. The headaches are accompanied by phonophobia,…
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The Brain Also Faints

May 10, 2026 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on The Brain Also Faints
History and Physical A 16-year-old right-handed girl presents with recurrent headaches intensifying over the past month. Since 13 years of age, she has experienced monthly headaches of variable duration (2–8…
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Ironing Out the Cause of Seizures

May 10, 2026 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Ironing Out the Cause of Seizures
History and Physical A 12-year-old girl had a prolonged history of severe global developmental delay, stereotyped behaviors, nocturnal awakenings, and occasional staring spells. During infancy, she was diagnosed with global…
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Skin Is the Window to the Brain

May 10, 2026 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Skin Is the Window to the Brain
History and Physical A 48-day-old girl presented to the emergency department with a first-time seizure. Immediately after breastfeeding, she vomited and became unresponsive. Her head and eyes deviated to the…
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When Sinuses Are the Cause of a Headache

May 10, 2026 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on When Sinuses Are the Cause of a Headache
History and Physical A 14-year-old male presents with a history of seasonal allergies and headache since the age of 12. Initially, headaches were sporadic, but recently pain has been frequent…
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Secondary Seizures

May 10, 2026 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Secondary Seizures
History and Physical A 15-year-old right-handed boy consulted for left-sided hemiclonic motor seizures that evolved into bilateral tonic-clonic motor seizures. These were refractory to antiseizure medications (ASMs), and he subsequently…
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Focus on the Etiology

May 10, 2026 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Focus on the Etiology
History and Physical A 6-week-old boy presented with 1 week of episodic bilateral arm flexion and upward eye rolling. These episodes occurred in clusters (4–5 seizures/cluster, 3 times a day)….
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Full-Term Infant With Seizure

May 10, 2026 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Full-Term Infant With Seizure
History and Physical A male infant was born by cesarean section at 40 +2 weeks of gestation for nonreassuring fetal heart tracing. Birth weight was 3530 g. Meconium-stained amniotic fluid,…
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Not All Hemiparesis Is a Stroke

May 10, 2026 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Not All Hemiparesis Is a Stroke
History and Physical A 17-year-old right-handed male consults for a daily and persistent headache over 2 weeks. Headaches are predominantly left unilateral, with retroorbital and throbbing pain. They are associated…
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