A 65-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic developed end-stage renal disease. He had undergone hemodialysis therapy through a catheter in the left arm for the past 3 years. He presented with pain and…
Neuromuscular disorders are those that affect the anterior horn (motor neuron diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS]), roots (radiculopathies), plexuses (plexopathies), or peripheral nerves (polyneuropathy, mononeuropathy). These also include…
A 56-year-old woman had a 4-month history of left shoulder and arm pain, and a 3-week history of numbness in the dorsum of the hand with some arm weakness. She…
A 30-year-old woman was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 8 years earlier when she presented with tingling, paresthesias, and weakness in her arms and legs. MRI showed patchy demyelinating plaques of…
A 42-year-old man was referred with a 3-week history of weakness in both arms after he underwent a complicated lumbar laminectomy for severe chronic, posttraumatic low back pain and a…
A 65-year-old diabetic woman underwent coronary arteriogram through left elbow catheterization. Shortly afterward, she developed severe pain in the left hand and numbness in the first three digits of the…
A 66-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic man was seen because of mild hand tremors and numbness in the first three fingers of his right hand, which made it difficult for him to…
An 82-year-old woman with a long-standing history of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recently suffered a hip fracture that caused difficulty walking, forcing her to use a walker. She presented with numbness…
Summary The ICD and DSM are both useful systems of psychiatric diagnosis, alike enough to be roughly comparable, but different enough to cause confusion and misuse. Both systems are in wide…
Summary This chapter describes the context of the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) related to mental health. It contains an explanation of the procedure adopted in…
