A Diabetic Woman With Muscle Weakness and Ophthalmoplegia
A 44-year-old woman presented with worsening low back pain of 1 month’s duration. She also complained of difficulty chewing and blurred vision for 1 week and diffuse weakness in the…
A Woman With Unilateral Facial Weakness
A 52-year-old woman presented with a 5-day history of pain in the left ear; she then had 3 days of decreased taste and facial weakness. She had no significant previous…
A Woman With Acute Onset of Shoulder Pain and Weakness
A 35-year-old woman presented with a 3-week history of right shoulder pain with numbness in the forearm and difficulty raising her arm. She had an upper respiratory infection 2 weeks…
A Woman With Uterine Cancer and Unilateral Leg Weakness
A 42-year-old woman with invasive carcinoma of the cervix presented with progressive pain and weakness in her left lower extremity of 2 months’ duration; she was referred for an EMG….
A Man With Weakness and Fasciculations in the Lower Extremities
A 39-year-old black man presented with a 4-year history of pain across the lower back and legs with weakness and difficulty walking. A previous EMG showed diffuse polyphasic motor unit…
A Man With Unilateral Proximal Leg Weakness After Heart Catheterization
A 79-year-old diabetic man developed acute pain in the right hip and knee immediately after a heart catheterization. Past medical history included kidney stones, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension. He did…
A Man With Foot Pain
A 60-year-old man came with a 12-month history of shooting pains in the sole of the left foot along with numbness in the sole and occasional pain which radiated from…
A Diabetic Man With Back and Leg Pain
A 60-year-old, type 2 diabetic man woke up 2 months prior to admission with back pain that radiated to the left leg below the knee, particularly in the inner side…
A Woman With Back Pain and Weakness
A 52-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of weakness and pain of the left lower back radiating to the hip and thigh. She occasionally had pain in the other…
A Woman With Neck Pain and a Weak Arm
A 24-year-old woman presented to her family doctor complaining of difficulty rotating the neck and pain in the left shoulder; she received corticosteroid injections into the neck with some relief….
