Primary Progressive Aphasia OBJECTIVES To present characteristic features of the syndrome of primary progressive aphasia (PPA). To describe the diagnostic features of the three PPA phenotypes: progressive nonfluent aphasia, semantic…
Wernicke Aphasia Secondary to Left MCA Infarction OBJECTIVES To name the most common types of aphasia. To name the most common anatomic location for each type of aphasia. To present…
Fluent Aphasia Secondary to Left Posterior Temporal Infarction OBJECTIVES To define aphasia. To name the most common types of aphasia. To name the most common anatomic location for each type…
Nonfluent Aphasia Secondary to LICA Occlusion OBJECTIVES To demonstrate a brief evaluation of a patient with an acute aphasic syndrome. To name the perisylvian aphasias. To analyze the most common…
Nonfluent Aphasia Secondary to Left Frontal Infarction OBJECTIVES To present characteristic features of Broca aphasia. To name the most common types of aphasia. To review one of the most common…
Paraparesis After Nitrous Oxide Anesthesia OBJECTIVES To emphasize a rare neurological complication of nitrous oxide exposure. To discuss the differential diagnosis of cobalamin (B12) deficiency. To remind the practitioner that…
Ischemic Myelopathy (Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome) OBJECTIVES To review the arterial blood supply of the spinal cord. To discuss the main clinical features of spinal cord infarction in the distribution of…
Autoimmune Myelopathy (Stiff Person Syndrome) OBJECTIVES To discuss the main clinical features of stiff person syndrome (SPS). To summarize the different red flags guiding the practitioner to conditions mimicking SPS….
Cervical Myelopathy (Sarcoidosis) OBJECTIVES To emphasize the rarity of sarcoidosis exclusively manifested by myelopathy. To discuss the differential diagnosis of an expanding intramedullary mass. To highlight the importance of careful…
Lumbar Myelomeningocele/Spina Bifida OBJECTIVES To present an adult patient with sequelae of a surgically corrected lumbosacral myelomeningocele. To review the different entities associated with spinal dysraphism or myelodysplasia. To emphasize…
