Otoneurologic Manifestations of Otologic and Systemic Disease

Aug 12, 2019 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Otoneurologic Manifestations of Otologic and Systemic Disease

Keywords otologic, vestibular, cerebellopontine angle, acoustic neuroma, neurocutaneous syndromes, neurosyphilis, presbycusis   Neurologic Manifestations of Otologic Disease Complications of Middle Ear Pathology Intracranial complications occur in 0.25 to 0.5 percent…

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Alcohol and the Nervous System

Aug 12, 2019 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Alcohol and the Nervous System

Keywords alcoholic dementia, Wernicke–Korsakoff, alcoholic cerebellar degeneration, alcoholic neuropathy, alcoholic myopathy   Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions? Hippocrates Alcohol…

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Metastatic Disease and the Nervous System

Aug 12, 2019 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Metastatic Disease and the Nervous System

Keywords nervous system metastasis, CNS metastasis, brain metastasis, skull-base metastasis, leptomeningeal metastasis, spinal cord metastasis, peripheral nervous system metastasis, neurolymphomatosis, muscle metastasis, metastasis, malignant disease   The entire nervous system…

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Drug-Induced Disorders of the Nervous System

Aug 12, 2019 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Drug-Induced Disorders of the Nervous System

Keywords drug-induced disorders, nervous system, toxic myopathies, toxic neuropathies, iatrogenic disorders, adverse drug reactions, neurotoxicity, headache, stroke, seizures, coma, encephalopathy, behavioral disorders, movement disorders, cerebellar syndromes, ototoxicity, visual disorders, taste…

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Neurologic Manifestations of Hematologic Disorders

Aug 12, 2019 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Neurologic Manifestations of Hematologic Disorders

Keywords anemia, vitamin B 12 , folic acid, sickle cell, thalassemia, spherocytosis, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, cold agglutinin, cryoglobulin, kernicterus, neuroacanthocytosis, leukemia, myeloma, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, paraprotein, lymphoma, lymphomatoid granulomatosis, polycythemia, thrombocytosis,…

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Paraneoplastic Syndromes Involving the Nervous System

Aug 12, 2019 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Paraneoplastic Syndromes Involving the Nervous System

Keywords paraneoplastic syndrome, encephalomyelitis, limbic encephalitis, cerebellar degeneration, opsoclonus   The term paraneoplastic syndrome refers to symptoms or signs resulting from dysfunction of organs or tissues caused by a cancer,…

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Sexual Dysfunction in Patients with Neurologic Disorders

Aug 12, 2019 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Sexual Dysfunction in Patients with Neurologic Disorders

Keywords arousal, orgasm, ejaculatory dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, libido, neurologic disorders, sexual dysfunction, sexual function   Sexual excitement and satisfaction from adequate stimuli are a normal component of a fulfilled life….

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Neuro-ophthalmology in Medicine

Aug 12, 2019 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Neuro-ophthalmology in Medicine

Keywords optic neuropathy, diplopia, ocular motor abnormalities, abducens nerve, trochlear nerve, oculomotor nerve, nystagmus, visual field deficits, anisocoria   Although rarely a comforting topic for the general neurologist, neuro-ophthalmologic disorders…

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Neurologic Disorders Associated with Bone and Joint Disease

Aug 12, 2019 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Neurologic Disorders Associated with Bone and Joint Disease

Keywords neurologic complications, degenerative disease, spine, cervical spondylosis, vertebral osteomyelitis, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, osteopetrosis, Paget disease, ankylosing spondylitis, relapsing polychondritis, neurogenic claudication   The brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves, and spinal…

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