110 Vagal Nerve Stimulator
Case 110 Vagal Nerve Stimulator Nazer H. Qureshi Clinical Presentation A 16-year-old boy with cerebral palsy and a long history of seizures is referred to you for a vagal nerve…
76 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Case 76 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Christopher P. Kellner and Christopher J. Winfree Clinical Presentation A 47-year-old woman is walking from one commuter train car to the next, when the…
60 Pineal Region Tumor
Case 60 Pineal Region Tumor Claude-Edouard Chatillon, José-Luis Montes, and Jean-Pierre Farmer Fig. 60.1 Computed tomography scan of the head without contrast at the level of the pineal gland. Fig….
56 Mega-hydrocephalus
Case 56 Mega-hydrocephalus Maqsood Ahmad and Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh Clinical Presentation You are called to see a newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit diagnosed prenatally with severe hydrocephalus. The…
79 Spasticity after Cord Injury
Case 79 Spasticity after Cord Injury Remi Nader Clinical Presentation A 64-year-old man presents 6 years after having sustained a motor vehicle accident. The patient is a recovered C4 partial…
67 Pediatric Head Trauma
Case 67 Pediatric Head Trauma Jeffrey Atkinson, José Luis Montes, and Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh Clinical Presentation A 7-month-old child was found at home with decreased level of consciousness and no…
64 Frontal Abscess with Sinus Involvement
Case 64 Frontal Abscess with Sinus Involvement Ramez Malak and Rober t Moumdjian Fig. 64.1 Computed tomography scan of the brain with (A) bone windows and (B–D) brain windows contrast…
42 In Tandem Extracranial and Intracranial Carotid Stenosis
Case 42 In Tandem Extracranial and Intracranial Carotid Stenosis Glenn C. Hunter Fig. 42.1 Selec tive cerebral angiogram demonstrating (A) 70% extracranial ICA stenosis and (B) 50% intracranial ICA stenosis….
75 Postherpetic Neuralgia
Case 75 Postherpetic Neuralgia Isaac Chan and Christopher J. Winfree Clinical Presentation A 70-year-old woman on chronic prednisone therapy for polymyositis presents 5 months previously with an outbreak of herpes…
62 Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Case 62 Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Jean-Pierre Farmer and Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh Clinical Presentation A 3-year-old child is referred to you because of the presence of multiple café-au-lait spots. His parents…
