Nonfluent Aphasia Secondary to LICA Occlusion
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
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
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)
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)
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)
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
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…
Posttraumatic Cervical Syringomyelia
Posttraumatic Cervical Syringomyelia OBJECTIVES To describe a patient with posttraumatic cervical spinal cord dysfunction. To review the classification of syringomyelia and different conditions associated with this entity. VIGNETTE In 1960,…
Myotonic Dystrophy
Myotonic Dystrophy OBJECTIVES To recognize the importance of examining the mother in evaluating a floppy or weak newborn. To recognize the classical facies of myotonic dystrophy and illustrate the clinical…
Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia Gravis OBJECTIVES To review the differential diagnosis for fluctuating proximal weakness. To summarize the diagnostic workup for myasthenia gravis (MG) and the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS). To illustrate the…
