Part of the Challenging Concepts in series, this book is a case-based guide to challenging clinical scenarios in neurology, covering 25 sub-speciality areas of the neurology curriculum. Each chapter is based around a potential real-life case, which is used as a platform to discuss the subject in a broader way and to explore the most up-to-date evidence regarding diagnosis and management. The book is written in a concise and easy to use format using learning points,clinical tips and evidence-base boxes as well as an expert commentary written by an internationally renowned expert in the field. The editors, expert commentators, and contributors are drawn from the National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) at Queen Square, which has a unique position in thefield of Neurology as a tertiary referral centre of world renown.
Becoming blind in one eye:: Neuromyelitis optica; Seeing double:: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Recipes no longer a piece of cake:: Posterior cortical atrophy; Getting your head out of a spin:: Vestibular neuritis; A delayed diagnosis in delirium:: HSV encephalitis; Writers cramp:: Dystonia; Being moved to tears:: Carotid-cavernous fistula; An urgent and frequent symptom:: Neurogenic bladder; Not moving a muscle:: Myotonic dystrophy; A painful oculomotor nerve palsy:: Subarachnoid haemorrhage; A complex sleep disorder:: Disorders of sleep; Symptoms come and go but the lesions get bigger:: An unusual form of multiple sclerosis; Symptoms falling on deaf ears:: Mitochondrial disorders; Difficulty breathing and moving:: Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome; Paroxysmal sensory and motor events:: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Picking out an inherited disease:: Adult onset Niemann-Pick type C; A worsening acute psychosis:: Antibody-mediated encephalitis; An unusual case of basilar stroke:: Posterior circulation infarct; Will I walk again, doctor?:: Spinal cord injury rehabilitation; Parkinsonism with little response to levodopa:: Multiple system atrophy; Non-convulsive status epilepticus; A life-threatening drug reaction:: Antiepileptic drug rashes;
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