Noseworthy J.H. Fifty neurologic cases from Mayo Clinic

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. — 249 p.This informative and entertaining compilation of 50 short neurological cases demonstrates important principles in clinical localization and differential diagnosis. Each case presents the key elements without revealing the diagnosis at first. A vivid clinical scenario provides enough information for the student to localize the site of the lesion and for the experienced neurological physician to reach a differential diagnosis. Each case description is followed by one or two illustrations, the diagnosis, and then a commentary by a Mayo Clinic consultant. The commentary highlights the issues in the differential diagnosis and provides an update on what is currently known about the specific diagnostic entity. The book will be of interest to physicians and surgeons caring for neurological patients at each stage of their career. It will be of particular help to medical students and to residents and fellows in neurology and neurosurgery. Internists, pediatricians, geriatricians, and psychiatrists will also find it useful.Forgets name but has a new appreciation for polka music
Episodic psychosis, progressive ataxia, and spasticity
Occipital pain with tongue deviation
Twenty years of daily seizures
"Old polio," can't run, and can't swallow
Drenching sweats, sleep talking, and weight loss
Eight years of pain, 1 year of itch
"Spaghetti legs," numb feet, and constipation
Early satiety, syncope, and seizures
Intermittent diplopia and progressive ataxia
Another case of intermittent diplopia and progressive ataxia
Urinary hesitancy, reduced ankle jerks, and up-going toes
Can't serve and can't shave
A thousand headaches a year
An autistic toddler
Sudden unilateral face and tongue weakness
Rapidly progressive dysarthria, aphasia, and amyotrophy
De novo status epilepticus
Ventilator-dependent after optic neuritis
Headaches, seizure, and mastoid bruit
"I built a plywood barrier for our bed"
Facial pain and finger clubbing
Thunderclap headache and paraplegia
Fluctuating foot drop
Drowsy with spastic dysarthria
Focal paresthesias, can't whistle, and can't say "puh"
Progressive supine headache, diplopia, and ataxia
Syncope, foot pain, nocturnal diarrhea, and cachexia
Childhood recurrent aseptic meningitis, arthropathy, deafness, and rash
Headache, anomia, oscillopsia, and behavioral change
Progressive sensory ataxia despite preserved sensory potentials
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with mental retardation
Progressive ataxia, with a twist
Progressive facial paralysis with preserved taste and ear wiggling
Lifelong refractory syncope, hypoglycemia and small digits
Dark skin, white fingernails, and swollen optic DISKS
Progressive ataxia with headache and focal signs
"When I watch television, I lose my sight"
Familial tremor and dystonia
Familial hemiplegic headaches and sclerotic long bones
A weak infant with episodic apnea
A healthy child with unilateral visual loss
Progressive limb-girdle weakness with dysarthria
Supine loss of consciousness, headache and retinal haemorrhage
Leg weakness, impotence, dry mouth and preserved reflexes
Progressive weakness, numbness, pain and visual loss
Refractory "multiple sclerosis" with cough and radiculopathy
Positional vertigo with an ominous appearing lesion
Painful scapular winging
"I rely on my secretary"