Neuromuscular Case Studies, 2nd Edition

1 Neuromuscular Anatomy and Function 2 Neurologic Evaluation and Ancillary Tests 3 Therapy in Neuromuscular Diseases Case 1 An Elderly Woman With Numbness in the Hands Case 2 A Diabetic Man With Arm Swelling, Pain, and Numbness Case 3 A Diabetic Man With Hand Numbness and Fainting Spells Case 4 A Man With Hand Pain Case 5 A Woman With Hand Weakness, Numbness, and Pain After Cardiac Catheterization Case 6 A Man Who Practices Karate and Has Forearm Pain Case 7 A Man With a History of Polio Who Developed Hand Weakness and Numbness Case 8 A Young Woman With Multiple Sclerosis and Hand Numbness Case 9 A Woman With a Wrist Drop and a Mass in the Arm Case 10 A Man With Bilateral Arm Weakness After Lumbar Surgery Case 11 A Woman With Acute Onset of Shoulder Pain and Weakness Case 12 A Man With Lymphoma and Numbness in the Fingers of One Hand Case 13 A Woman With Arm Weakness After Treatment for Breast Cancer Case 14 A Diabetic Man With Shoulder Pain and Weakness Case 15 A Woman With Arm Weakness and a Skin Rash Case 16 A Woman With Neck and Arm Pain Case 17 A Woman With Neck Pain and a Weak Arm Case 18 A Woman With Back Pain and Leg Weakness Case 19 A Woman With Back Pain and Weakness Case 20 A Woman With Back Pain and Unusual Nerve Conduction Tests Case 21 A Man With Pheochromocytoma and Back Pain Case 22 A Diabetic Man With Back and Leg Pain Case 23 A Man With Leg Pain While Walking Case 24 A Man With Foot Pain Case 25 A Man With Unilateral Proximal Leg Weakness After Heart Catheterization Case 26 A Woman With Uterine Cancer and Unilateral Leg Weakness Case 27 A Man With Burning Sensations in the Thigh Case 28 A Man With Weakness and Fasciculations in the Lower Extremities Case 29 A Woman With Unilateral Facial Weakness Case 30 A Diabetic Woman With Muscle Weakness and Ophthalmoplegia Case 31 A Man With a Dropped Head Case 32 A Man in the “Barrel” Case 33A A Man With a Long History of Muscle Weakness in One Arm Case 33B A Young Man With Longstanding Weakness in Both Arms Case 34 A Man With Progressive Leg Muscle Weakness 20 Years After an Acute Paralysis Case 35 A Man With One Large Calf Case 36 A Man With Muscle Spasms and Elevated Serum Creatine Kinase Case 37 A Man With Muscle Twitching and Poor Balance Case 38 A Floppy Child Case 39 A Man With Acute Areflexic Paralysis and Central Nervous System Symptoms Case 40 A Man With Acute Muscle Weakness and Respiratory Failure Case 41 A Young Woman With Acute Onset of Clumsiness and Ophthalmoplegia Case 42 A Woman With Seafood Poisoning in Catfish Country Case 43 A Woman With a Kingly Disease Case 44 A Myasthenic Woman With Persistent Weakness Case 45 A Woman With COVID-19 Infection and Quadriparesis Case 46 A Man With Neck Pain and Numbness in the Hands Case 47 A Woman With Peripheral Neuropathy and Frequent Falls Case 48 A Woman With Progressive Four-Limb Paresthesias Case 49 An Elderly Woman With Frequent Falls and Abnormal MRI Case 50 A Man With Weakness in the Legs Case 51 An Elderly Woman With Asymmetric Weakness and a Monoclonal Gammopathy Case 52 A Man With Progressive Weakness and Fasciculations Case 53 A Man With Diabetic Polyneuropathy Who Developed Rapidly Progressive Weakness Case 54A An Older Man With Leg Numbness Case 54B An Elderly Man With a Peripheral Neuropathy Like His Sister Case 55 A Man With Progressive Lower Extremity Weakness and Monoclonal Gammopathy Case 56 A Woman With a Neuropathy and Symptoms of a Central Nervous System Disease Case 57 A Man With Progressive Weakness After a Gastroplasty Case 58 A Diabetic Woman With Unilateral Proximal Leg Weakness and Pain Case 59 A Diabetic Man With Bilateral Arm Weakness Case 60 A Diabetic Man With Acute Onset of Pain and Swelling in the Thigh Case 61 A Uremic Man With Burning Feet Case 62A A Woman With Leg Numbness, Pain, Weakness, and Slow Nerve Conduction Velocities Case 62B A Boy With Leg Weakness Case 63 A Man With Hand Weakness and Numbness After Skiing Case 64 A Man With Recurrent Foot Drop Case 65 An Elderly Woman With Foot Drop and Hand Weakness Case 66 A Woman With Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Developed Numbness and Pain in the Feet Case 67 A Woman With Granulomatous Lesions in the Lungs and a Peripheral Neuropathy Case 68 A Man With a Neuropathy, Weight Loss, and Lung Nodules Case 69 A Woman With Difficulty Walking and Ataxia Case 70A A Man With Progressive Neuropathy and Congestive Heart Failure Case 70B A Woman With a Demyelinating and Axonal Neuropathy Case 71 An Elderly Woman With a Progressive Neuropathy Case 72A A Young Woman With Difficulty Swallowing Case 72B A Young Woman With Intermittent Weakness and a Positive Family History of Similar Problems Case 73 A Weak Woman With a Weak Baby Case 74 A Woman With Muscle Weakness and Areflexia Case 75 An Elderly Woman With Proximal Weakness Case 76 An Elderly Woman With Ptosis, Areflexia, and Weakness Case 77 A Young Woman With Distal Upper Extremity Weakness Case 78 A Young Man With Episodic Weakness Case 79 An African American Man With Hyperthyroidism and Acute Paralysis Case 80 A Boy With Large Muscles, Leg Pain, and Elevated Serum Creatine Kinase Case 81 A Woman With Proximal Muscle Weakness, Calf Hypertrophy, Heel Contractures, and Elevated Serum Creatine Kinase Case 82 A Young Man With Distal Leg Wasting and Normal Sensation Case 83 A Boy With Proximal Weakness and Cardiomyopathy Case 84 A Woman With Droopy Eyelids and Difficulty Swallowing Case 85 A Man With Facial and Shoulder Muscle Weakness Case 86 A Boy Born Floppy With Severe Weakness and, Later, Contractures Case 87 A Woman With Long-standing Weakness and Foot Deformities Case 88 A Floppy Baby Who Later Developed Malignant Hyperthermia Case 89 A Woman With Droopy Eyelids and Ophthalmoplegia Case 90 A Man With Weakness and Swelling in the Neck Case 91 A Woman With Muscle Pains and Dark Urine Case 92 A Woman With Progressive Proximal Muscle Weakness Case 93 A Sedentary Man With Acute Respiratory Failure and Myoglobinuria Case 94 An Elderly Man With New Onset Weakness Case 95 A Uremic Man With Proximal Muscle Weakness Case 96 A Woman With Weakness, Elevated Cholesterol, and Serum Creatine Kinase Levels Case 97 An Older Woman With Leg Weakness and Atrophic Muscle Fibers on Biopsy Case 98A A Woman With Muscle Weakness and a Skin Rash Case 98B A Child With Muscle Weakness and a Skin Rash Case 99 A Man With Muscle Pains Case 100A An Older Woman With Progressive Muscle Weakness Case 100B An Elderly Man With Weakness Diagnosed as Having a Myopat