55 Cases in Neurology

Mark McCarron is a Consultant Neurologist at the Department of Neurology, Altnaglevin Hospital, Derry, Northern Ireland. He is Curriculum Coordinator and Foundation Educational Supervisor and as such is actively involved in under- and post-graduate education for junior doctors. He is a teacher with Ulster University and is Honorary Lecturer with Queen's University Belfast.

Section I. Visual Disturbance; 1. Weight loss effects on vision and limbs; 2. Adult-onset visual loss; 3. A bee of a syndrome; 4. Multiple problems; 5. Chasing periorbital nerves; 6. High pressure; 7. Test characteristic limitations; 8. Temporary visual failure; 9. Chasing the clot; Section II. Headache and Pain: 10. Losing volume; 11. Where is the pus?; 12. Recurrent acute headaches; 13. A 'never' recurring event; 14. Headache and fever; 15. Brain infection; 16. Headache and droopy eye; 17. Facial somatic mosaicism; 18. An alarm clock headache; Section III. Weakness: 19. Bleeding brain; 20. A battery issue; 21. Symptoms took years to develop; 22. High-frequency improvement; 23. Singling out dermatomes; 24. Asthmatic neurology; 25. Neurological consequences of infection; 26. When speech and swallow fail; 27. Recurrent weakness; 28. Increasing golfing handicap; Section IV. Behavioural and Language Changes: 29. Emotional consequences; 30. Covalent cascade; 31. Progressive silence; 32. Personality change; 33. Evolving and changing neurology; Section V. Confusion: 34. Clouding of consciousness in hospital; 35. Leaky effects of rising pressure; 36. Smoking encephalopathy; 37. Losing running memories; Section VI. Movement Disturbances: 38. Involuntary arm movement; 39. Salt control; 40. A young man with more than dizziness; 41. Late Familial Falling; 42. Non-familial falling; 43. Shaking leg; 44. A viral opportunity; 45. More searching for causes of progressive unsteadiness; Section VII. Acute Onset of Neurological Symptoms: 46, A neurological miscarriage; 47. Am I repeating myself?; 48. A raspberry causing trouble; 49. Different spells; 50. Following the eyes; 51. Fuming loss of consciousness; 52. From skin to brain; 53. Self-tolerance failure; 54. Not a minor problem; 55. Seized; Index.