Neurology

A 38-year-old man presents to the emergency room for acute onset weakness for the past day. The patient reported acute onset lower extremity weakness that started the same morning of presentation.

A 27-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) following a new-onset seizure. The seizure was witnessed by his wife, who stated that he was standing at the kitchen sink, washing dishes, when...

A 30-year-old homeless man was brought to the emergency department secondary to altered mental status, confusion, and agitation.

A 20-year-old woman with a Fitzpatrick score of 2 presented via telehealth with “divots” on her forehead and scalp. She reported that 2 months prior to presentation she had received multiple steroid...

A 60-year-old man presented to our emergency department with a 1-week history of cough, dyspnea, and lower extremity edema. His medical history was significant for alcoholic cirrhosis, type 2 diabetes, and...

A 9-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with a seizure-like episode. There were no abnormalities noted on physical examination, with an intact neurologic examination. No focal defects were...

A woman in her 20s was brought to the emergency department (ED) by her parents with acute-onset psychosis. She reported auditory and visual hallucinations, paranoia, and false beliefs of being a twin and...

A 69-year-old previously healthy man had experienced the acute onset of weakness in his right hand and arm after driving home from playing a round of golf. The weakness progressed quickly from paresis and...

CT scans of an 81-year-old woman revealed vacuum phenomena in the intervertebral disks on the levels L1 through S1. Many internists are not familiar with the interpretation of this finding and its clinical...

A 47-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus presented for neurologic evaluation due to diplopia and ptosis that she had noted upon awakening 2 days earlier.