- •Contents
- •Preface
- •Contributors
- •Abbreviations
- •Introduction
- •Concepts of history taking
- •Taking the history
- •Neurological examination
- •Cranial nerve examination
- •Motor examination
- •Sensory examination
- •Coordination
- •Stance and gait
- •References
- •Introduction
- •Investigating the head
- •Investigating the spinal cord
- •Investigating the peripheral nervous system (nerve, neuromuscular junction, and muscle)
- •Investigating specific sites
- •DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- •Acute confusional states
- •DISORDERS OF COGNITION
- •Memory disorders
- •Speech and language disorders
- •DISORDERS OF SPECIAL SENSES
- •Visual loss and double vision
- •Dizziness and vertigo
- •DISORDERS OF MOTILITY
- •Weakness
- •Poor coordination
- •DISORDERS OF SENSATION
- •Headache
- •Spinal symptoms: neck pain and backache
- •Numbness and tingling
- •Index
Understanding
NEUROLOGY
a problem-orientated approach
John Greene
Consultant Neurologist
Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
Ian Bone
Professor of Neurology
Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
MANSON
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Further sources of information
ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH NEUROLOGISTS
www.theabn.org
Comprehensive, good for doctors and patients, links to disease-specific websites.
www.theabn.org/public/patientcarer.php
Source of disease-specific information for patients and carers.
GUIDELINES
PATIENT ADVICE
www.neuroguide.com
Good North American site with links to patient information sites.
THE NEUROLOGICAL ALLIANCE
www.neural.org.uk
Umbrella organization bringing together various neurological charities and interest groups.
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www.sign.ac.uk
Evidence-based guidelines, does not cover all neurological areas.
OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
www.dvla.gov.uk/at_a_glance/content.htm Invaluable as a source of driving regulations for all neurological conditions, not just epilepsy.
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Contents
Preface |
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DISORDERS OF COGNITION |
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Memory disorders |
86 |
Contributors |
4 |
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John Greene |
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Speech and language disorders |
94 |
Abbreviations |
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John Greene |
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1 HISTORY TAKING AND |
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DISORDERS OF SPECIAL SENSES |
104 |
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Visual loss and double vision |
104 |
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PHYSICAL EXAMINATION |
7 |
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James Overell, Richard Metcalfe |
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Ian Bone, John Greene |
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Dizziness and vertigo |
131 |
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Introduction |
8 |
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James Overell, Richard Metcalfe |
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Concepts of history taking |
8 |
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Taking the history |
8 |
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DISORDERS OF MOTILITY |
148 |
Neurological examination |
11 |
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Weakness |
148 |
Cranial nerve examination |
20 |
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Richard Petty |
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Motor examination |
23 |
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Tremor and other involuntary movements |
163 |
Sensory examination |
25 |
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Vicky Marshall, Donald Grosset |
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Coordination |
26 |
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Poor coordination |
176 |
Stance and gait |
26 |
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Abhijit Chaudhuri |
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References |
26 |
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DISORDERS OF SENSATION |
187 |
2 NEUROLOGICAL |
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Headache |
187 |
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Stewart Webb |
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INVESTIGATIONS |
27 |
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Spinal symptoms: neck pain and backache |
204 |
Ian Bone, John Greene |
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John Paul Leach |
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Introduction |
28 |
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Numbness and tingling |
214 |
Investigating the head |
28 |
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Colin O’Leary |
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Investigating the spinal cord |
47 |
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Investigating the peripheral nervous system |
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4 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS |
229 |
(nerve, neuromuscular junction, and muscle) |
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Investigating specific sites |
56 |
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3 THE PROBLEMS |
63 |
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Index |
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DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
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Blackouts: epileptic seizures and other events |
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Rod Duncan |
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Acute confusional states |
76 |
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Myfanwy Thomas |
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Preface
While traditional neurology textbooks tend to be organized by disease process, patients, being unaware of this, arrive with a complaint, (e.g. headache, dizziness, memory problems), that requires an explanation. This multi-author book adopts a problem-oriented approach to the commonly presenting complaints seen by neurologists. We have drawn on the experience of practising clinicians in a busy department based in the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow.
The problem-based approach illustrates the manner in which clinicians, in the real world, focus on particular elements of history and examination in order to narrow down their differential diagnosis and by so doing formulate a diagnostic approach or
sometimes (quite often actually) offer no more than confident professional reassurance.
This is not a comprehensive textbook of these neurological conditions in themselves, nor a manual of neuro-therapeutics. Neurology is a speciality requiring a ‘good listener’ and a capable examiner, no more and no less.
We hope that this book will demystify what should have never been mysterious in the first place and prove useful to medical undergraduates. It should also be of benefit to junior doctors preparing for MRCP. If trainee neurologists also derive benefit from reading it, so much the better!
John Greene and Ian Bone
Contributors
John Greene |
Vicky Marshall |
Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurological |
Research Registrar in Neurology, Institute of |
Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, |
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Glasgow |
Ian Bone |
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Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Professor of |
Donald Grosset |
Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, |
Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurological |
Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
Rod Duncan |
Abhijit Chaudhuri |
Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurological |
Consultant Neurologist, Essex Centre of |
Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
Neurological Sciences, Oldchurch Hospital, |
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Romford, Essex |
Myfanwy Thomas |
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Consultant Neurologist, Paris, France. Formerly |
Stewart Webb |
Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurological |
Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurological |
Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
James Overell |
John Paul Leach |
Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurological |
Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurological |
Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
Richard Metcalfe |
Colin O‚Leary |
Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurological |
Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurological |
Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
Richard Petty |
We would like to thank colleagues in |
Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurological |
Neurophysiology and Neuroradiology at the |
Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
Institute for help with providing figures. |
Abbreviations |
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Abbreviations
ACE Addenbrooke’s Cognitive |
CTP CT perfusion |
Examination/angiotensin-converting enzyme |
CTV CT venography |
AChRAb anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody |
DMD Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
ACTH adrenocorticotrophic hormone |
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid |
AD Alzheimer's disease |
DRG dorsal root ganglion |
AICA anterior inferior cerebellar artery |
DSA digital subtraction angiography |
AION anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy |
DWI diffusion-weighted imaging |
ALP alkaline phosphatase |
ECG electrocardiography |
ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
EEG electroencephalogram |
ANA antinuclear antibody |
EMG electromyography |
AP antero-posterior |
ENA extractable nuclear antigen |
ARAS ascending reticular activating system |
ENG electronystagmography |
AST aspartate aminotransferase |
ERG electroretinography |
AVM arteriovenous malformation |
ES epileptic seizure |
BIH benign intracranial hypertension |
ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
BOLD blood oxygen level dependent |
FBC full blood count |
BPPV benign paroxysmal positional vertigo |
FLAIR (MRI) fluid-attenuated inversion recovery |
BSAEP brainstem auditory evoked potential |
(MRI) |
CADASIL cerebral autosomal dominant |
fMRI functional magnetic resonance imaging |
arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and |
FP-CIT fluoropropyl carboxymethoxy iodophenyl |
leucoencephalopathy |
nortropane spectroscopy |
CAT computer assisted tomography |
GH growth hormone |
CBD corticobasal degeneration |
GnRH gonadotrophin releasing hormone |
CBF cerebral blood flow |
GP general practitioner |
CBV cerebral blood volume |
GT glutamyl transferase |
Cho choline |
HD Huntington’s disease |
CJD Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease |
HIV human immunodeficiency virus |
CK creatine kinase |
HMPAO hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime |
CMAP compound muscle action potential |
HMSN hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy |
CNS central nervous system |
HSV herpes simplex virus |
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
ILAE International League against Epilepsy |
Cr creatine |
INR international normalized ratio |
CRP C-reactive protein |
IQ intelligence quotient |
CSF cerebrospinal fluid |
JME juvenile myoclonic epilepsy |
CT computed tomography |
LMN lower motor neurone |
CTA CT angiography |
LP lumbar puncture |
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LSD lysergic acid diethylamide |
PNES psychogenic nonepileptic seizures |
MELAS mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic |
PSP progressive supranuclear palsy |
acidosis, and stroke-like episodes |
PWI perfusion-weighted imaging |
MERRF myoclonic epilepsy and ragged red fibres |
RAPD relative afferent pupillary defect |
syndrome |
RF radiofrequency/ rheumatoid factor |
MI myocardial infarction |
SAH subarachnoid haemorrhage |
MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination |
SCA superior cerebellar artery/spinocerebellar ataxia |
MND motor neurone disease |
SEEG stereo-EEG |
MRA magnetic resonance angiography |
SNAP sensory nerve action potential |
MRI magnetic resonance imaging |
SPECT single photon emission computed |
MRI-ADC magnetic resonance imaging apparent |
tomography |
diffusion coefficient |
SSEP somatosensory evoked potential |
MRS MR spectroscopy |
SSPE subacute sclerosing panencephalitis |
MS multiple sclerosis |
SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor |
MSA multiple system atrophy |
TCD transcranial Doppler ultrasound |
MTT mean transit time |
TFT thyroid function test |
NAA N-acetyl aspartate |
TIA transient ischaemic attack |
NART National Adult Reading Test |
TRH thyrotrophin releasing hormone |
NCS nerve conduction study |
TTP time-to-peak |
NMJ neuromuscular junction |
UMN upper motor neurone |
OCB oligoclonal band |
VEP visual evoked potential |
PD Parkinson’s disease |
VER visual evoked response |
PET positron emission tomography |
WAIS-R Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised |
PICA posterior inferior cerebellar artery |
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CHAPTER 1: HISTORY TAKING AND
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION |
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Ian Bone, John Greene
INTRODUCTION
CONCEPTS OF HISTORY TAKING
TAKING THE HISTORY
NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION
CRANIAL NERVE EXAMINATION
MOTOR EXAMINATION
SENSORY EXAMINATION
COORDINATION
STANCE AND GAIT
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