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.

Readership: Medical students, residents and fellows in neurology and neurosurgery

Case 1: Forgets names but has a new appreciation for polka musicwith commentary by Bradley F. Boeve Case 2: Episodic psychosis, progressive ataxia, and spasticitywith commentary by James H. Bower Case 3: Occipital pain with tongue deviationwith commentary by Paul W. Brazis Case 4: Twenty years of daily seizureswith commentary by Gregory D. Cascino Case 5: "Old polio," can't run, and can't swallowwith commentary by Brian A. Crum Case 6: Drenching sweats, sleep talking and weight losswith commentary by Keith A. Josephs Case 7: Eight years of pain, 1 year of itchwith commentary by Paola Sandroni Case 8: "Spaghetti legs," numb feel, and constipationwith commentary by Guillermo A. Suarez and William E. Krauss Case 9: Early satiety, syncope, and seizureswith commentary by Steven Vernino Case 10: Intermittent diplopia and progressive ataxiawith commentary by David W. Kimmel Case 11: Another case of intermittent diplopia and progressive ataxiawith commentary by John H. Noseworthy

John H. Noseworthy, M.D.

"It should be required reading for any neurologist in training and would be of interest to any physician or surgeon caring for patients with neurological disorders whatever their seniority or career intentions." --Neuromuscular Disorders