Reich S. (ed.) Movement Disorders: 100 Instructive Cases

Informa UK Ltd., 2008. — 449 p. — ISBN10: 1841845248.Featuring some 100 cases submitted by international authorities on movement disorders, this highly useful work delivers a series of pithy, interesting, teaching vignettes directly applicable to caring for patients with these problems. Avoiding the formality of a traditional monograph, this accessible text adopts a casual tone with short chapters that are conducive to a "quick read" - something that is of paramount importance to a busy practitioner or resident. Including educational illustrative material such as radiology imaging histopathology, and patient photographs.Familial Dystonia, Parkinsonism, Ataxia, and Dementia: What Is It?
Primary Dystonia: A Surgical Disease?
A Curable Form of Dystonia Not to Be Missed
A Neurology Consultation for Parkinson’s on the Psychiatry Service
Facial Twitching: What Is It and How Do You Treat It?
An Uncontrollable Arm
A Woman Who Can Walk But Not Stand
A Child with a Severe Movement Disorder on the Psychiatry Unit
Progressive Slowing and Gait Disorder
Three Faces of Essential Tremor
New-Onset ‘Tics’ in a Patient Treated for Gilles de la Tourette’s Syndrome
How to Roll-Out the Work-Up When the Patient’s Brain has ‘Rocks’
Parkinson’s Disease, Pain, and Melanoma
Ear Clicking after a Stroke
Atypical Parkinsonism and Cerebellar Ataxia
‘Off’ Dystonia
A Man with Parkinson’s Catching a Few ‘Z’s’
A 44-Year-Old Man with Dizziness since the Teens
Weakness, Ataxia, and Myoclonus in a 68-Year-Old Woman
Chorea and Action-Induced Myoclonus
A Case of Seizures, Orofacial Dyskinesias, and Peripheral Neuropathy
A Case of Intermittent Chorea Induced by Coffee
A Curable Cause of Dystonia
Severe Truncal Flexion in a Man with Parkinson’s Disease
Slowly Progressive Gait Disorder in a 45-Year-Old Woman
When Both Motion and Mentation Fail
Asymmetric Limb Rigidity and Apraxia
PD, PDD, DLB, or AD?
Bent Spine and Knees in Parkinson’s Disease
A Family with Progressive Atypical Parkinsonism, Dementia, and Neuropsychiatric Changes.
One Wrong Movement Leads to Another
A Face to Remember.
Destiny’s Child
Hidden in Plain View
A Case of Hand Tremor Where Deep Brain Stimulation Failed
Forgetful and Fidgety
Too Much of a Good Thing
Parkinsonism with Dysautonomia: MSA or PD?
Levodopa Responsive Parkinsonism: Is It Parkinson’s Disease?
A Woman with Recurrent Ataxia and Facial Myoclonus
Parkinson’s Disease: After the Honeymoon
An Unusual Hazard of Treating Depression
Parkinson’s Gait: When Falls Become Pitfalls
A 70-Year-Old Man with Tremor, Ataxia, and Bright Middle Cerebellar Peduncles
Tremor after Quarrel and Minor Head Trauma: Organic Cause or Psychologic Trigger?
An 82-Year-Old Man with Flailing Movements of his Right Side after a Stroke
An 11-Year-Old Boy with Jerky Movements and Impaired Gait
A 32-Year-Old Woman with Lymphadenopathy, Arthritis, and Chorea
A Tremor in Multiple Sclerosis
Dopa Responsive Dystonia? Perhaps. But What Else Does She Have?
An Infrequent Form of Focal Dystonia
A 43-Year-Old Woman with Severe Involuntary Movements
Is it PD, PSP, CBD, DLB, or MSA?
Valvular Heart Disease in a Man with Parkinson’s Disease
Ataxia and Parkinsonism
What Looks Like Corticobasal Degeneration but Is Not Corticobasal Degeneration?
Rapidly Progressing Parkinsonism
Clumsy Gait and Leg Pain
A Woman with Progressive Ataxia and Hallucinations
A Case of Rhythmic Abdominal Movements
Parkinson Disease: What to Do When There Seems Nothing More to Do
Is it PD or DLB? Timing is Everything
Consult for a Neurohepatologist
Tricking a Patient with Oromandibular Dystonia
Focal Dystonia in a String Musician: Strumming the Wrong Tune
An Intractable Movement Disorder Cured
Internet Dyskinesias in Parkinson’s Disease
An Elderly Lady with Ataxia and Neuropathy
Leg and Back Cramps: Psychogenic or Organic?
Early-Onset Chorea Progressing to an Ataxic Syndrome
Hemisensory Syndrome with an ‘Upgoing Toe’
Rapid-Onset Dystonia-Parkinson in a Brother and Sister
A Young Man with Psychosis, Ataxia, And Signal Changes in the Splenium
An Unusual Jaw Tremor
What Looks like Huntington’s Disease but Isn’t?
SCA Patient with Tremor Preceding Ataxia
Painful Involuntary Neck Movements in a 45-Year-Old Woman
A Stimulating Treatment for Essential Tremor
The Coat Hanger Sign
Lewy Body Parkinson’s Disease in a Familial Case: What Is Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease?
Cerebellar Syndrome without Cerebellar Signs
Facial Twitches in an Elderly Man
A Man with Quick Jerks, Inappropriate Vocalizations, Chronic Anxiety, and Compulsions
A Young Man with a Jerky Hand
An Unusual Cause of Stuttering
The Case of the Freezing Man
A Stridorous Woman
Ataxia in a son and mother
‘Here Comes the Judge’ (with Absent Left Arm Swing)
Changing Tremor in a 45-Year-Old Woman
Is Tremor Essential?
Low Cholesterol Can Be Bad For Your Health
A Man with a jerky, Useless Arm
Chorea in a Septuagenarian
Treatment of Dyskinesias in Parkinson’s Disease: New Use of an Old Drug
Asymmetrical Movement Disorder and Behavioral Disturbance in a Young Man
A Rock Solid Case of Parkinsonism
A Fragile Diagnosis
Patient Selection for Deep Brain Stimulation for Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease
Two Guitarists with ‘Dys-tune-ia’