(eBook) A Case-Based Guide to Neuromuscular Pathology by Lan Zhou

This is the PDF eBook version for A Case-Based Guide to Neuromuscular Pathology by Lan Zhou, Dennis K. Burns, Chunyu Cai

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to Neuromuscular Pathology Evaluation

1 Skeletal Muscle Biopsy Evaluation
Dennis K. Burns

2 Peripheral Nerve Biopsy Evaluation
Chunyu Cai

3 Skin Biopsy with Cutaneous Nerve Fiber Evaluation
Lan Zhou

Part II: Myopathy Cases

4 A 20-year-old man with acute multi-organ failure and rhabdomyolysis
Lan Zhou and Susan C. Shin

5 A 45-year-old woman with proximal limb weakness and skin peeling on fingertips
Lan Zhou, Susan C. Shin, and Chunyu Cai

6 A 75-year-old man with leg and hand weakness
Lan Zhou and Chunyu Cai

7 A 53-year-old woman with proximal limb weakness and marked CK elevation
Lan Zhou and Chunyu Cai

8 A 61-year-old woman with distal limb and deltoid weakness
Lan Zhou

9 A 63-year-old woman with debilitating muscle pain
Lan Zhou

10 A 33-year-old woman with pain and swelling in the right calf and persistent fever
Lan Zhou, Laura Stein, and Susan C. Shin

11 A 28-year-old woman with proximal limb weakness and scapular winging
Jaya R. Trivedi, Chunyu Cai, and Rahul Abhyankar

12 A 52-year-old man with proximal limb weakness and hand stiffness
Lan Zhou and Susan C. Shin

13 A 51-year-old woman with long-standing exercise intolerance
Lan Zhou

14 A 37-year-old woman with leg weakness
Elisabeth Golden and Lan Zhou

15 A 25-year-old woman with droopy eyelids and double vision
Lan Zhou and Chunyu Cai

16 A 58-year-old man with hypercapnic respiratory failure
Lan Zhou, Patrick Kwon, and Susan C. Shin

17 A 65-year-old man with asymmetrical leg weakness and foot tingling
Lan Zhou and Chunyu Cai

18 A 40-year-old man with muscle pain and fatigue
Lan Zhou

19 A 42-year-old woman with progressive limb weakness and breathing difficulty
Lan Zhou and Dennis K Burns

20 A 49-year-old man with limb weakness and skin changes
Kara Stavros, Rajeev Motiwala, Lan Zhou, and Susan C. Shin

21 A 54-year-old man with lower limb weakness
Lan Zhou

22 A 63-year-old man with progressive limb weakness and slurred speech
Lan Zhou and Susan C. Shin

23 A 6-year-old girl with muscle pain and swelling in the thighs
Diana P. Castro, Chunyu Cai, and Dustin Jacob Paul

24 A 4-year-old boy with progressive weakness, difficulty walking and running, and increased falls
Diana P. Castro, Chunyu Cai, and Dustin Jacob Paul

25 A 2-year-old girl with hypotonia since birth and delayed motor and speech development
Diana P. Castro, Chunyu Cai, Dustin Jacob Paul

26 An 8-year-old boy with delayed motor milestones and proximal leg muscle weakness
Partha S. Ghosh and Hart G. W. Lidov

27 A 6-year-old-boy with proximal leg muscle weakness and facial weakness
Partha S. Ghosh and Hart G. W. Lidov

28 A 6-week-old boy with neonatal hypotonia and feeding and respiratory difficulties
Partha S. Ghosh and Hart G. W. Lidov

29 A 6-year-old boy with respiratory and feeding difficulties at birth, delayed gross motor milestones, and facial and proximal lower limb weakness
Partha S. Ghosh and Chunyu Cai

30 A 12-year-old girl with a 2-year history of progressive weakness and difficulties with exercise
Diana P. Castro, Chunyu Cai, and Dustin Jacob Paul

31 A 3-month-old boy with generalized hypotonia, weakness, pneumonia and respiratory failure
Diana P. Castro, Chunyu Cai, and Dustin Jacob Paul

Part III: Neuropathy Cases

32 A 59-year-old woman with subacute lower limb weakness and painful paresthesia
Shaida Khan and Chunyu Cai

33 A 63-year-old man with nausea, vomiting, orthostatic dizziness, and distal limb paresthesia
Jeffrey L. Elliott, Lan Zhou, Chunyu Cai, and Michelle Kaku

34 A 47-year-old woman with progressive numbness and weakness in the limbs
Lingchao Meng, Yun Yuan, and Shan Chen

35 A 65-year-old woman with acute limb weakness and worsening of paresthesia
Susan C. Shin, Michelle Kaku, and Lan Zhou

36 A 34-year-old man with right hand and left foot numbness
Sharon P. Nations and Dennis K. Burns

37 A 64-year-old woman with progressive pain, numbness and weakness in the right lower limb
Lan Zhou, Susan Morgello, Rajeev Motiwala, and Susan C. Shin

38 A 68-year-old man with progressive lower limb numbness and weakness and urinary incontinence
Lan Zhou, Susan Morgello, and Susan C. Shin

39 A 53-year-old woman with pain, burning, tingling, and numbness in the distal limbs
Lan Zhou

40 A 40-year-old woman with patchy painful paresthesia
Lan Zhou

41 A 39-year-old woman with intermittent bilateral foot and leg pain since childhood
Ryan Castoro, Jun Li, and Lan Zhou

42 A 35-year-old man with pain and numbness in the left lateral thigh
Lan Zhou