Neurology

A 61-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 1-week history of cough, worsening shortness of breath, and dizziness.

A 79-year-old, right-handed woman presented to her primary care physician’s office with no prior hospitalizations for persistent right arm pain associated with a right antecubital mass.

Lyme disease is the predominant vector-borne ailment in the United States, afflicting approximately 476,000 individuals annually. Notably, 95% of LD cases reported to the CDC emanate from 14 states spanning...

A 58-year-old woman with debility from end-stage liver disease visited the clinic reporting weakness of her right upper extremity for the past day.

A middle-aged woman presented to the emergency department with a new-onset severe headache and progressive obtundation.

When evaluating patients presenting with low back pain, conducting a targeted history and physical examination is vital to identify indications of a potentially significant underlying condition, what we...

The wife of a 75-year-old previously healthy man calls her internist to report her husband’s acute episode of “confusion.”

A 43-year-old man presents after experiencing 2 days of an unusual headache. On each of the previous 2 days, he first noted blurry vision accompanied by flashes of light in the left eye, which expanded for...

A previously healthy 9-year-old boy developed acute upper left quadrant and epigastric abdominal pain, nonbloody nonbilious vomiting, and decreased oral intake.

A 66-year-old, right-handed man presented to the emergency department (ED) reporting the perception of hearing speech “in fast forward.” The perception was intermittent; episodes lasted for a few minutes...