December 28, 2023
A 34-year-old woman is evaluated for experiencing facial numbness on the left side for the past 2 months. Past medical history is unremarkable and she is not currently taking any medications.
Case of the Week Archive
Section Editors: Matylda Machnowska1 and Anvita Pauranik2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
December 21, 2023
A 14-year-old adolescent girl presents with complaints of fever for 10 days with recurrent vomiting and decreased level of consciousness for 3 days.
December 14, 2023
A 50-year-old woman presents with numbness of the right limb and face accompanied by unsteady walking for 10 days.
December 7, 2023
A 36-year-old woman presents with an episode of seizure followed by right hemiparesis and postictal confusion. She had pituitary macroadenoma that was previously treated with trans-sphenoidal decompression and received radiation therapy for the residual tumor. A provisional diagnosis of stroke was made.
November 30, 2023
A 33-year-old woman presents with left-sided weakness and sensory loss in the context of recent cocaine and alcohol use.
November 23, 2023
A 54-year-old nondiabetic, nonhypertensive man presents with lower back pain for 3 months.
November 16, 2023
A 9-year-old boy presents for evaluation of recurrent exotropia and bilateral ptosis. His family reports the patient was not able to open his eyes at birth and subsequently had multiple ptosis repair and 4 muscle surgeries.
November 9, 2023
A 30-year-old woman (retroviral serology–positive) presents with history of progressive ameliorating headache for 1 month and multiple episodes of GTCS since last week.
November 2, 2023
A 23-year-old man presents with a history of severe dystonia since childhood and is admitted for lumbar drain placement for intrathecal baclofen administration.
October 26, 2023
A 61-year-old man presents with bilateral lumbosacral plexopathy for 1 year.
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