Neuromuscular Case Studies

1. Neuromuscular Anatomy and Function

2. Neurologic Evaluation and Ancillary Tests

3. Therapy in Neuromuscular Diseases

Case 1 An Elderly Woman With Numbness in the Hands
Case 2 A Diabetic Man With Arm Swelling, Pain, and Numbness
Case 3 A Diabetic Man With Hand Numbness and Fainting Spells
Case 4 A Man With Hand Pain
Case 5 A Woman With Hand Weakness, Numbness, and Pain After Cardiac Catheterization
Case 6 A Man Who Practices Karate and Has Forearm Pain
Case 7 A Man With a History of Polio Who Developed Hand Weakness and Numbness
Case 8 A Young Woman With Multiple Sclerosis and Hand Numbness
Case 9 A Woman With a Wrist Drop and a Mass in the Arm
Case 10 A Man With Bilateral Arm Weakness After Lumbar Surgery
Case 11 A Woman With Acute Onset of Shoulder Pain and Weakness
Case 12 A Man With Lymphoma and Numbness in the Fingers of One Hand
Case 13 A Woman With Arm Weakness After Treatment for Breast Cancer
Case 14 A Diabetic Man With Shoulder Pain and Weakness
Case 15 A Woman With Arm Weakness and a Skin Rash
Case 16 A Woman With Neck and Arm Pain
Case 17 A Woman With Neck Pain and a Weak Arm
Case 18 A Woman With Back Pain and Leg Weakness
Case 19 A Woman With Back Pain and Weakness
Case 20 A Woman With Back Pain and Unusual Nerve Conduction Tests
Case 21 A Man With Pheochromocytoma and Back Pain
Case 22 A Diabetic Man With Back and Leg Pain
Case 23 A Man With Leg Pain While Walking
Case 24 A Man With Foot Pain
Case 25 A Man With Unilateral Proximal Leg Weakness After Heart Catheterization
Case 26 A Woman With Uterine Cancer and Unilateral Leg Weakness
Case 27 A Man With Burning Sensations in the Thigh
Case 28 A Man With Weakness and Fasciculations in the Lower Extremities
Case 29 A Woman With Unilateral Facial Weakness
Case 30 A Diabetic Woman With Muscle Weakness and Ophthalmoplegia
Case 31 A Man With a Dropped Head
Case 32 A Man in the “Barrel”
Case 33A A Man With a Long History of Muscle Weakness in One Arm
Case 33B A Young Man With Longstanding Weakness in Both Arms
Case 34 A Man With Progressive Leg Muscle Weakness 20 Years After an Acute Paralysis
Case 35 A Man With One Large Calf
Case 36 A Man With Muscle Spasms and Elevated Serum Creatine Kinase
Case 37 A Man With Muscle Twitching and Poor Balance
Case 38 A Floppy Child
Case 39 A Man With Acute Areflexic Paralysis and Central Nervous System Symptoms
Case 40 A Man With Acute Muscle Weakness and Respiratory Failure
Case 41 A Young Woman With Acute Onset of Clumsiness and Ophthalmoplegia
Case 42 A Woman With Seafood Poisoning in Catfish Country
Case 43 A Woman With a Kingly Disease
Case 44 A Myasthenic Woman With Persistent Weakness
Case 45 A Woman With COVID-19 Infection and Quadriparesis
Case 46 A Man With Neck Pain and Numbness in the Hands
Case 47 A Woman With Peripheral Neuropathy and Frequent Falls
Case 48 A Woman With Progressive Four-Limb Paresthesias
Case 49 An Elderly Woman With Frequent Falls and Abnormal MRI
Case 50 A Man With Weakness in the Legs
Case 51 An Elderly Woman With Asymmetric Weakness and a Monoclonal Gammopathy
Case 52 A Man With Progressive Weakness and Fasciculations
Case 53 A Man With Diabetic Polyneuropathy Who Developed Rapidly Progressive Weakness
Case 54A An Older Man With Leg Numbness
Case 54B An Elderly Man With a Peripheral Neuropathy Like His Sister
Case 55 A Man With Progressive Lower Extremity Weakness and Monoclonal Gammopathy
Case 56 A Woman With a Neuropathy and Symptoms of a Central Nervous System Disease
Case 57 A Man With Progressive Weakness After a Gastroplasty
Case 58 A Diabetic Woman With Unilateral Proximal Leg Weakness and Pain
Case 59 A Diabetic Man With Bilateral Arm Weakness
Case 60 A Diabetic Man With Acute Onset of Pain and Swelling in the Thigh
Case 61 A Uremic Man With Burning Feet
Case 62A A Woman With Leg Numbness, Pain, Weakness, and Slow Nerve Conduction Velocities
Case 62B A Boy With Leg Weakness
Case 63 A Man With Hand Weakness and Numbness After Skiing
Case 64 A Man With Recurrent Foot Drop
Case 65 An Elderly Woman With Foot Drop and Hand Weakness
Case 66 A Woman With Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Developed Numbness and Pain in the Feet
Case 67 A Woman With Granulomatous Lesions in the Lungs and a Peripheral Neuropathy
Case 68 A Man With a Neuropathy, Weight Loss, and Lung Nodules
Case 69 A Woman With Difficulty Walking and Ataxia
Case 70A A Man With Progressive Neuropathy and Congestive Heart Failure
Case 70B A Woman With a Demyelinating and Axonal Neuropathy
Case 71 An Elderly Woman With a Progressive Neuropathy
Case 72A A Young Woman With Difficulty Swallowing
Case 72B A Young Woman With Intermittent Weakness and a Positive Family History of Similar Problems
Case 73 A Weak Woman With a Weak Baby
Case 74 A Woman With Muscle Weakness and Areflexia
Case 75 An Elderly Woman With Proximal Weakness
Case 76 An Elderly Woman With Ptosis, Areflexia, and Weakness
Case 77 A Young Woman With Distal Upper Extremity Weakness
Case 78 A Young Man With Episodic Weakness
Case 79 An African American Man With Hyperthyroidism and Acute Paralysis
Case 80 A Boy With Large Muscles, Leg Pain, and Elevated Serum Creatine Kinase
Case 81 A Woman With Proximal Muscle Weakness, Calf Hypertrophy, Heel Contractures, and Elevated Serum Creatine Kinase
Case 82 A Young Man With Distal Leg Wasting and Normal Sensation
Case 83 A Boy With Proximal Weakness and Cardiomyopathy
Case 84 A Woman With Droopy Eyelids and Difficulty Swallowing
Case 85 A Man With Facial and Shoulder Muscle Weakness
Case 86 A Boy Born Floppy With Severe Weakness and, Later, Contractures
Case 87 A Woman With Long-standing Weakness and Foot Deformities
Case 88 A Floppy Baby Who Later Developed Malignant Hyperthermia
Case 89 A Woman With Droopy Eyelids and Ophthalmoplegia
Case 90 A Man With Weakness and Swelling in the Neck
Case 91 A Woman With Muscle Pains and Dark Urine
Case 92 A Woman With Progressive Proximal Muscle Weakness
Case 93 A Sedentary Man With Acute Respiratory Failure and Myoglobinuria
Case 94 An Elderly Man With New Onset Weakness
Case 95 A Uremic Man With Proximal Muscle Weakness
Case 96 A Woman With Weakness, Elevated Cholesterol, and Serum Creatine Kinase Levels
Case 97 An Older Woman With Leg Weakness and Atrophic Muscle Fibers on Biopsy
Case 98A A Woman With Muscle Weakness and a Skin Rash
Case 98B A Child With Muscle Weakness and a Skin Rash
Case 99 A Man With Muscle Pains
Case 100A An Older Woman With Progressive Muscle Weakness
Case 100B An Elderly Man With Weakness Diagnosed as Having a Myopathy and a Neuropathy
Case 101 An HIV-Infected Man With Muscle Weakness and Spasms
Case 102 A Patient With Rapidly Progressive Muscle Weakness and Rather Elevated Creatine Kinase
Case 103 A Woman With Painful and Swollen Legs
Case 104 A Man With a Bent Spine
Case 105 A Man With Muscle Stiffness and Later With Diplopia
Case 106 A Woman With Muscle Cramps and Fasciculations
Case 107 A Young Man With Large and Stiff Muscles
Case 108 A Woman With Generalized Increased Insertional Activity on EMG
Case 109 A Boy With Short Stature, Small Jaw, Muscle Hypertrophy, and Stiffness
Case 110 An Elderly Woman With Muscle Spasms
Case 111 A Woman With Proximal Muscle Weakness and Neuromuscular Irritability
Case 112 A Woman With Focal Spontaneous Muscle Movements