Book contents
- 55 Cases in Neurology
- 55 Cases in Neurology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Visual Disturbance
- Section 2 Headache and Pain
- Section 3 Weakness
- Section 4 Behavioural and Language Changes
- Case 29 Emotional Consequences
- Case 30 Covalent Cascade
- Case 31 Progressive Silence
- Case 32 Personality Change
- Case 33 Evolving and Changing Neurology
- Section 5 Confusion
- Section 6 Movement Disturbances
- Section 7 Acute Onset of Neurological Symptoms
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Case 30 - Covalent Cascade
from Section 4 - Behavioural and Language Changes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
- 55 Cases in Neurology
- 55 Cases in Neurology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Visual Disturbance
- Section 2 Headache and Pain
- Section 3 Weakness
- Section 4 Behavioural and Language Changes
- Case 29 Emotional Consequences
- Case 30 Covalent Cascade
- Case 31 Progressive Silence
- Case 32 Personality Change
- Case 33 Evolving and Changing Neurology
- Section 5 Confusion
- Section 6 Movement Disturbances
- Section 7 Acute Onset of Neurological Symptoms
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
A 71-year-old man was admitted to hospital with a five-week history of progressive unsteadiness and cognitive decline. He had worked as an electrician and often cycled 25 miles per day. Three weeks before admission he took three hours to change a washer on a water-tap, a procedure that he would have previously completed much more quickly. His wife and daughter had noticed increasing unsteadiness, slowness in using his mobile phone and decreasing communication. He had an unremarkable past medical history. He was a non-smoker and consumed no more than a glass of wine per week.
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- 55 Cases in NeurologyCase Histories and Patient Perspectives, pp. 207 - 214Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023