Book contents
- 55 Cases in Neurology
- 55 Cases in Neurology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Visual Disturbance
- Section 2 Headache and Pain
- Case 10 Losing Volume
- Case 11 Where Is the Pus?
- Case 12 Recurrent Acute Headaches
- Case 13 A ‘Never’ Recurring Event
- Case 14 Headache and Fever
- Case 15 Brain Infection
- Case 16 Headache and Droopy Eye
- Case 17 Facial Somatic Mosaicism
- Case 18 An Alarm Clock Headache
- Section 3 Weakness
- Section 4 Behavioural and Language Changes
- Section 5 Confusion
- Section 6 Movement Disturbances
- Section 7 Acute Onset of Neurological Symptoms
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Case 15 - Brain Infection
from Section 2 - Headache and Pain
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
Book contents
- 55 Cases in Neurology
- 55 Cases in Neurology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Visual Disturbance
- Section 2 Headache and Pain
- Case 10 Losing Volume
- Case 11 Where Is the Pus?
- Case 12 Recurrent Acute Headaches
- Case 13 A ‘Never’ Recurring Event
- Case 14 Headache and Fever
- Case 15 Brain Infection
- Case 16 Headache and Droopy Eye
- Case 17 Facial Somatic Mosaicism
- Case 18 An Alarm Clock Headache
- Section 3 Weakness
- Section 4 Behavioural and Language Changes
- Section 5 Confusion
- Section 6 Movement Disturbances
- Section 7 Acute Onset of Neurological Symptoms
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
A 42-year-old right-handed woman developed a persistent moderately severe headache, most severe behind her right eye. Within two days, she felt weak and nauseated. Bending over exacerbated her headache. She described a few involuntary shaking episodes, feeling very cold and sweating, suggestive of rigors. She also described an episode of contiguous spreading pins and needles down her left side.
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- 55 Cases in NeurologyCase Histories and Patient Perspectives, pp. 97 - 104Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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