Case of the Month Archive
Section Editor: Nicholas Stence, MD
Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
An 83-year-old man with dysphagia, odynophagia, nausea, vomiting, and occipital headaches for 3 weeks and a 25-pound weight loss in 6 months
A 20-month-old boy with 1 month of sleepiness, vomiting, headaches, photophobia, and decreased PO intake
An older man complaining of headache, preauricular pain, dysphagia to solids, cough, vertigo followed by left-sided facial deviation, and neck pain
A 10-year-old girl with a 6-month history of intermittent eye pain and a 1-month history of HA at night
A 49-year-old woman is evaluated for complaints of diplopia with preserved visual acuity and no restriction of eye movements.
A 42-year-old man with autism is brought to the ED by EMS with proptosis, severe chemosis, and copious mucopurulent secretions. In the ICU, the patient is sonorous, agitated, and not following commands.
A 21-year-old woman presents with gait abnormality, recurrent falls, hand and lower extremity numbness, and subsequently altered mental status, encephalopathy, and fever. EMG reveals a sensory axonal polyneuropathy affecting mostly the upper limbs, while EEG is normal.