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 11 - Where Is the Pus?
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 60-year-old man developed low back pain along with flu-like symptoms. He had returned to Northern Ireland from a nine-day trip to Florida one month before his presentation. The pain increased over a few hours. The pain radiated from his right lower back into his groin and right upper leg as far as his right knee. He felt nauseated, faint-like and experienced severe pain. He was admitted to hospital.
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- 55 Cases in NeurologyCase Histories and Patient Perspectives, pp. 73 - 78Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
References
Sharfman, ZT, Gelfand, Y, Shah, P et al. Spinal epidural abscess: a review of presentation, management, and medicolegal implications. Asian Spine J. 2020;14(5):742–59.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hoeritzauer, I, Stanton, B, Carson, A, Stone, J. ‘Scan-negative’ cauda equina syndrome: what to do when there is no neurosurgical cause. Pract Neurol. 2022;22(1):6–13.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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