A-Z of Neurological Practice - A Guide to Clinical Neurology

von: Andrew J. Larner, Alasdair J Coles, Neil J. Scolding, Roger A Barker

Springer-Verlag, 2011

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A-Z of Neurological Practice - A Guide to Clinical Neurology


 

A-Z of Neurological Practice

3

Copyright Page

4

Preface to the Second Edition

5

A

7

Abetalipoproteinemia [OMIM#200100]

7

Clinical features

7

Investigation

8

Differential diagnosis

8

Treatment and prognosis

8

Abscess: overview

9

Acanthamoeba

10

Aceruloplasminemia [OMIM#604290]

11

Achondroplasia [OMIM#100800]

11

Acromegaly

12

Actinomycosis

12

Action myoclonus–renal failure syndrome (AMRF) [OMIM#254900]

13

Clinical features

13

Investigation

13

Differential diagnosis

13

Treatment and prognosis

14

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

14

Clinical features

14

Investigation

15

Differential diagnosis

15

Treatment and prognosis

16

Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) [OMIM#300100]

16

Clinical features

17

Investigation

17

Differential diagnosis

18

Treatment and prognosis

18

Albers–Schönberg disease

19

Alcohol and the nervous system: overview

19

Clinical features

19

Treatment and prognosis

21

Alexander’s disease [OMIM#203450]

22

Clinical features

22

Investigation

22

Differential diagnosis

22

Treatment and prognosis

23

Altitude illness

23

Clinical features

23

Treatment and prognosis

24

Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

24

Clinical features

25

Investigation

27

Differential diagnosis

28

Treatment and prognosis

28

Aminoacidopathies: overview

29

Investigation

30

Amoebic infection: overview

31

Amyloid diseases: overview

31

Andersen–Tawil syndrome [OMIM#170390]

32

Aneurysm: overview

32

Clinical features

33

Investigation

33

Treatment and prognosis

34

Angelman syndrome [OMIM#105830]

34

Clinical features

34

Investigation

35

Differential diagnosis

35

Treatment and prognosis

35

Angiostrongyliasis

35

Ankylosing spondylitis

36

Clinical features

36

Investigation

37

Differential diagnosis

37

Treatment and prognosis

37

Anterior choroidal artery infarction

38

Anterior interosseous neuropathy

38

Anterior spinal artery syndrome (ASAS)

39

Clinical features

40

Investigation

40

Treatment and prognosis

40

Anthrax

40

Clinical features

40

Investigation

41

Differential diagnosis

41

Treatment and prognosis

41

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)

41

Clinical features

42

Investigation

42

Differential diagnosis

42

Treatment and prognosis

43

Anton–Babinski syndrome

43

Arachnoid cyst

43

Clinical features

44

Investigation

44

Differential diagnosis

44

Treatment and prognosis

44

Arachnoiditis

44

Clinical features

45

Investigation

45

Differential diagnosis

46

Treatment and prognosis

46

Arbovirus disease: overview

46

Argyrophilic grain disease (AGD)

47

Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)

47

Clinical features

47

Investigation

48

Differential diagnosis

48

Treatment and prognosis

48

Aseptic meningitis: overview

49

Aspergillosis

49

Astrocytoma

50

Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) [OMIM#208900]

50

Clinical features

51

Investigation

51

Differential diagnosis

52

Treatment and prognosis

52

Ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency (AVED) [OMIM#277460]

52

Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia (AOA)

53

Atlantoaxial dislocation, subluxation

54

Atypical facial pain

54

Atypical pneumonias: overview

54

Autonomic failure: overview

55

Clinical features

56

Investigation

56

Treatment and prognosis

57

Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA): overview

58

Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) [OMIM#600513, #605375]

59

Clinical features

60

Investigation

60

Differential diagnosis

60

Treatment and prognosis

60

B

61

Balò’s concentric sclerosis

61

Barth syndrome

61

Bartonellosis

62

Basal ganglia calcification: overview

62

Basedow’s paraplegia

63

Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) [OMIM#300376]

64

Behçet’s disease

64

Clinical features

65

Investigation

65

Differential diagnosis

66

Treatment and prognosis

66

Diagnostic criteria

67

Reference

67

Behr syndrome

67

Bell’s palsy

68

Clinical features

68

Investigation

69

Differential diagnosis

69

Treatment and prognosis

69

Belly dancer’s dyskinesia

70

Benign epilepsy syndromes: overview

71

Benign hereditary chorea (BHC) [OMIM#118700]

71

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

72

Clinical features

72

Investigation

73

Differential diagnosis

73

Treatment and prognosis

73

Beriberi

74

Clinical features

74

Investigation

75

Differential diagnosis

75

Treatment and prognosis

75

Bethlem myopathy [OMIM#158810]

76

Bickerstaff’s brainstem encephalitis (BBE)

76

Clinical features

77

Investigation

77

Differential diagnosis

77

Treatment and prognosis

77

Bing–Neel syndrome

78

Binswanger’s disease

78

Clinical features

79

Investigation

79

Differential diagnosis

79

Treatment and prognosis

80

Blastomycosis

80

Blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome

80

Botulism

81

Clinical features

81

Investigation

82

Differential diagnosis

82

Treatment and prognosis

82

Boucher–Neuhauser syndrome

83

Brachial plexopathy: overview

83

Clinical features

84

Investigation

84

Differential diagnosis

85

Treatment and prognosis

85

Brain death

85

Clinical features

86

Investigation

87

Differential diagnosis

87

Treatment and prognosis

87

Brain stem vascular syndromes: overview

87

Brody disease [OMIM#601003]

90

Brown’s syndrome

91

Brown–Vialetto–van Laere syndrome

91

Burning mouth syndrome

92

C

93

CADASIL

93

Clinical features

93

Investigation

93

Differential diagnosis

94

Treatment and prognosis

94

Caisson disease

94

Camptocormia

95

Camptodactyly

95

Clinical features

95

Investigation

96

Differential diagnosis

96

Treatment and prognosis

96

Candidiasis

96

CANOMAD

96

Capsular warning syndrome

97

Carbon monoxide poisoning

97

Carnitine palmit(o)yltransferase (CPT) deficiency

98

Clinical features

99

Investigation

99

Differential diagnosis

99

Treatment and prognosis

99

Carotid artery disease: overview

100

Clinical features

100

Investigation

100

Differential diagnosis

101

Treatment and prognosis

101

Carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF)

101

Clinical features

102

Investigation

102

Differential diagnosis

102

Treatment and prognosis

102

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)

102

Clinical features

103

Investigation

104

Differential diagnosis

104

Treatment and prognosis

104

Cauda equina syndrome and conus medullaris syndrome: overview

104

Clinical features

105

Investigation

105

Differential diagnosis

105

Treatment and prognosis

106

Cavernoma, cavernous hemagioma [OMIM#116860]

106

Cavernous sinus disease

107

Clinical features

107

Investigation

108

Differential diagnosis

108

Treatment and prognosis

108

Cayman disease

109

Central core disease [OMIM#117000]

109

Central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis (CPEPM)

110

Clinical features

110

Investigation

111

Differential diagnosis

111

Treatment and prognosis

111

Cerebellar disease: overview

112

Clinical features

114

Investigation

115

Cerebellopontine angle syndrome

116

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA)

116

Clinical features

117

Investigation

117

Differential diagnosis

117

Treatment and prognosis

117

Cerebral palsy (CP)

118

Clinical features

118

Investigation

118

Differential diagnosis

119

Treatment and prognosis

120

Cerebral salt wasting (CSW) syndrome

120

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) [OMIM#213700]

121

Clinical features

121

Investigation

122

Treatment and prognosis

122

Cervical cord and root disease: overview

122

Clinical features

123

Investigation

125

Differential diagnosis

125

Treatment and prognosis

125

Cervical dystonia

126

Clinical features

126

Investigation

126

Differential diagnosis

126

Treatment and prognosis

127

Channelopathies: overview

127

Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) disease

128

Clinical features

130

Investigation

130

Differential diagnosis

130

Treatment and prognosis

131

Charlevoix–Saguenay syndrome [OMIM#270550]

131

Cheiralgia paresthetica

131

Cheiro-oral syndrome

132

Chemotherapy-induced neurological disorders

132

Clinical features

132

Investigation

133

Differential diagnosis

133

Treatment and prognosis

133

Chiari malformations

133

Clinical features

134

Investigation

134

Differential diagnosis

134

Treatment and prognosis

135

Cholesteatoma

135

Cholesterol embolization syndrome

136

Chordoma

136

Choriocarcinoma

137

Choroid plexus papilloma

137

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)

137

Clinical features

137

Investigation

138

Differential diagnosis

139

Treatment and prognosis

139

Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO)

140

Clinical features

140

Investigation

140

Differential diagnosis

141

Treatment and prognosis

141

Chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuropathy (CRION)

141

Churg–Strauss syndrome

142

Ciguatera

142

Cluster headache (CH)

143

Clinical features

143

Investigation

144

Differential diagnosis

144

Treatment and prognosis

144

Coarctation of the aorta

145

Cobb syndrome

146

Cocaine

146

Coccidioidomycosis

146

Coeliac disease

147

Coenurosis

148

Cogan syndrome (1)

148

Cogan syndrome (2)

149

Collagen vascular disorders and the nervous system: overview

149

Colloid cyst

150

Coma: overview

150

Clinical features

151

Investigation

151

Differential diagnosis

151

Treatment and prognosis

151

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID)

152

Compartment syndromes

152

Complex regional pain syndromes

153

Sec144_3

153

Clinical features

153

Investigation

153

Differential diagnosis

153

Treatment and prognosis

153

Congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders (CCDDs): overview

154

Congenital insensitivity to pain

155

Congenital muscle and neuromuscular disorders: overview

155

Congenital muscular dystrophies: overview

156

Congenital myasthenic syndromes: overview

157

Investigation

157

Differential diagnosis

158

Treatment and prognosis

158

Copper deficiency-associated myeloneuropathy

158

Corticobasal degeneration (CBD)

159

Clinical features

159

Investigation

160

Differential diagnosis

160

Treatment and prognosis

160

Cough headache

161

Cramp fasciculation syndrome

162

Cranial polyneuropathy

162

Investigation

163

Craniopharyngioma

163

Clinical features

163

Investigation

164

Differential diagnosis

164

Treatment and prognosis

164

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD)

164

Clinical features

164

Investigation

165

Differential diagnosis

166

Treatment and prognosis

166

Critical illness myopathy, critical illness polyneuropathy

166

Cryoglobulinemia, cryoglobulinemic neuropathy

167

Cryptococcosis

167

Clinical features

168

Investigation

168

Differential diagnosis

168

Treatment and prognosis

168

Cubital tunnel syndrome

169

Clinical features

169

Investigation

169

Treatment and prognosis

169

Cyanide poisoning

169

Cysts: overview

170

Investigations

170

Differential diagnosis

170

Treatment and prognosis

171

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection: overview

171

D

172

Dandy–Walker syndrome

172

Danon disease [OMIM#300257]

172

Dawidenkow syndrome

173

Deafferentation pain syndrome

173

Degos Disease

173

Déjerine–Mouzon syndrome

174

Déjerine–Roussy syndrome

174

Déjerine–Sottas syndrome (DSS) [OMIM#145900]

175

Delirium: overview

175

Clinical features

177

Investigation

177

Differential diagnosis

177

Treatment and prognosis

178

Dementia: overview

178

Clinical features

181

Investigation

181

Differential diagnosis

182

Treatment and prognosis

182

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)

182

Clinical features

183

Investigation

183

Differential diagnosis

184

Treatment and prognosis

184

Dementia pugilistica

184

Demyelinating diseases of the nervous system: overview

185

Dengue

186

Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) [OMIM#125370]

186

Clinical features

187

Investigation

187

Differential diagnosis

187

Treatment and prognosis

187

Dermatomyositis

188

Clinical features

188

Investigation

189

Differential diagnosis

190

Treatment and prognosis

190

Dermoid

190

Desmin-related myopathy [OMIM#601419]

191

Diabetes insipidus (DI)

191

Diabetes mellitus and the nervous system: overview

192

Clinical features

192

Investigation

194

Treatment and prognosis

194

Dialysis syndromes

195

Diaphragmatic flutter

196

Diastematomyelia

196

Diogenes syndrome

197

Diphtheria

197

Clinical features

198

Investigation

198

Differential diagnosis

199

Treatment and prognosis

199

Diphyllobothriasis

199

Discitis

199

Disconnection syndromes

200

Clinical features

200

Investigation

201

Treatment and prognosis

201

Dissection: overview

201

Clinical features

202

Investigation

202

Differential diagnosis

202

Treatment and prognosis

202

Distal myopathy: overview

203

Dolichoectasia

204

Dopamine-b-hydroxylase deficiency [OMIM#223360]

204

Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) [OMIM#128230]

205

Clinical features

205

Investigation

205

Differential diagnosis

205

Treatment and prognosis

206

Down syndrome [OMIM#190685]

206

Dracunculiasis

207

Drop attacks: overview

207

Investigation

209

Treatment and prognosis

209

Dropped head syndrome

209

Duane’s syndrome

210

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) [OMIM#310200]

210

Clinical features

211

Investigation

211

Differential diagnosis

211

Treatment and prognosis

211

Dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF)

212

Clinical features

212

Investigation

212

Differential diagnosis

213

Treatment and prognosis

213

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET)

213

Dysferlinopathy

214

Dystonia: overview

214

Investigation

219

Differential diagnosis

220

Treatment and prognosis

220

Treatment and prognosis

220

Dystrophinopathy

222

E

223

Eating disorders

223

Echinococcosis

224

Eclampsia

224

Clinical features

225

Investigation

225

Differential diagnosis

225

Treatment and prognosis

225

Ehlers–Danlos syndrome

226

Ehrlichiosis

226

Eighteen q deletion syndrome [OMIM#601808]

227

Electrical injuries and the nervous system

227

Elsberg syndrome

228

Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD)

229

Clinical features

229

Investigation

229

Differential diagnosis

230

Treatment and prognosis

230

Empty sella syndrome

230

Encephalitis: overview

231

Clinical features

232

Investigation

233

Differential diagnosis

233

Treatment and prognosis

234

Encephalitis lethargica

234

Encephalopathies: overview

235

Clinical features

236

Investigation

236

Differential diagnosis

236

Treatment and prognosis

236

Endocarditis: overview

237

Clinical features

237

Investigation

238

Differential diagnosis

238

Treatment and prognosis

238

Endocrine disorders and neurology: overview

239

Entrapment neuropathies: overview

241

Investigation

242

Differential diagnosis

242

Treatment and prognosis

242

Eosinophilic syndromes: overview

243

Ependymoma

244

Clinical features

244

Investigation

245

Differential diagnosis

245

Treatment and prognosis

245

Epidermoid

245

Epilepsy: overview

246

Clinical features

247

Investigation

247

Differential diagnosis

248

Treatment and prognosis

248

Episodic ataxias

249

Clinical features

249

Investigation

250

Differential diagnosis

250

Treatment and prognosis

250

Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection and the nervous system: overview

250

Erb’s palsy, Erb-Duchenne palsy

251

Erdheim-Chester disease

251

Essential tremor (ET)

252

Clinical features

252

Investigation

253

Differential diagnosis

253

Treatment and prognosis

253

Exploding head syndrome

254

F

255

Fabry’s disease [OMIM#301500]

255

Clinical features

255

Investigation

256

Differential diagnosis

257

Treatment and prognosis

257

Facial pain: overview

257

Clinical features

258

Investigation

258

Facioscapulohumeral (FSH) muscular dystrophy [OMIM#158900]

258

Clinical features

259

Investigation

259

Differential diagnosis

259

Treatment and prognosis

260

Fahr’s disease

260

Familial amyloid polyneuropathies (FAP)

261

Clinical features

261

Investigation

261

Differential diagnosis

262

Treatment and prognosis

262

Familial British dementia (FBD) [OMIM#176500]

262

Clinical features

262

Investigations

263

Differential diagnosis

263

Treatment and prognosis

263

Familial Danish dementia (FDD) [OMIM#117300]

263

Familial encephalopathy with neuroserpin inclusion bodies (FENIB) [OMIM#604218]

264

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) [OMIM#249100]

264

Familial periventricular heterotopia [OMIM#300049]

265

Fat embolism syndrome (FES)

265

Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) [OMIM#600072]

266

Fatty acid oxidation disorders (FAOD): overview

266

Clinical features

267

Investigation

267

Differential diagnosis

267

Treatment and prognosis

268

Febrile seizures

268

Clinical features

268

Investigation

269

Differential diagnosis

269

Treatment and prognosis

269

Femoral neuropathy

269

Clinical features

269

Investigation

270

Differential diagnosis

270

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD)

270

Clinical features

270

Investigation

270

Differential diagnosis

271

Treatment and prognosis

271

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)

271

Fibrous dysplasia

272

Filariasis

272

Focal retrograde amnesia

272

Foix–Alajouanine syndrome

272

Foix–Chavany–Marie syndrome

273

Foot drop: overview

273

Clinical features

274

Investigation

275

Differential diagnosis

275

Treatment and prognosis

275

Foramen magnum syndrome

275

Clinical features

276

Investigation

276

Treatment and prognosis

277

Fotopoulos syndrome

277

Fowler’s syndrome

277

Fragile X syndromes (FRAX, FRAXE) [OMIM#300624; #309548];2781.8.28

Fragile X tremor ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) [OMIM#300623]279

Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) [OMIM#229300]

279

Clinical features

280

Investigation

280

Differential diagnosis

281

Treatment and prognosis

281

Froin’s syndrome

282

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)

282

Clinical features

283

Investigation

283

Differential diagnosis

283

Treatment and prognosis

283

Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17) [OMIM#600274, #607485]

284

Fucosidosis [OMIM#230000]

285

G

287

Gait disorders: overview

287

Galloping tongue syndrome

289

Ganglioglioma

289

Gangliosidoses: overview

290

Clinical features

290

Investigation

291

Differential diagnosis

291

Treatment and prognosis

291

Garcin syndrome

292

Gardner’s syndrome

292

Gasperini’s syndrome

292

Gastrointestinal disease and the nervous system: overview

293

Clinical features

293

Treatment and prognosis

293

Gaucher’s disease

294

Clinical features

294

Investigation

295

Differential diagnosis

295

Treatment and prognosis

295

Gelastic epilepsy

296

Gelsolin amyloidosis [OMIM#105120]

296

Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) [OMIM#604233]

297

Geniculate neuralgia

297

Geniospasm

298

Genitofemoral neuropathy

298

Gerhardt syndrome

298

Germ cell tumors

298

Germinoma

299

Gerstmann syndrome

300

Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker disease (GSS) [OMIM#137440]

300

Geschwind syndrome

300

Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN) [OMIM#256850]

301

Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

301

Clinical features

302

Investigation

302

Differential diagnosis

303

Treatment and prognosis

303

Glioma

304

Clinical features

304

Investigation

304

Differential diagnosis

305

Treatment and prognosis

305

Gliomatosis cerebri

306

Glomus jugulare tumor

306

Clinical features

306

Investigation

307

Differential diagnosis

307

Treatment and prognosis

307

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia

307

Glutaric acidurias

308

Clinical features

308

Investigation

309

Differential diagnosis

309

Treatment and prognosis

309

Glycogen storage disorders: overview

310

Gnathostomiasis

312

Godot syndrome

312

Godtfredsen’s syndrome

313

Gonyalgia paresthetica

313

Gourmand syndrome

313

Gradenigo’s syndrome

314

Grisel syndrome

314

Guam amyotrophic lateral sclerosis parkinsonism–dementia complex (ALS/PDC)

314

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)

315

Clinical features

316

Investigation

317

Differential diagnosis

317

Treatment and prognosis

318

H

319

Hematoma: overview

319

Hemochromatosis

319

Harding’s syndrome

320

HARP syndrome [OMIM#607236]

320

Hashimoto’s encephalopathy

321

Headache: overview

321

Clinical features

322

Investigation

323

Treatment and prognosis

323

Heatstroke

323

Heavy metal poisoning: overview

324

Helminthic diseases: overview

325

Hemifacial spasm (HFS)

325

Clinical features

326

Investigation

326

Differential diagnosis

326

Treatment and prognosis

326

Hepatic encephalopathy

327

Portal-systemic encephalopathy

327

Clinical features

327

Investigation

327

Differential diagnosis

327

Treatment and prognosis

328

Hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI) [OMIM#229600]

328

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) [OMIM#187300]

329

Familial telangiectasia, Osler–Weber–Rendu syndrome, Rendu–Osler–Weber syndrome

329

Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN)

329

Clinical features

330

Investigation

330

Differential diagnosis

330

Treatment and prognosis

330

Hereditary motor neuropathy (HMN)

331

Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNLPP) [OMIM#162500]

332

Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN)

332

Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP)

333

Clinical features

335

Investigation

336

Differential diagnosis

336

Treatment and prognosis

336

HERNS

336

Heroin

337

Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE)

337

Clinical features

338

Investigation

338

Differential diagnosis

339

Treatment and prognosis

339

Herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia

340

Clinical features

340

Investigation

340

Differential diagnosis

341

Treatment and prognosis

341

Heterotopias

341

Histoplasmosis

342

HIV/AIDS: overview

342

Clinical features

342

Investigation

343

Differential diagnosis

343

Treatment and prognosis

344

Hoffman’s syndrome

344

Holmes–Adie syndrome

345

Homocystinuria [OMIM#236200]

345

Clinical features

345

Investigation

346

Differential diagnosis

346

Treatment and prognosis

346

Hopkins’ syndrome

347

HTLV-1 myelopathy

347

Clinical features

347

Investigation

347

Differential diagnosis

348

Treatment and prognosis

348

Huntington’s disease (HD) [OMIM#143100]

348

Clinical features

348

Investigation

349

Differential diagnosis

349

Treatment and prognosis

350

Hydrocephalus: overview

350

Clinical features

351

Investigation

351

Differential diagnosis

351

Treatment and prognosis

351

Hyperekplexia

352

Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES)

352

Hyperostosis cranialis interna

353

Hypertension and the nervous system: overview

353

Clinical features

354

Investigation

354

Treatment and prognosis

354

Hypnic headache

355

Hypobetalipoproteinemia

355

Hypothalamic disease: overview

356

Clinical features

356

Investigation

356

Treatment and prognosis

356

I

357

Idiopathic hyperCKemia

357

Idiopathic hypersomnia

357

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)

358

Clinical features

358

Investigation

359

Differential diagnosis

359

Treatment and prognosis

359

Ilioinguinal neuropathy

360

Imerslund–Gräsbeck syndrome

360

Inclusion body myositis (IBM)

361

Clinical features

361

Investigation

361

Differential diagnosis

361

Treatment and prognosis

362

Incontinentia pigmenti (achromians)

362

Intervertebral disc prolapse

363

Clinical features

363

Investigation

363

Differential diagnosis

364

Treatment and prognosis

364

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)

364

Clinical features

365

Investigation

365

Differential diagnosis

365

Treatment and prognosis

366

Intravascular lymphoma

366

Clinical features

367

Investigation

367

Differential diagnosis

367

Treatment and prognosis

367

Ischemic optic neuropathy (ION)

368

Clinical features

368

Investigation

369

Differential diagnosis

369

Treatment and prognosis

369

J

370

Japanese encephalitis

370

Clinical features

370

Investigation

370

Differential diagnosis

371

Treatment and prognosis

371

Jeavons syndrome

371

Jugular foramen syndrome

372

Clinical features

372

Investigation

372

Differential diagnosis

373

Treatment and prognosis

373

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME)

374

Clinical features

374

Investigation

374

Treatment and prognosis

374

K

375

Kallmann’s syndrome

375

Kearns–Sayre syndrome (KSS)

375

Clinical features

376

Investigation

376

Differential diagnosis

376

Treatment and prognosis

376

Kernohan’s syndrome

377

Kjellin’s syndrome

377

Kleine–Levin syndrome

378

Klippel–Feil anomaly

378

Klippel–Trénaunay–Weber syndrome

379

Klumpke’s palsy

379

Klüver–Bucy syndrome

379

Konzo

380

Krabbe’s disease [OMIM#245200]

381

Clinical features

381

Investigation

381

Differential diagnosis

381

Treatment and prognosis

382

Kufor-Rakeb disease [OMIM#606693]

382

Kufs’ disease

382

Clinical features

383

Investigation

383

Differential diagnosis

383

Treatment and prognosis

383

Kugelberg–Welander disease

384

Kuru

384

L

385

l-2-Hydroxyglutaric acidemia [OMIM#236792]

385

Lactic acidosis: overview

385

Lacunar syndromes (LACS)

386

Lafora body disease [OMIM#254780]

387

Laing myopathy [OMIM#160500]

388

Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)

388

Clinical features

388

Investigation

389

Differential diagnosis

389

Treatment and prognosis

389

Lance–Adams syndrome

390

Landau–Kleffner syndrome

390

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH)

391

Clinical features

391

Investigation

391

Differential diagnosis

391

Treatment and prognosis

392

Lathyrism

392

Lead and the nervous system: Overview

392

Clinical features

392

Investigation

393

Differential diagnosis

393

Treatment and prognosis

393

Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON)

393

Clinical features

394

Investigation

394

Differential diagnosis

394

Treatment and prognosis

394

Legionnaires’ disease

394

Clinical features

394

Investigation

395

Differential diagnosis

395

Treatment and prognosis

395

Leigh’s syndrome

395

Clinical features

396

Investigation

396

Differential diagnosis

396

Treatment and prognosis

397

Lemierre’s syndrome

397

Lemieux–Neemeh syndrome

397

Leprosy

397

Clinical features

398

Investigation

398

Differential diagnosis

398

Treatment and prognosis

399

Leptospirosis

399

Lesch-Nyhan disease

399

Clinical features

400

Investigation

400

Differential diagnosis

400

Treatment and prognosis

400

Leucoencephalopathy with neuroaxonal spheroids (LENAS)

400

Leukodystrophies: overview

401

Differential diagnosis

401

Lewis Sumner syndrome

402

Lhermitte–Duclos disease

402

Li–Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) [OMIM#161523]

403

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD): overview

403

Clinical features

406

Investigation

406

Differential diagnosis

406

Treatment and prognosis

406

Limbic encephalitis

406

Limb shaking

407

Locked-in syndrome

407

Clinical history

408

Investigation

408

Differential diagnosis

408

Treatment and prognosis

408

Long QT syndromes (LQTS)

409

Clinical features

410

Investigation

410

Differential diagnosis

410

Treatment and prognosis

410

Long thoracic nerve palsy

410

Low back pain: overview

411

Clinical features

411

Investigation

412

Differential diagnosis

412

Treatment and prognosis

412

Luft disease

413

Lumbar cord and root disease: overview

413

Clinical features

413

Investigation

414

Differential diagnosis

414

Treatment and prognosis

414

Lumbosacral plexopathies

415

Clinical features

415

Investigation

415

Differential diagnosis

416

Treatment and prognosis

416

Lymphocytic hypophysitis

416

Clinical features

416

Investigation

416

Differential diagnosis

417

Treatment and prognosis

417

Lymphoma

417

Clinical features

417

Investigation

418

Differential diagnosis

418

Treatment and prognosis

418

Lysosomal storage disorders: overview

419

M

421

Machado–Joseph disease (MJD) [OMIM#109150]

421

Malaria

421

Clinical features

422

Investigation

422

Differential diagnosis

422

Treatment and prognosis

422

Malignant hyperthermia [OMIM#145600]

423

Clinical features

423

Investigation

423

Differential diagnosis

424

Treatment and prognosis

424

Malingering

424

Manganese poisoning, manganism

424

Marburg disease

425

Marchiafava–Bignami syndrome

425

Marfan syndrome [OMIM#154700]

426

Clinical features

426

Investigation

426

Differential diagnosis

426

Treatment and prognosis

427

Marin-Amat syndrome

427

MASA syndrome [OMIM#303350]

427

Mast syndrome [OMIM#248900]

428

McArdle’s disease [OMIM#232600]

428

Clinical features

428

Investigation

429

Differential diagnosis

429

Treatment and prognosis

429

McLeod’s syndrome

429

Median neuropathy

430

Clinical features

430

Investigation

430

Differential diagnosis

431

Treatment and prognosis

431

Medication-overuse headache

431

Medulloblastoma

431

Meige’s syndrome

432

Clinical features

432

Investigation

432

Differential diagnosis

432

Treatment and prognosis

433

Melanoma

433

MELAS syndrome

433

Clinical features

433

Investigation

434

Differential diagnosis

434

Treatment and prognosis

434

Melioidosis

435

Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome

435

Meningeal carcinomatosis

435

Clinical features

436

Investigation

436

Differential diagnosis

436

Treatment and prognosis

436

Meningioma

436

Meningitis: overview

437

Clinical features

438

Investigation

438

Differential diagnosis

438

Treatment and prognosis

439

Meningococcal disease

439

Clinical features

439

Investigation

440

Differential diagnosis

440

Treatment and prognosis

440

Meralgia paresthetica

441

Clinical features

441

Investigation

441

Differential diagnosis

441

Treatment and prognosis

441

MERRF syndrome

442

Clinical features

442

Investigation

442

Differential diagnosis

442

Treatment and prognosis

442

Metabolic storage disorders: overview

443

Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD)

443

Clinical features

444

Investigation

444

Differential diagnosis

445

Treatment and prognosis

445

Metastatic disease and the nervous system: overview

445

Clinical features

446

Investigation

446

Differential diagnosis

446

Treatment and prognosis

446

Methanol poisoning

446

Migraine

447

Clinical features

447

Investigation

448

Differential diagnosis

448

Treatment and prognosis

449

Migralepsy

449

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)

450

Clinical features

450

Investigation

450

Differential diagnosis

450

Treatment and prognosis

450

Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS)

451

Clinical features

451

Investigation

451

Differential diagnosis

451

Treatment and prognosis

452

Mills’ syndrome, Mills’ variant

452

Mitochondrial disease: overview

452

Clinical features

453

Investigation

454

Differential diagnosis

454

Treatment and prognosis

454

Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)

455

Miyoshi myopathy [OMIM#254130]

455

MNGIE syndrome

456

Möbius syndrome

457

Mohr–Tranebjaerg syndrome [OMIM#304700]

457

Mollaret meningitis

458

Monoclonal gammopathies

458

Monomelic amyotrophy

459

Mononeuritis multiplex: overview

459

Morton’s metatarsalgia

460

Morvan’s syndrome

460

Motor neurone disease (MND)

461

Clinical features

461

Investigation

462

Differential diagnosis

462

Treatment and prognosis

463

Motor neurone diseases: overview

463

Moyamoya

464

Mucormycosis

465

Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN)

465

Clinical features

466

Investigation

466

Differential diagnosis

466

Treatment and prognosis

467

Multi-minicore disease

467

Multiple sclerosis (MS)

467

Clinical features

468

Investigation

468

Differential diagnosis

469

Treatment and prognosis

469

Multiple symmetric lipomatosis

470

Multiple system atrophy (MSA)

470

Clinical features

471

Investigation

471

Differential diagnosis

472

Treatment and prognosis

472

Muscular dystrophies: overview

472

Investigation

473

Musculocutaneous neuropathy

473

Clinical features

474

Investigation

474

Differential diagnosis

474

Myasthenia gravis (MG)

474

Clinical features

474

Investigation

475

Differential diagnosis

476

Treatment and prognosis

476

Mycoplasma

478

Clinical features

478

Investigation

478

Differential diagnosis

478

Treatment and prognosis

478

Myelopathy: overview

479

Clinical features

480

Investigation

480

Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency (MADD)

481

Myoclonus-dystonia syndrome (MDS)

481

Myopathy: overview

482

Clinical features

482

Investigation

482

Differential diagnosis

482

Myositis: overview

483

Myositis ossificans [OMIM#135100]

484

Myotonia congenita

484

Clinical features

484

Investigation

485

Differential diagnosis

485

Treatment and prognosis

485

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) [OMIM#160900]

485

Clinical features

486

Investigation

486

Differential diagnosis

487

Treatment and prognosis

487

Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) [OMIM#602668]

487

Clinical features

488

Investigation

488

Differential diagnosis

488

Treatment and prognosis

488

Myotonic syndromes: overview

488

Investigation

489

Differential diagnosis

489

Myotubular/Centronuclear myopathies

490

N

491

Naegleria

491

Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome

491

Narcolepsy

492

Clinical features

492

Investigation

493

Differential diagnosis

493

Treatment and prognosis

493

NARP syndrome

494

Nasu-Hakola disease

494

Nathalie syndrome

495

Neck-tongue syndrome

495

Necrotizing myelopathy

495

Nemaline myopathy

496

Clinical features

496

Investigation

496

Differential diagnosis

496

Treatment and prognosis

496

Neuralgic amyotrophy

497

Clinical features

497

Investigation

497

Differential diagnosis

498

Treatment and prognosis

498

Neuroacanthocytosis

498

Clinical features

499

Investigation

499

Differential diagnosis

500

Treatment and prognosis

500

Neuroblastoma

500

Neuroborreliosis

501

Clinical features

501

Investigation

502

Differential diagnosis

502

Treatment and prognosis

502

Neurobrucellosis

503

Clinical features

503

Investigation

503

Differential diagnosis

504

Treatment and prognosis

504

Neurocutaneous syndromes

504

Neurocysticercosis

505

Clinical features

506

Investigation

506

Differential diagnosis

506

Treatment and prognosis

506

Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA)

507

Clinical features

507

Investigation

507

Differential diagnosis

507

Treatment and prognosis

507

Neuroferritinopathy

508

Neurofibromatosis (NF)

508

Clinical features

509

Investigation

509

Differential diagnosis

510

Treatment and prognosis

510

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)

510

Clinical features

511

Investigation

511

Differential diagnosis

511

Treatment and prognosis

511

Neuromuscular junction (NMJ) diseases: overview

512

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO)

512

Clinical features

512

Investigation

513

Differential diagnosis

513

Treatment and prognosis

513

Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL): overview

514

Neuropathies: overview

514

Clinical features

517

Investigation

517

Differential diagnosis

518

Treatment and prognosis

518

Neurosarcoidosis

519

Clinical features

519

Investigation

520

Differential diagnosis

521

Treatment and prognosis

521

Neurosyphilis

522

Clinical features

522

Investigation

522

Differential diagnosis

523

Treatment and prognosis

523

Neurovascular compression syndromes: overview

523

Niemann–Pick disease (NPD) type C [OMIM#257220]

524

Clinical features

524

Investigation

524

Differential diagnosis

525

Treatment and prognosis

525

NIFID

525

NMDA-receptor encephalitis

525

Clinical features

526

Investigation

526

Differential diagnosis

526

Treatment and prognosis

526

Nocardiosis

526

Nonaka myopathy [OMIM#605820]

527

Non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD)

527

Clinical features

527

Investigation

528

Differential diagnosis

528

Treatment and prognosis

528

Non-Wilsonian hepatocerebral degeneration (NWHCD)

529

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)

529

Clinical features

530

Investigation

530

Differential diagnosis

531

Treatment and prognosis

531

Notalgia paresthetica

531

“Numb and clumsy hands” syndrome

532

Numb cheek syndrome, Numb chin syndrome

532

O

533

Obsessional slowness

533

Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS)

533

Clinical features

534

Investigation

534

Differential diagnosis

534

Treatment and prognosis

535

Obturator neuropathy

535

Clinical features

535

Investigation

536

Differential diagnosis

536

Occipital neuralgia

536

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD)

536

Clinical features

537

Investigation

537

Differential diagnosis

537

Treatment and prognosis

537

Oligodendroglioma

537

Ophthalmoplegic migraine

538

Optic neuritis

538

Clinical features

538

Investigation

539

Differential diagnosis

539

Treatment and prognosis

539

Orbital apex syndrome

540

Superior orbital fissure syndrome

540

Orbital tumors: overview

540

Clinical features

540

Investigation

541

Differential diagnosis

541

Treatment and prognosis

541

Ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTC) deficiency

541

Oromandibular dystonia

542

Lingual dystonia

542

Ortner syndrome

542

Cardiovocal syndrome

542

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL)

542

Clinical features

542

Investigation

542

Differential diagnosis

543

Treatment and prognosis

543

Osteogenesis imperfecta

543

Osteomalacia

544

O’Sullivan–McLeod syndrome

544

Overlap syndrome

544

P

545

Paget’s disease

545

Clinical features

545

Investigation

545

Differential diagnosis

546

Treatment and prognosis

546

Painful legs and moving toes (PLMT)

546

Clinical features

546

Investigation

547

Differential diagnosis

547

Treatment and prognosis

547

Pallido-pyramidal syndrome

547

Pancoast syndrome

548

Clinical features

548

Investigation

548

Differential diagnosis

548

Treatment and prognosis

548

Paragonimiasis

549

Paraneoplastic syndromes: overview

549

Clinical features

550

Investigation

550

Differential diagnosis

551

Treatment and prognosis

552

Paraproteinemic demyelinating neuropathy (PDN)

552

Clinical features

552

Investigation

553

Differential diagnosis

553

Treatment and prognosis

553

Parasomnias

554

Clinical features

554

Investigation

554

Differential diagnosis

554

Treatment and prognosis

555

Parkinsonian syndromes, parkinsonism

555

Clinical features

555

Investigation

556

Differential diagnosis

556

Treatment and prognosis

556

Parkinson’s disease (PD)

557

Clinical features

557

Investigation

559

Differential diagnosis

559

Treatment and prognosis

559

Parkinson’s syndrome

561

Paroxysmal dyskinesias

561

Clinical features

561

Investigation

562

Differential diagnosis

562

Treatment and prognosis

563

Paroxysmal hemicrania

563

Parry-Romberg syndrome

564

Clinical features

564

Investigation

564

Differential diagnosis

564

Treatment and prognosis

564

Patent foramen ovale (PFO)

565

Pavor nocturnus

565

Payne syndrome

566

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) [OMIM#312080]

566

Clinical features

566

Investigation

567

Differential diagnosis

567

Treatment and prognosis

567

Pellagra

567

Clinical features

568

Investigation

568

Differential diagnosis

568

Treatment and prognosis

568

Periodic paralysis (PP)

569

Clinical features

569

Investigation

569

Differential diagnosis

570

Treatment and prognosis

570

Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability (PNH)

570

Clinical features

571

Investigation

571

Differential diagnosis

571

Treatment and prognosis

572

Peroneal neuropathy

572

Clinical features

572

Investigation

573

Differential diagnosis

573

Pick’s disease

573

Pineal gland tumors

573

Piriformis syndrome

574

Clinical features

574

Investigation

574

Differential diagnosis

575

Treatment and prognosis

575

Pisa syndrome

575

Pituitary disease: overview

575

Clinical features

576

Investigation

577

Differential diagnosis

577

Treatment and prognosis

577

POEMS syndrome

577

Clinical features

578

Investigation

578

Differential diagnosis

578

Treatment and prognosis

578

Poliomyelitis

579

Clinical features

579

Investigation

580

Differential diagnosis

580

Treatment and prognosis

580

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN)

580

Clinical features

581

Investigation

581

Differential diagnosis

581

Treatment and prognosis

581

Polycythemia rubra vera (PRV)

582

Polyglucosan body disease (PGB)

582

Clinical features

582

Investigation

582

Differential diagnosis

583

Treatment and prognosis

583

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)

583

Clinical features

583

Investigation

584

Differential diagnosis

584

Treatment and prognosis

584

Polymyositis

585

Clinical features

585

Investigation

585

Differential diagnosis

585

Treatment and prognosis

586

Pompe’s disease [OMIM#232300]

586

Clinical features

587

Investigation

587

Differential diagnosis

587

Treatment and prognosis

588

Porphyria

588

Clinical features

588

Investigation

589

Differential diagnosis

589

Treatment and prognosis

590

Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA)

590

Posterior interosseous syndrome

591

Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES)

591

Clinical features

592

Investigation

592

Differential diagnosis

592

Treatment and prognosis

592

Posthypoxic syndromes

592

Clinical features

593

Investigation

593

Differential diagnosis

593

Treatment and prognosis

593

Postpolio syndrome

593

Investigation

594

Treatment and prognosis

594

Potassium-aggravated myotonia (PAM) [OMIM#608390]

594

Clinical features

594

Investigation

595

Differential diagnosis

595

Treatment and prognosis

595

Pregnancy and the nervous system: overview

595

Primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS)

597

Clinical features

597

Investigation

597

Differential diagnosis

598

Treatment and prognosis

598

Primary headache associated with sexual activity (PHSA)

599

Differential diagnosis and investigation

599

Treatment and prognosis

599

Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS)

600

Clinical features

600

Investigation

600

Differential diagnosis

600

Treatment and prognosis

601

Primary orthostatic tremor (POT)

601

Clinical features

601

Investigation

601

Differential diagnosis

602

Treatment and prognosis

602

Primary systemic amyloidosis

602

Prion disease: overview

603

Clinical features

603

Investigation

603

Differential diagnosis

604

Treatment and prognosis

604

Progeria [OMIM#176670]

604

Progressive ataxia and palatal tremor (PAPT)

605

Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM)

605

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)

606

Clinical features

606

Investigation

606

Differential diagnosis

607

Treatment and prognosis

607

Progressive myoclonus epilepsies (PME)

607

Progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA)

608

Clinical features

609

Investigation

609

Differential diagnosis

609

Treatment and prognosis

609

Progressive subcortical gliosis of Neumann (PSG)

610

Clinical features

610

Investigation

610

Differential diagnosis

610

Treatment and prognosis

610

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)

611

Clinical features

611

Investigation

611

Differential diagnosis

612

Treatment and prognosis

612

Pronator teres syndrome

613

Clinical features

613

Pseudomigraine

613

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)

614

Clinical features

614

Investigation

614

Treatment and prognosis

614

Psittacosis

615

Psychiatric disorders and neurological disease: overview

615

Clinical features

615

Investigation

616

Differential diagnosis

616

Treatment and prognosis

616

Pure autonomic failure (PAF)

617

Clinical features

617

Investigation

617

Differential diagnosis

618

Treatment and prognosis

618

Q

619

Q fever

619

Quail myopathy

620

R

621

Rabies

621

Clinical features

621

Investigation

621

Differential diagnosis

622

Treatment and prognosis

622

Radial neuropathy

622

Clinical features

623

Investigation

623

Differential diagnosis

623

Radiculopathies: overview

623

Clinical features

623

Investigation

624

Differential diagnosis

624

Treatment and prognosis

624

Radiotherapy-induced neurological disorders

624

Clinical features

624

Investigation

625

Differential diagnosis

625

Treatment and prognosis

625

Raeder’s paratrigeminal syndrome

625

Clinical features

626

Investigation

626

Differential diagnosis

626

Treatment and prognosis

626

Ramsay Hunt syndromes

627

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE), Rasmussen’s syndrome

627

Clinical features

627

Investigation

628

Differential diagnosis

628

Treatment and prognosis

628

Rapid-onset dystonia parkinsonism [OMIM#128235]

628

Reflex epilepsies

629

Refsum’s disease

629

Clinical features

630

Investigation

630

Differential diagnosis

630

Treatment and prognosis

630

Relapsing polychondritis

631

REM sleep behavior disorder (REMBD)

631

Renal disease and the nervous system: overview

632

Clinical features

632

Investigation

633

Differential diagnosis

634

Treatment and prognosis

634

Respiratory failure: overview

634

Clinical features

634

Investigation

635

Differential diagnosis

635

Treatment and prognosis

635

Restless legs syndrome (RLS)

636

Clinical features

636

Investigation

636

Differential diagnosis

636

Treatment and prognosis

637

Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes (RCVS)

637

Clinical features

638

Investigation

638

Differential diagnosis

638

Treatment and prognosis

638

Rhabdomyolysis

639

Clinical features

639

Investigation

639

Differential diagnosis

640

Treatment and prognosis

640

Rheumatoid arthritis

640

Clinical features

640

Investigation

641

Differential diagnosis

641

Treatment and prognosis

641

Rickettsial disease

642

Clinical features

642

Investigation

642

Differential diagnosis

642

Treatment and prognosis

642

Rigid spine syndrome [OMIM#602771]

643

Riley–Day syndrome [OMIM#223900]

643

Investigation

644

Differential diagnosis

644

Treatment and prognosis

644

Rippling muscle disease (RMD) [OMIM#606072]

644

Rosai–Dorfman disease

645

Clinical features

645

Investigation

645

Differential diagnosis

646

Treatment and prognosis

646

Ross syndrome

646

Roussy–Lévy syndrome [OMIM#180800]

647

Clinical features

647

Investigation

647

Differential diagnosis

647

Treatment and prognosis

647

Rubella

648

“Rucksack paralysis”

648

S

649

Sandhoff’s disease [OMIM#268800]

649

Saphenous neuropathy

649

Sarcoglycanopathy

650

Satoyoshi syndrome

650

Scapuloperoneal syndrome

651

Scheuermann’s disease

651

Schilder’s disease

651

Clinical features

652

Investigation

652

Differential diagnosis

652

Treatment and prognosis

653

Schistosomiasis

653

Clinical features

653

Investigation

654

Differential diagnosis

654

Treatment and prognosis

654

Schnitzler’s syndrome

654

Schwartz–Jampel syndrome [OMIM#255800]

654

Clinical features

655

Investigation

655

Differential diagnosis

655

Treatment and prognosis

655

Sciatic neuropathy

655

Clinical features

656

Investigation

656

Differential diagnosis

656

Sciatica

656

Clinical features

657

Investigation

657

Differential diagnosis

657

Treatment and prognosis

657

Scoliosis: overview

658

Semantic dementia (SD)

658

Clinical features

659

Investigation

659

Differential diagnosis

659

Treatment and prognosis

659

Sengers syndrome

660

Septo-optic dysplasia

660

Serotonin syndrome

660

Shapiro syndrome

661

Shoulder–hand syndrome

661

Sialidosis

661

Clinical features

662

Investigation

662

Differential diagnosis

662

Treatment and prognosis

663

Sickle-cell disease

663

Silver syndrome [OMIM#270685]

663

Sjögren’s syndrome

663

Clinical features

664

Investigation

664

Differential diagnosis

665

Treatment and prognosis

665

Sleep apnea syndromes: overview

665

Sleep disorders: overview

666

Sneddon’s syndrome

667

Clinical features

667

Investigation

667

Differential diagnosis

667

Treatment and prognosis

667

Solvent exposure

668

Somatoform disorders

668

Sparganosis

670

Spasmodic dysphonia

670

Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) [OMIM#313200]

670

Clinical features

671

Investigation

671

Differential diagnosis

671

Treatment and prognosis

671

Spina bifida

672

Clinical features

672

Investigation

672

Differential diagnosis

673

Treatment and prognosis

673

Spinal cord disease: overview

673

Investigation

674

Differential diagnosis

674

Spinal cord vascular diseases

674

Clinical features

674

Investigation

675

Differential diagnosis

675

Treatment and prognosis

675

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

676

Clinical features

677

Investigation

677

Differential diagnosis

677

Treatment and prognosis

677

Spinal stenosis

678

Clinical features

678

Investigation

678

Differential diagnosis

679

Treatment and prognosis

679

Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA)

679

Differential diagnosis

682

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH)

682

Clinical features

682

Investigation

682

Differential diagnosis

683

Treatment and prognosis

683

Spontaneous periodic hypothermia

683

Startle syndromes: overview

683

Clinical features

684

Investigation

684

Differential diagnosis

684

Treatment and prognosis

684

Status epilepticus

685

Clinical features

685

Investigation

685

Differential diagnosis

685

Treatment and prognosis

685

Stiffness: overview

686

Clinical features

687

Investigation

687

Differential diagnosis

688

Treatment and prognosis

688

Stroke: overview

688

Clinical features

689

Investigation

691

Differential diagnosis

691

Treatment and prognosis

691

Strongyloidiasis

692

Clinical features

692

Investigation

692

Differential diagnosis

693

Treatment and prognosis

693

Strychnine poisoning

693

Clinical features

693

Differential diagnosis

693

Treatment and prognosis

694

Sturge–Weber syndrome

694

Clinical features

694

Investigation

695

Differential diagnosis

695

Treatment and prognosis

695

Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord (SACDOC)

695

Subacute motor neuronopathy

696

Subacute myelo-optic neuropathy (SMON)

697

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)

697

Clinical features

697

Investigation

698

Differential diagnosis

698

Treatment and prognosis

698

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)

698

Clinical features

699

Investigation

699

Differential diagnosis

700

Treatment and prognosis

700

Subclavian steal syndrome

701

Subdural empyema

702

Clinical features

702

Investigation

702

Differential diagnosis

702

Treatment and prognosis

702

Subdural hematoma (SDH)

703

Clinical features

703

Investigation

703

Differential diagnosis

704

Treatment and prognosis

704

Subependymal giant-cell astrocytoma (SEGA)

704

Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP)

705

SUNCT syndrome, SUNA syndrome

705

Clinical features

705

Investigation

706

Differential diagnosis

706

Treatment and prognosis

706

Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system

706

Clinical features

706

Investigation

707

Differential diagnosis

707

Treatment and prognosis

707

Superior oblique myokymia

707

Susac syndrome

708

Clinical features

708

Investigation

708

Differential diagnosis

708

Treatment and prognosis

708

Sweet’s syndrome

709

Sydenham’s chorea

709

Clinical features

710

Investigation

710

Differential diagnosis

710

Treatment and prognosis

710

Syncope

711

Clinical features

711

Investigation

712

Differential diagnosis

712

Treatment and prognosis

712

Syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion (SIADH)

713

Clinical features

713

Investigation

713

Differential diagnosis

714

Treatment and prognosis

714

Synucleinopathy

714

Syringomyelia and syringobulbia

715

Clinical features

715

Investigation

716

Differential diagnosis

716

Treatment and prognosis

716

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

716

Clinical features

717

Investigation

717

Differential diagnosis

718

Treatment and prognosis

718

Systemic sclerosis

718

Clinical features

719

Investigation

719

Differential diagnosis

719

Treatment and prognosis

719

T

720

Takayasu’s arteritis

720

Clinical features

720

Investigation

720

Differential diagnosis

720

Treatment and prognosis

721

Tangier disease [OMIM#205400]

721

Clinical features

721

Investigation

721

Differential diagnosis

722

Treatment and prognosis

722

Tarlov cyst

722

Tauopathy

723

Tay–Sachs disease [OMIM#272800]

723

Clinical features

724

Investigation

724

Differential diagnosis

724

Treatment and prognosis

725

Teratoma

725

Tetanus

725

Clinical features

725

Sec21_20

726

Investigation

726

Differential diagnosis

726

Treatment and prognosis

726

Tethered cord syndrome

726

Clinical features

726

Investigation

727

Differential diagnosis

727

Treatment and prognosis

727

Thalamic syndromes: overview

727

Clinical features

727

Investigation

728

Differential diagnosis

728

Treatment and prognosis

728

Thoracic outlet syndromes (TOS)

728

Clinical features

729

Investigation

729

Differential diagnosis

729

Treatment and prognosis

729

Thunderclap headache

730

Clinical features

730

Investigation

730

Differential diagnosis

730

Treatment and prognosis

731

Thyroid disease and the nervous system: overview

731

Clinical features

731

Investigation

732

Differential diagnosis

732

Treatment and prognosis

732

Tibial muscular dystrophy [OMIM#600334]

733

Tibial neuropathy

733

Clinical features

733

Investigation

734

Differential diagnosis

734

Tolosa–Hunt syndrome

734

Top of the basilar syndrome

735

Clinical features

735

Investigation

736

Differential diagnosis

736

Treatment and prognosis

736

Tourette syndrome (TS)

736

Clinical features

737

Investigation

737

Differential diagnosis

737

Treatment and prognosis

737

Toxocariasis

738

Toxoplasmosis

738

Clinical features

738

Investigation

738

Differential diagnosis

739

Treatment and prognosis

739

Transient epileptic amnesia (TEA)

739

Clinical features

739

Investigation

739

Differential diagnosis

740

Treatment and prognosis

740

Transient global amnesia (TGA)

740

Clinical features

740

Investigation

740

Differential diagnosis

741

Treatment and prognosis

741

Transient ischemic attack (TIA)

741

Clinical features

742

Investigation

742

Differential diagnosis

743

Treatment and prognosis

743

Transient unresponsiveness of the elderly

744

Transverse myelitis

744

Clinical features

745

Investigation

745

Differential diagnosis

745

Treatment and prognosis

745

Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

746

Clinical features

746

Investigation

746

Differential diagnosis

747

Treatment and prognosis

747

Tremor: overview

748

Clinical features

748

Investigation

749

Differential diagnosis

749

Treatment and prognosis

749

Trichinosis

750

Clinical features

750

Investigation

750

Differential diagnosis

751

Treatment and prognosis

751

Trigeminal autonomic cephalalagias (TACS): overview

751

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN)

752

Clinical features

752

Investigation

752

Differential diagnosis

753

Treatment and prognosis

753

Trigeminal sensory neuropathy (TSN)

753

Trinucleotide repeat diseases: overview

754

Investigation

756

Treatment and prognosis

756

Troyer syndrome

756

Trypanosomiasis

757

Clinical features

757

Investigation

758

Differential diagnosis

758

Treatment and prognosis

758

Tuberculosis (TB) and the nervous system: overview

758

Clinical features

759

Investigation

759

Differential diagnosis

759

Treatment and prognosis

759

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM)

760

Clinical features

760

Investigation

761

Differential diagnosis

761

Treatment and prognosis

761

Tuberous sclerosis [OMIM#191100, #613254]

762

Clinical features

762

Investigation

763

Differential diagnosis

763

Treatment and prognosis

763

Tumors: overview

763

Clinical features

764

Investigation

765

Differential diagnosis

765

Treatment and prognosis

765

Typhus

766

Clinical features

766

Investigation

766

Differential diagnosis

767

Treatment and prognosis

767

U

768

Ullrich’s congenital muscular dystrophy [OMIM#254090]

768

Ulnar neuropathy

768

Clinical features

769

Investigation

769

Differential diagnosis

769

Treatment and prognosis

770

Unverricht–Lundborg disease [OMIM#254800]

770

Clinical features

770

Investigation

770

Differential diagnosis

771

Treatment and prognosis

771

Urbach–Wiethe disease [OMIM#247100]

771

Urea cycle enzyme defects (UCED): overview

772

Clinical features

773

Investigation

773

Differential diagnosis

773

Treatment and prognosis

774

Usher’s syndromes

774

V

775

Van Buchem’s syndrome

775

Vanishing white matter disease (VWMD) [OMIM#603896]

775

Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD)

776

Clinical features

776

Investigation

776

Differential diagnosis

777

Treatment and prognosis

777

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) and the nervous system

777

Vascular dementia (VaD), vascular cognitive impairment (VCI)

778

Clinical features

779

Investigation

779

Differential diagnosis

779

Treatment and prognosis

779

Vascular malformations: overview

780

Vasculitis

780

Clinical features

781

Investigation

781

Differential diagnosis

782

Treatment and prognosis

782

Vegetative states

782

Clinical features

783

Investigation

783

Differential diagnosis

783

Treatment and prognosis

783

Venous sinus thrombosis (VST)

784

Clinical features

784

Investigation

784

Differential diagnosis

785

Treatment and prognosis

785

Verger–Déjerine syndrome

785

Vernant’s disease

786

Vestibular neuritis

786

Clinical features

786

Investigation

786

Differential diagnosis

787

Treatment and prognosis

787

Vestibular paroxysmia

787

Vestibular schwannoma

788

Clinical features

788

Investigation

789

Differential diagnosis

789

Treatment and prognosis

789

Visual loss: overview

790

Vitamin B12 deficiency

791

Clinical features

792

Investigation

792

Differential diagnosis

793

Treatment and prognosis

793

Vitamin deficiencies and the nervous system: overview

794

Clinical features

794

Investigation

794

Treatment and prognosis

795

Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada (VKH) syndrome

795

Clinical features

795

Investigation

795

Differential diagnosis

796

Treatment and prognosis

796

Von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) disease [OMIM#193300]

796

Clinical features

796

Investigation

797

Differential diagnosis

797

Treatment and prognosis

797

Von Winiwarter–Buerger’s disease

797

Clinical features

798

Investigation

798

Differential diagnosis

798

Treatment and prognosis

798

W

799

Wartenberg’s neuropathy

799

Clinical features

799

Investigation

799

Differential diagnosis

799

Treatment and prognosis

799

Weber–Christian disease

800

Wegener’s granulomatosis

800

Clinical features

801

Investigation

801

Differential diagnosis

801

Treatment and prognosis

801

Welander’s myopathy

802

Werdnig–Hoffmann disease [OMOM#253300]

802

Clinical features

802

Investigation

803

Differential diagnosis

803

Treatment and prognosis

803

Werner syndrome [OMIM#277700]

803

Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome (WKS)

804

Clinical features

804

Investigation

805

Differential diagnosis

805

Treatment and prognosis

805

Whipple’s disease

806

Clinical features

806

Investigation

806

Differential diagnosis

807

Treatment and prognosis

807

Wilson’s disease [OMIM#277900]

807

Clinical features

807

Investigation

808

Differential diagnosis

808

Treatment and prognosis

808

Wolfram syndrome

809

Clinical features

809

Investigation

810

Differential diagnosis

810

Treatment and prognosis

810

Writing tremor

810

Wyburn-Mason disease

811

XYZ

812

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)

812

Clinical features

812

Investigations

813

Treatment and prognosis

813

X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism syndrome [OMIM#314250]

813

X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy (XMEA)

814

Zinc deficiency

814