Thoracic Key

Case 16 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Acute, severe right upper extremity pain developed overnight in a 22-year-old man; it peaked in 2 days, resulted in multiple visits to the emergency…

Case 19 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Progressive weakness developed over 7 months in the left hand of a 53-year-old right-handed woman. Initially, she noted that she had difficulty picking up…

Case 13 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION A 50-year-old woman had chronic pain in the right shoulder and arm for at least 10 years. She also experienced intermittent numbness of the…

Case 11 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION A 30-year-old right-handed man developed neck and left parascapular pain over 2 weeks. Two days before presentation, his pain worsened and he had a…

Case 24 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION A 36-year-old white man awoke with binocular diplopia; later that day, he noted blurred vision and lid ptosis. The next morning, he had nausea…

Case 22 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION A 60-year-old woman presented with a 5- to 10-year history of leg weakness and a sense of unsteadiness of insidious onset. Recently, she had…

Chapter 4 Electrodiagnostic Findings in Neuromuscular Disorders Details of the electrodiagnostic findings in various neuromuscular disorders are outlined within the case studies in this book. The following is a brief…

Case 27 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION A 45-year-old woman developed increasing abdominal pain, nausea, and occasional vomiting. She underwent a cholecystectomy at a community hospital with no help. Pain persisted…

Case 9 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Right hand weakness and atrophy, without numbness or pain, developed over several months in a 38-year-old man. A prior electromyography (EMG) suggested cervical radiculopathy….

Case 12 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION During an automobile repair, the right arm of a 23-year-old man was pinned under a car for 2 to 3 minutes when the jack…