Book contents
- Neurologic Differential Diagnosis
- Neurologic Differential Diagnosis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Differential Diagnosis of Abnormal Symptoms and Signs
- 1 Introduction: localizationand differential diagnosis in neurology
- 2 Agitation
- 3 Agnosias
- 4 Anxiety and panic
- 5 Aphasia
- 6 Apraxia
- 7 Ataxia, acute or subacute
- 8 Ataxia, subacute or chronic
- 9 Attentional problems
- 10 Autonomic failure or syndromes
- 11 Bulbar and pseudobulbar palsy
- 12 Catatonic-like states
- 13 Chorea
- 14 Coma
- 15 Dementia
- 16 Depression
- 17 Diplopia
- 18 Dissociative disorder
- 19 Dizziness
- 20 Drop attacks
- 21 Dysarthria
- 22 Dysphagia
- 23 Dystonia
- 24 Eating disorders
- 25 Eye movements, abnormal
- 26 Falls
- 27 Foot drop
- 28 Gait abnormalities
- 29 Hallucinations, visual
- 30 Headache
- 31 Hearing deficit
- 32 Hypersomnolence
- 33 Incontinence
- 34 Mania and bipolar symptoms
- 35 Medically unexplained symptoms
- 36 Memory loss and cognitive decline – acute and subacute amnesia
- 37 Mental status change, acute [and delirium]
- 38 Movement disorders in psychiatric disorders
- 39 Movements, facial
- 40 Movements, focal, clonic
- 41 Movements, complex motor activity
- 42 Movements during sleep
- 43 Movements, tonic-clonic type
- 44 Mutism
- 45 Myalgia, cramps
- 46 Myoclonus
- 47 Myotonia
- 48 Nystagmus
- 49 Ophthalmoparesis, gaze conjugate lateral deficit and conjugate vertical deficit
- 50 Pain, arm
- 51 Pain, back
- 52 Pain, eye
- 53 Pain, face
- 54 Pain, neck
- 55 Papilledema
- 56 Paresthesias
- 57 Parkinson's disease and related extrapyramidal syndromes
- 58 Proptosis [exophthalmos]
- 59 Psychosis, thought disorder
- 60 Ptosis
- 61 Pupil constriction and Horner's syndrome
- 62 Pupil dilation
- Chapter 63 Respiratory difficulties, neurologic causes
- 64 Retardation, mental
- 65 Seizure
- 66 Sensory deficits and abnormal sensations
- 67 Sensory deficits in the face
- 68 Smell deficit
- 69 Spasm, hemifacial
- 70 Stroke and hemorrhage syndromes
- 71 Stroke in adults, etiologies
- 72 Stroke in the young, etiologies
- 73 Syncope
- 74 Tinnitus
- 75 Tremor
- 76 Vertigo
- 77 Visual field deficits
- 78 Visual loss, acute bilateral
- 79 Visual loss, monocular
- 80 Weakness, generalized acute
- 81 Weakness, hemiparesis
- 82 Weakness in the intensive care unit
- 83 Weakness, monomelic
- 84 Weakness, neck
- 85 Weakness, paraparesis
- 86 Weakness, proximal
- Section 2 Differential Diagnosis within Specific Localizations
- Index
15 - Dementia
from Section 1 - Differential Diagnosis of Abnormal Symptoms and Signs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
Book contents
- Neurologic Differential Diagnosis
- Neurologic Differential Diagnosis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Differential Diagnosis of Abnormal Symptoms and Signs
- 1 Introduction: localizationand differential diagnosis in neurology
- 2 Agitation
- 3 Agnosias
- 4 Anxiety and panic
- 5 Aphasia
- 6 Apraxia
- 7 Ataxia, acute or subacute
- 8 Ataxia, subacute or chronic
- 9 Attentional problems
- 10 Autonomic failure or syndromes
- 11 Bulbar and pseudobulbar palsy
- 12 Catatonic-like states
- 13 Chorea
- 14 Coma
- 15 Dementia
- 16 Depression
- 17 Diplopia
- 18 Dissociative disorder
- 19 Dizziness
- 20 Drop attacks
- 21 Dysarthria
- 22 Dysphagia
- 23 Dystonia
- 24 Eating disorders
- 25 Eye movements, abnormal
- 26 Falls
- 27 Foot drop
- 28 Gait abnormalities
- 29 Hallucinations, visual
- 30 Headache
- 31 Hearing deficit
- 32 Hypersomnolence
- 33 Incontinence
- 34 Mania and bipolar symptoms
- 35 Medically unexplained symptoms
- 36 Memory loss and cognitive decline – acute and subacute amnesia
- 37 Mental status change, acute [and delirium]
- 38 Movement disorders in psychiatric disorders
- 39 Movements, facial
- 40 Movements, focal, clonic
- 41 Movements, complex motor activity
- 42 Movements during sleep
- 43 Movements, tonic-clonic type
- 44 Mutism
- 45 Myalgia, cramps
- 46 Myoclonus
- 47 Myotonia
- 48 Nystagmus
- 49 Ophthalmoparesis, gaze conjugate lateral deficit and conjugate vertical deficit
- 50 Pain, arm
- 51 Pain, back
- 52 Pain, eye
- 53 Pain, face
- 54 Pain, neck
- 55 Papilledema
- 56 Paresthesias
- 57 Parkinson's disease and related extrapyramidal syndromes
- 58 Proptosis [exophthalmos]
- 59 Psychosis, thought disorder
- 60 Ptosis
- 61 Pupil constriction and Horner's syndrome
- 62 Pupil dilation
- Chapter 63 Respiratory difficulties, neurologic causes
- 64 Retardation, mental
- 65 Seizure
- 66 Sensory deficits and abnormal sensations
- 67 Sensory deficits in the face
- 68 Smell deficit
- 69 Spasm, hemifacial
- 70 Stroke and hemorrhage syndromes
- 71 Stroke in adults, etiologies
- 72 Stroke in the young, etiologies
- 73 Syncope
- 74 Tinnitus
- 75 Tremor
- 76 Vertigo
- 77 Visual field deficits
- 78 Visual loss, acute bilateral
- 79 Visual loss, monocular
- 80 Weakness, generalized acute
- 81 Weakness, hemiparesis
- 82 Weakness in the intensive care unit
- 83 Weakness, monomelic
- 84 Weakness, neck
- 85 Weakness, paraparesis
- 86 Weakness, proximal
- Section 2 Differential Diagnosis within Specific Localizations
- Index
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- Neurologic Differential DiagnosisA Case-Based Approach, pp. 106 - 118Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014