Neurology

  • Common neurologic emergencies for nonneurologists: When minutes count
    Mohan Kottapally, MD and S. Andrew Josephson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 116-126; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14121

    Recognizing and treating acute stroke, status epilepticus, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and others.

  • Bulldog scalp
    Chutintorn Sriphrapradang, MD and Chadpraorn Ngarmukos, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 90-91; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15019

    A 54-year-old man presented with a 2-year history of unusual skin folds on the scalp—cutis verticis gyrata.

  • The simple lab test is sometimes more complex than we think, if we think about it at all
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 13-14; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.01016

    Before ordering more tests because of an abnormal laboratory result (eg, elevated creatine kinase), think about its biology.

  • Not all abdominal pain is gastrointestinal
    Mena Boules, MD, Madonna Michael, MD, Julietta Chang, MD, Bruce Vrooman, MD, Matthew Kroh, MD and Maged Rizk, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 29-35; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14082

    A 31-year-old woman presents with right mid-abdominal pain that began 1 day ago.

  • Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis: Not just paraneoplastic, not just limbic, and not untreatable
    Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis: Not just paraneoplastic, not just limbic, and not untreatable
    Adham Jammoul, MD, Yuebing Li, MD, PhD and Alexander Rae-Grant, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 43-53; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14112

    Suspect these syndromes in cases of unexplained seizure, encephalitis, or acute-onset psychiatric syndromes.

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