EMG Pearls [Paperback]

This title in the popular Pearls Series focuses on electrodiagnostic studies of neuromuscular diseases. EMGs and their interpretation are a major component of the specialty of physical medicine and rehab physicians, and they are important to neurologists and electromyographers. For each case, patient information is presented, the EMG findings are discussed, and the reader is asked to make a diagnosis based on these findings. The next page reveals the diagnosis, discussed the case and the medical condition in question, and then presents 3-4 pearls of practice distilled from the case.

• Pearls books feature real patient cases, providing information not found in standard texts
• Each case follows the same format for clarity and ease of presentation
• Provides information about the specific patient as well overall information on each disorder discussed.
• The text is interactive as the reader is asked make a diagnosis based on the case information presented
• Illustrations are provided for most of the cases
• Three or four pearls of practice are distilled for each case.

SECTION I. FOCAL NEUROPATHIES


Introduction


Case 1. A 60-year-old man with numbness and tingling in his hands for 1 year
Case 2. A 48-year old woman with numbness and tingling in both hands
Case 3. A 68-year-old woman with numbness and tingling in her hands
Case 4. A 53-year-old woman with right hand weakness and numbness after an axillary dissection
Case 5. A 36-year-old man with 2 years of numbness in his left hand digits 4 and 5
Case 6. A 55-year-old man with numbness in hand digits 4 and 5
Case 7. A 53-year-old woman with left hand weakness
Case 8. A 40-year-old woman referred for left carpal tunnel syndromlS(