Abstract Dizziness and imbalance are common conditions affecting people of all ages, particularly the elderly. In this chapter, we start by defining dizziness, imbalance, and presbyvestibulopathy , or age-related vestibular…
Contents 170 Introduction 172 Examination checklist 174 Management flowchart 185 Monocular diplopia 186 Binocular diplopia 186 Muscle or orbit disease Restrictive myopathy Paretic myopathy Acute orbitopathy 193 Neuromuscular junction disease…
Contents 28 Introduction 29 Examination checklist 31 Management flowchart 39 Optic neuropathy 40 Acute optic neuropathies 67 Chronic optic neuropathies 82 Suggested investigations for optic neuropathy that cannot be diagnosed…
Contents 5 Twenty neuro “rules” to keep you out of trouble If you read only one chapter in this book, read this one. It covers the most common and most…
Contents 328 Introduction 328 History 331 Examination Visual acuity (VA) Color vision Visual fields to confrontation Fixation, alignment and eye movements Pupils Eyelids Orbits Cranial nerves Temporal arteries Slit-lamp examination…
Contents 108 Introduction 108 Examination checklist 110 Management flowchart 114 Disc pseudo-swelling 119 True disc swelling Suggested investigations for swollen disc/s with normal vision Eye disease Optic nerve disease Blood…
Contents 276 Introduction 277 Examination checklist 279 Management flowchart 280 Approach to anisocoria 280 Anisocoria with normally reactive pupils Physiologic anisocoria Horner syndrome Intermittent unilateral pupillary mydriasis (sympathetic form) 287…
Contents 306 Introduction 307 Examination checklist 308 Facial weakness Facial nerve palsy 312 Involuntary facial movements Orbicularis oculi myokymia Blepharospasm Hemifacial spasm Aberrant regeneration of the facial nerve Introduction Facial…
Contents 242 Introduction 243 Examination checklist 245 Visual illusions Metamorphopsia Diplopia or polyopia Palinopsia Akinetopsia 249 Visual hallucinations Simple visual hallucinations Complex visual hallucinations Introduction Patients may “see things” because…
