Electrodiagnostic Medicine in Practice

focal-upper extremities
case 1 a man unable to flex the thumb and index finger of his left hand / 1
case 2 a woman with acute postpartum hand weakness and tingling sensation / 9
case 3 a man with left arm weakness / 17
case 4 a man who has difficulty in releasing the right hand after grasping / 23
case 5 a woman with left ring and little finger tingling sensation / 29
case 6 a man with right hand weakness and deformity / 35
case 7 a woman reporting pins and needles on the fingertips of both hands / 41
case 8 a man with bilateral upper extremity weakness / 49
case 9 a man with right hand and forearm tingling sensation / 55
case 10 a man with tingling sensation in the left little finger / 62
case 11 a man with bilateral upper extremity weakness / 69
case 12 a woman with weakness of the right hand and wrist after childbirth / 77
case 13 a man with right arm weakness / 81
case 14 a woman with pain in the posterior neck and the lateral aspect of the left arm / 8
case 15 a man with weakness of the right hand / 93
case 16 a man with tingling sensation in the right hand / 99
case 17 a man with arm weakness after a motorcycle accident / 105
case 18 a man with tingling sensation of his left ring and little fingers/ 111

focal-lower extremities
case 19 a woman with weakness and sensory loss in both lower extremities / 117
case 20 a young man with bilateral foot drop / 123
case 21 a man with right lower extremity weakness/ 131
case 22 a woman with pain and paresthesia on the left big toe and sole / 137
case 23 a woman with tip-toe gait / 143
case 24 a man with recurrent ulcerations on both feet / 149
case 25 a man with progressive leg weakness and low back pain / 153
case 26 a woman with bilateral lower extremitrs weakness / 161
case 27 a woman with unilateral foot drop after childbirth / 167
case 28 a man with slowly progressive weakness of the right lower extremity / 175
case 29 a man with low back pain and right lower extremity pain / 181
case 30 a woman with weakness in her right lower leg / 187
case 31 a woman with weakness of the legs and pain in the right heel / 193
case 32 a young man with foot deformities / 201
case 33 a man with weakness of the left leg / 209

generalized presentation
case 34 a man with four extremity weakness / 217
case 35 a man with persistently elevated levels of muscle enzymes / 223
case 36 a man with tingling in all extremities of 3-month duration / 229
case 37 a woman with progressive right side weakness / 233
case 38 a man with paresthesias on bilateral fingers and toes / 239
case 39 a man with tingling of the four extremities / 247
case 40 a man with facial weakness and swallowing difficulty / 255
case 41 three patients with hoarseness / 261

pediatric cases
case 42 a boy with newly developed gait disturbance / 269
case 43 a girl with right foot drop / 275
case 44 a child with sudden weakness of both lower extremities / 281
case 45 a girl with gait disturbance and lower extremity weakness / 287
case 46 a girl with generalized muscle cramp / 291
case 47 a boy with an elevated serum creatine kinase / 295
case 48 two children with developmental delay / 301
case 49 a boy with limping gait / 311
case 50 two boys with weakness of the lower extremities / 317