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    routine of different muscles are subject to observation under repeated physical activity. This involves steps like looking upwards and sidewards for about 30 seconds, looking at the feet while lying on the back for 30 seconds which helps to identify diplopia and ptosis and keeping arms stretched forward for 60 seconds. Patients are unable to maintain prolonged extension of limbs due to fatigue. Blood

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    surrounding tissue suffers from a lack of oxygen and can suffer from permanent damage. This symptom is also recognizable from the patient’s phone call to the medical facility. Other symptoms of cerebrovascular accidents include disorientation, vertigo, diplopia, partial paralysis, loss of

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    Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) PCD is one of the most common and characteristic paraneoplastic syndromes. In series of patients with antibody-associated PNS, presentation with cerebellar signs occurred in 37%. Usually the syndrome starts acutely with nausea, vomiting, dizziness and slight incoordination of walking, evolving rapidly over weeks to a few months with progressive ataxia of gait, limbs and trunk, dysarthria and often nystagmus associated with oscillopsia. The disease is

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    of which is tunnel vision (13). The vision changes are usually explained as transient ischemia of the optic nerve due to pressure (16). Photopsia (54%) and eye pain (44%) are other common symptoms (16). More severe symptoms occur infrequently, but diplopia (38%) and vision

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    The use of lamotrigine is associated with several adverse effects such as headaches, nausea, fatigue, ataxia, fever, aseptic meningitis, diplopia, blurred vision, insomnia, nightmares, xerostomia, abdominal pain, painful mouth sores , muscle pain, yellowing of the skin and eyes, restlessness, weight loss, suicidal ideation and mood alternation (22,65,68). However, the most serious adverse

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    between the vestibular system and the pathways for vision, known as a visual-vestibular interaction mismatch [6-8]. This mismatch can lead to decreased gaze stability with head movements and may result in common symptom complaints of blurred vision or diplopia [9-10]. Athlete reported symptoms are a large portion of the concussion assessment battery; however, it is well known that athletes under-report symptoms [11-12]. Thus, determining objective and accurate measures to help determine safe return to

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    Stillman, a thirty-two year old gymnastics instructor, was presented to the clinic with complaints of muscle weakness in the face that comes and goes. Symptoms have progressed over the past two months to include tired jaw, difficulty swallowing, diplopia in the evening, increased weakness in his limbs and shortness of breath. Physically visible, John has mild ptosis in both eyelids and his smile is a bit off. Patient John Stillman portrays symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis (MG) meaning grave muscular

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    in her legs, so severe she need the help of a walker. Three years prior to this she reported her left foot slapping on the ground, both legs were week however the left was weaker. Other than this, no other symptoms were present, such as dysphagia, diplopia, dysarthria, or weakness in her arms. According to following test arm strength was 4/5, with more prominent weakness distally. Testing in leg strength revealed hip flexion, knee extension, and angel dorsiflexion strength was 2/5. Hip abduction, knee

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    a brain tumor being present [1]. Between 1927 and 1937, Dr. Dandy, a pioneer of neurosurgery was able to gather the most common signs and symptoms of 22 patients with pseudotumor cerebri [2]. These symptoms included headache, nausea, vomiting, diplopia, dizziness, and loss of vision. It is important to note that the patient seen in our clinic was not experiencing any of the mentioned symptoms except for vision loss. According to Dr. Dandy, the most common ocular signs were bilateral papilledema

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    Chapter one THE NEUROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS It is useful to think of the neurological diagnosis as a three step process. The first step is to make a topographical diagnosis, i.e. to locate the lesion that is responsible for the patient’s symptoms, because almost every neurological disorder has a tendency to occur in a specific part or parts of the nervous system. For example, the plaques of multiple sclerosis have a predilection for the visual pathways, cerebellum

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