Contents -- I. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS -- 1. Interpretation of Electrodiagnostic Data -- Motor and Sensory Conduction Studies -- Needle Electromyography -- 2. Diffuse Processes -- Anterior Horn Cell Disease -- Polyradiculopathy -- Polyneuropathy -- Neuromuscular Junction Disease -- Myopathy -- Summary -- 3. Localized Processes -- Median Nerve -- Ulnar Nerve -- Radial Nerve -- Brachial Plexus -- Brachial Plexus Branches -- Radiculopathy -- Cauda Equina and Conus Medullaris -- Femoral Nerve -- Sciatic Nerve and Lumbosacral Plexus -- Peroneal and Tibial Nerves -- Facial Nerve -- Spinal Accessory Nerve -- Cranial Nerves -- Phrenic Nerve -- Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve -- Perineal and Pudendal Nerves -- Miscellaneous Lesions -- II. CASE STUDIES -- 1 Bilateral lateral hand numbness -- 2 Horner's sign and medial arm numbness -- 3 Radiating foot pain -- 4 Crush injury of thigh -- 5 Caveat doctor! -- 6 Serendipity -- 7 Sudden thigh pain on coumadin -- 8 Radiating shoulder pain -- 9 "Split" finger findings -- 10 Facial weakness and repair -- 11 Proximal weakness and diplopia -- 12 Wrist drop -- 13 Foot drop -- 14 Leg weakness and twitching -- 15 Shoulder dislocation and weakness -- 16 Abnormal pinch -- 17 Radiating pain and knee jerk decrease -- 18 Gunshot wound to neck -- 19 Proximal weakness and ache in sixth decade -- 20 Caveat again! -- 21 Wrist weakness with deviation -- 22 Foot drop after arthroplasty -- 23 Tunnel and more -- 24 Recurrent weakness and numbness -- 25 Saddle numbness -- 26 Painless scapular atrophy -- 27 Radiating thigh pain and numbness -- 28 Calcaneal fracture and foot numbness -- 29 Thumb numbness and distal weakness -- 30 Progressive diplopia in a 21-year-old -- 31 Asymmetric leg weakness and diabetes -- 32 Rapid proximal weakness in a 10-year-old -- 33 Mees' lines and distal numbness -- 34 Sacral growth and incontinence.

35 Scapular winging increased on flexion -- 36 Difficulty relaxing grip and ptosis -- 37 Arm symptoms aggravated by Valsalva -- 38 Cramps and fasciculations -- 39 Postlaminectory recurrence of pain -- 40 Intrinsic weakness related to stapling -- 41 Multiple pelvic fractures -- 42 Antecubital shunt and hand weakness -- 43 Weakness, dry mouth, areflexia -- 44 Focal fasciculations in a physician -- 45 Crutches and a wrist drop -- 46 Painful eruption and weak hip -- 47 Positive "dropped arm test," -- 48 Scapular winging after neck tumor excision -- 49 Slow progression of proximal weakness -- 50 Quadrilateral space lesion -- 51 Myokymia and fasciculations -- 52 Slow evolution of proximal weakness -- 53 Thoracic outlet syndrome "recurrence," -- 54 Foot drop after walking -- 55 Weak pinch and pronation -- 56 Gluteal injection and radiating pain -- 57 Clavicular fracture and weakness -- 58 Abdominal pain with no abdominal pathology -- 59 Diabetes with asymmetric weakness -- 60 Handcuffs and numbness -- 61 Shoulder pain and weakness -- 62 Difficulty standing in a 30-month-old girl -- 63 Hemiatrophy of the tongue -- 64 Arm weakness after breech delivery -- 65 Floppy 3-month-old boy -- 66 Gunshot wound of leg -- 67 Fractured ankle bone and focal atrophy -- 68 Exacerbating, remitting weakness, and ataxia -- 69 Arm weakness postthoracotomy -- 70 Ear pain, hoarseness, and facial weakness -- 71 Knee fracture with puzzling findings -- 72 Difficulty relaxing grip -- 73 Burn victim with flaccid quadriplegia -- 74 Charlie Chaplin gait and ataxia -- 75 HIV and progressing weakness -- 76 Progressive arm weakness with old polio -- 77 Transient dysphagia -- 78 Radiating pain and Pott's disease -- 79 Mixed upper and lower motor neuron problem -- 80 Fracture of C[sub(1)]-C[sub(2)] complications -- 81 Vertebral collapse and proximal weakness.

82 Proximal weakness and frequent pneumonia -- 83 Gait difficulty in the dark -- 84 Two cardiorespiratory deaths in a family -- 85 Congenital bilateral sixth and seventh palsies -- 86 Flail anesthetic posttraumatic arm -- 87 Fracture of humerus with weakness -- 88 Slowly progressive fourth decade proximal weakness -- 89 Mononucleosis and bilateral arm weakness -- 90 Knee osteotomy with foot numbness -- 91 Combined HMSN I and HSAN III -- 92 Posttraumatic male sexual dysfunction -- 93 Lateral thigh numbness -- 94 Sudden flaccid hemiplegia -- 95 "Around the clock" evolution of weakness -- 96 Multiple joint replacements -- 97 Tarsal tunnel syndrome unresponsive to surgery -- 98 Shoulder dislocation and hand numbness -- 99 Postmugging facial twitching -- 100 Patchy numbness and hypereosinophilia -- 101 Thigh pain and gluteal tenderness -- 102 Postacoustic neurectomy facial palsy -- 103 Hyper-CPK-emia and muscle aches -- 104 Compartment syndrome and forearm numbness -- 105 Optic neuritis and motor blocking -- 106 Paraplegia after tethered cord surgery -- 107 Postdelivery arm weakness -- 108 Foot numbness after Baker's cyst removal -- 109 Restless legs syndrome -- 110 Evolving retroperitoneal hemorrhage -- 111 Critical illness weakness after gastric bypass -- 112 Dropped head syndrome -- 113 Club foot preoperative evaluation -- 114 Facial and hearing deficit after biking accident -- 115 Cerebral calcifications and hemiparesis -- 116 Postshunt evaluation for syringomyelia -- Appendix A: Key to Final Diagnoses -- Appendix B: Suggested Syllabus -- Appendix C: Case Index to Diagnoses -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.