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Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
- Stroke / transient ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... - Strong Medicine ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Parinaud's Syndrome
What?
 - Impaired upgaze
 - Light-near dissociation
 - Convergence retraction nystagmus
 - Eyelid retraction (Collier's
Parinaud's Syndrome ... setting sun sign" - Vascular ... disease (stroke ... #diagnosis #pineal ... #neurology
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Drift Testing for Stroke ... Subtle extensor ... Drift #Testing #Stroke ... #physicalexam # ... diagnosis #neurology
Parinaud's syndrome
What?
 • Light-near dissociation (tectal pupils)
 • Convergence retraction nystagmus
 • Eyelid retraction (Collier's sign)
Parinaud's syndrome ... setting sun" sign • Vascular ... disease (stroke ... neudrawlogy #Parinauds #syndrome ... #neurology #diagnosis
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
- Differential Diagnosis ... : Stroke, Hypertension ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Pediatric Primitive ... Rooting Reflex - Stroke ... Ages #Timeline #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
- Differential Diagnosis ... Impairment: • Acute stroke ... myopathies, the muscular ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... stopping walking (vascular ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory ... #motor #leg #physicalexam
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
An APD was noted ... this are tumors, strokes ... the hospital, diagnosed ... #PhysicalExam # ... ophthalmology #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... factor PRES Diagnosis ... cortical lesions • Vascular ... Constipation, Seizures, Stroke ... #neurology