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Effects of Strokes by Location - Anterior vs Posterior Localization

Anterior Circulation 
 - MCA 
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#Syndromes #CVA ... Territory #Symptoms #Signs ... Localization #Effects #Neurology ... Comprehensive Review in Clinical ... Neurology - https
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
clinical findings ... Anterior Cord Syndrome ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... Posterior Cord Syndrome ... #orthopedics #neurology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
of Hyporeflexia and ... Acute spinal cord injury ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Hyperthyroidism, Serotonin syndrome ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Parinaud's syndrome
What?
 • Light-near dissociation (tectal pupils)
 • Convergence retraction nystagmus
 • Eyelid retraction (Collier's sign)
Parinaud's syndrome ... Vascular disease (stroke ... Dorsal midbrain and ... neudrawlogy #Parinauds #syndrome ... #neurology #diagnosis
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Diseases: Korsakoff Syndrome ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... Disease, Anton's Syndrome ... Cortical Blindness, Psychiatric ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in Wonderland Syndrome ... lesions (e.g. stroke ... • Epilepsy • Psychiatric ... Alice #Wonderland #Syndrome ... #diagnosis #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
context and signs ... cryoglobulins, hepatitis serology ... , HIV serology, ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... • Cardio-renal syndrome
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
Gerstmann Syndrome ... copy Causes: Stroke ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... neudrawlogy #Gerstmann #Syndrome ... #neurology #diagnosis
String Test in Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS)

A positive string test in a confabulating patient with Wernicke's-Korsakoff syndrome.
These
Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome ... Wernicke's-Korsakoff syndrome ... Wernicke #Korsakoff #Syndrome ... #neurology #physicalexam ... #psychiatry
Clinical Features and Vascular Territories of Stroke
Anterior circulation—anterior cerebral artery (ACA) - Contralateral leg weakness
Anterior circulation—middle
Clinical Features ... of Stroke Anterior ... without cortical signs ... #CVA #Diagnosis ... #Neurology