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Abnormal (Positive) Babinski Sign on Physical Exam

Dorsiflexion of the great toe with or without fanning of
Positive) Babinski Sign ... the other toes and ... patients with pyramidal ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #neurology
Tromner Sign on Physical Exam

Tromner sign indicates pyramidal release.  The Tromner sign is flexion of
flexion of the thumb and ... examiner’s finger and ... upper extremity, and ... #Reflex #clinical ... #Video #Neurology
Brissaud's Sign
Brissaud's Sign, a substitute for Babinski's sign, was published only 22 days after Babinski's famous
Brissaud's Sign ... quadriceps muscle and ... synergy due to pyramidal ... #Reflex #Neurology ... #clinical #video
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Peripheral and Central ... vertigo, Méniére disease ... often classified as ... - Strong Medicine ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
episodes usually cause ... distress and impairment ... outbursts of laughter and ... , Bilateral Strokes ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology
Hoffmann's Reflex on Physical Exam
The Hoffmann's reflex itself involves loosely holding the middle finger and flicking
middle finger and ... there is flexion and ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #neurology #UMN ... #video #Pyramidal
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in size (micro and ... (Many causes!) ... lesions (e.g. stroke ... • Epilepsy • Psychiatric ... Syndrome #diagnosis #neurology
Parinaud's syndrome
What?
 • Light-near dissociation (tectal pupils)
 • Convergence retraction nystagmus
 • Eyelid retraction (Collier's sign)
"setting sun" sign ... • Vascular disease ... (stroke) Where? ... Dorsal midbrain and ... Parinauds #syndrome #neurology
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
that information and ... Cortical Blindness, Psychiatric ... Pucci @gabifpucci and ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Brudzinski's Sign ... neck stiffness causes ... patient's knees and ... #Meningitis #clinical ... #physicalexam #neurology