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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... Causes of Hyporeflexia ... and Hyperreflexia ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in size (micro and ... (Many causes!) ... • Epilepsy • Psychiatric ... Syndrome #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
that information and ... Cortical Blindness, Psychiatric ... Confabulation #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Iniury • One-and-a-half ... Skew Deviation Casey ... #Localization #ophthalmology ... #neurology #differential
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
benign • Regular and ... Young females Differential ... dissociation • Other causes ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #ophthalmology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... for asymmetry and ... all four limbs and ... Casey Albin MD @ ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
- Emergency Causes ... constipation Differential ... T2 Treatment ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
the brain, eye, and ... treatment can prevent ... Inflammatory causes ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
experience, the cause ... or induced by treatment ... our case where she ... clinical #video #ophthalmology ... #physicalexam #neurology
Classification of Diabetes Insipidus

Central or neurogenic diabetes insipidus:
 - Congenital - Structural malformations affecting the hypothalamus
Histiocytosis and ... uropathy, Metabolic causes ... Treatment is aimed ... at the psychiatric ... #Diagnosis #Differential