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Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
of Peripheral Weakness ... Changes - Differential ... • No Objective Weakness ... #Sensory #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
 •
of Peripheral Weakness ... with Sensory Changes ... - Differential ... #Sensory #Neurology ... #Differential #
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
Principal patterns ... with ipsilateral weakness ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #Patterns #Sensory ... Review in Clinical Neurology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
of Hemiplegia - Differential ... contralateral to weakness ... ipsilateral to weakness ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Differential diagnosis for toxic/metabolic encephalopathies - Patterns on Brain Imaging

Cynthia Czawlytko, MD @drcyncity

#Differential #diagnosis #encephalopathies #encephalopathy
Differential diagnosis ... encephalopathies - Patterns ... Brain #imaging #patterns ... #MRI #Neurology ... pathology #diseases #radiology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
of Peripheral Weakness ... without Sensory ... Changes - Differential ... No Objective Weakness ... #Neurology #Differential
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
No incoming sensory ... Cortical Blindness, Psychiatric ... Confabulation #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... signs - Lack of sensory ... changes - Common pattern ... aminotransferases • Serology ... Diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... • Sensory loss ... : Sensory level ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Imaging Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic Brain Disorders

Thalami, Mammillary Bodies and Tectum: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Dentate Nuclei: Metronidazole,
Imaging Patterns ... : ODS #MRI #Patterns ... Disorders #Clinical #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Neurology