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Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
left: Broca's aphasia ... Agraphia, Werneke's aphasia ... right: Dressing apraxia ... left: Limb apraxia ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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motor cortex) • Aphasia ... • Apraxia • ... Cognition/Confusion, Dementia ... Unilateral Spinal Cord ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
chromosome 21) Signs ... semantic memory • Aphasia ... seizure, primitive reflexes ... incontinence, apraxia ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia
Clinical Features and Vascular Territories of Stroke
Anterior circulation—anterior cerebral artery (ACA) - Contralateral leg weakness
Anterior circulation—middle
loss, field cut, aphasia ... MCA) or neglect, apraxia ... without cortical signs ... deficits and/or ataxia ... CVA #Diagnosis #Neurology
Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
Aphasia - Pathophysiology ... Findings Broca's Aphasia ... repetition Wernicke's Aphasia ... sensory deficits #Aphasia ... Brocas #Wernickes #neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... bladder and rectal reflex ... and #Acute #SpinalCord ... pathophysiology #signs ... #orthopedics #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Symptoms and signs ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... #spinalcord #disorders ... #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Incomplete spinal cord ... lesion of cervical cord ... positive Romberg sign ... ISCS #Incomplete #spinalcord ... syndromes #diagnosis #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... - Friedreich ataxia ... in deep tendon reflexes ... unilateral) #SpinalCord ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... hyperactive gag reflex ... Lateral Sclerosis Ataxic ... Spinal-Cerebellar Ataxia ... #Dysarthria #Neurology