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

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
Frontal, left: Broca's ... right: Dressing apraxia ... left: Limb apraxia ... #Signs #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
Algorithm Cerebral ... • 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
seizure, primitive reflexes ... incontinence, apraxia ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Causes of Non-Fluent Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Fluent - Agrammatic, hesitant, but substantive communication
Impaired Repetition
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Non-Fluent ... Comprehension - Broca's ... #Neurology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
Clinical Findings Broca's ... areas → Errors in word ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #neurology
Causes of Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fluent - Grammatically correct, but nonsensical, tangential. Phonemic & semantic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Fluent ... , Broca's Aphasia ... #Aphasia #Neurology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
Symptoms: Tiredness ... slowness, Psychosis/dementia ... , Ataxia, Poverty ... Slow-relaxing reflexes ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Algorithm • Confirm ... nephrolithiasis • Symptoms ... → Refer to Nephrology ... and referral to Urology ... #urology #blood
Wet, Wacky, Wobbly Triad of Symptoms in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)

Wet - Urinary Incontinence
Wacky - Reduced
Wobbly Triad of Symptoms ... Attention Span → Dementia ... , broad based, short-stepped ... Hydrocephalus #NPH #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Migraine with Aura
Diagnostic Criteria (ICHD-3):
A) At least 2 attacks fulfilling criteria B and C:
B) One or
Migraine with Aura Diagnostic ... /word-finding difficulty ... another ICHD-3 diagnosis ... Migraine #Aura #diagnosis ... #criteria #neurology