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Sydenham Chorea (St. Vitus Dance) on Physical Exam

Jerky, uncontrollable and #purposeless movements of the hands, arms,
Sydenham Chorea ... These movements ... #Sydenham #Chorea ... #StVitus #Dance ... PhysicalExam #clinical #neurology
Sydenham chorea in a 12 year old boy with Acute Rheumatic Fever.

#Sydenham #chorea #clinical #video #physicalexam
Sydenham chorea ... #Sydenham #chorea ... #physicalexam #neurology ... #movement
Motor Syndromes of Cerebral Palsy:

Spastic Hemiplegia, Spastic diplegia, Spastic quadriplegia (‘total body involvement’), Athetoid (extrapyramidal, dyskinetic)

#Diagnosis
involvement’), Athetoid ... dyskinetic) #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #CerebralPalsy
Sydenham Chorea (SC) on Physical Examination

16 year male with history of sore throat, arthralgia having a
Sydenham Chorea ... with abnormal movements ... DrPrasadJain #Sydenham ... #Chorea #Rheumatic ... clinical #video #neurology
Choreiform Gait Demonstration

Associated with various pathologies of the nervous system, the most common being Sydenham's Chorea
most common being Sydenham's ... Chorea and Huntington's ... Chorea. ... The movement of ... #Gait #Neurology
Causes of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Tics:
 • Tourette's Syndrome
 • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
of Hyperkinetic Movement ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Toxic / metabolic Chorea ... Huntington's Disease Athetosis ... MovementDisorders #Neurology
St. VITUS'S DANCE Mnemonic for Causes of Chorea

S - Sydenham’s Chorea
V - Vascular (Strokes)
I - Increased
for Causes of Chorea ... S - Sydenham ... ’s Chorea V - Vascular ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #StVITUS
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Migraine/Auras • Movement ... Dystonia, Dyskinesia, Chorea ... Provoked #Seizures #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - Diagnosis
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is an idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic medications classically characterized
Malignant Syndrome - Diagnosis ... altered mental status ... dysphagia, trismus, chorea ... Malignant #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... • Suspect in movement ... altered mental status ... , and focal neurologic