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TYPES OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND AREAS OF BRAIN DAMAGE INVOLVED 
Hemiplegia 
Diplegia 
Quadriplegia 
Athetoid
Dystonic 
Ataxic
Quadriplegia Athetoid ... Dystonic Ataxic #CereberalPalsy
Motor Syndromes of Cerebral Palsy:

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

#Diagnosis
involvement’), Athetoid ... Diagnosis #Neurology #CerebralPalsy
Chorea and Athetosis on Physical Exam (Choreoathetosis)

#Chorea #Athetosis #PhysicalExam #Choreoathetosis #clinical #video #neurology
Chorea and Athetosis ... Choreoathetosis) #Chorea ... #Athetosis #PhysicalExam
Regulation of Core Body Temperature

#Pathophysiology #Thermoregulation #Body #Temperature #Core #Thermoregulatory

** GrepMed Recommended Text: Hutchison's Clinical Methods
Regulation of Core ... Temperature #Pathophysiology ... #Temperature #Core
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
-> Sydenham's Chorea ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology
Causes of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Tics:
 • Tourette's Syndrome
 • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Toxic / metabolic Chorea ... Huntington's Disease Athetosis
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
conjunctiva and cornea ... dryness of the cornea ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
of the limbal cornea ... the peripheral cornea ... Trachoma #Chlamydia #pathophysiology
Pathogenesis of Rheumatic Fever

Pathogenesis of rheumatic fever. 
1. GAS pharyngitis leads to antigenic presentation of pathogenic
causing rheumatic chorea ... Rheumatic #Fever #Pathophysiology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Proptosis -> Exposes cornea ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology