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Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
Clinical Findings Broca's ... function of nearby motor ... nonsensical: - Motor ... speech input to motor ... #Wernickes #neurology
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
Bilateral loss of motor ... : • Sensory and ... motor deficit ... Ipsilateral loss of motor ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Complete loss of motor ... Sensory loss below ... upper and lower motor ... reflex. saddle anesthesia ... #orthopedics #neurology
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
Brown—Séquard syndrome ... modalities, including motor ... column lesion, e.g ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Review in Clinical Neurology
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
(e.g. oculomotor ... Transverse myelitis: Motor ... and sensory deficits ... ranging from paresthesia ... Manifestations #diagnosis #neurology
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes ... Disproportionate motor ... dysfunction, saddle anesthesia ... Incomplete #spinalcord #syndromes ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fluent - Grammatically correct, but nonsensical, tangential. Phonemic & semantic
Conduction Aphasia, Broca's ... Transcortical Sensory ... Transcortical Motor ... Aphasia #Aphasia #Neurology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... saddle (perineal) anesthesia ... Foot drop and sensory ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... #sensory #motor
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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(Contralateral motor ... May be without sensory ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... (sensory loss to ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
thiamine (vitamin B1 ... confusion, ataxia (broad-based ... is Korsakoff's syndrome ... #vitaminB1 #B1 # ... diagnosis #comparison #neurology