21 results
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardio-pulmonary disease ... Myopathy - Proximal muscle ... involvement, elevated CK ... #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Myopathy - Proximal muscle ... involvement, elevated CK ... #Sensory #Neurology ... #Differential #
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... should have other symptoms ... Joint #Disorders #msk ... #Differential #
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... , Scleroderma, Systemic ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... #algorithm
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pain/Proximal Muscle ... Weakness • Vitamin ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... #Differential #
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness ... (MS), Epidural ... aminoglycosides) • Muscles ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Floppy Newborn) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Central Nervous System ... Decreased LOC, Axial Weakness ... Aminoglycoside Toxicity - Muscle
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... weakness • CK ... weakness PE: Muscle ... • Conduction system ... #rheumatology #differential
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Diagnosis Algorithm ... During Voluntary Muscle ... palsy • Multiple System ... MovementDisorders #Neurology ... #Differential #
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
onset of limb weakness ... bowel dysfunction, muscle ... lesion Pott's Disease ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential ... #TB #neurology