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Bell's palsy
There are many different causes of Facial Nerve Palsy. However, the commonest
cause of unilateral facial
Bell's palsy There ... different causes of Facial ... of unilateral facial ... Palsy #Neurology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
& inflammatory cells ... Clinical: • Disease fatal ... • Neurologic: Bell's ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Pulmonary
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
mutation) that alter ... yrs old; F>M Signs ... /Symptoms: - Fever ... Anemia - Giant cells ... Rheumatica) - Focal
Bell's Phenomenon

Sign of peripheral facial paralysis manifested by eye movement up and out of the eyeball,
Bell's Phenomenon ... Sign of peripheral ... facial paralysis ... the eyelid #Bells ... neurology #CN7 #CNVII
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... upper AND lower facial ... ophthalmoplegia), systemic signs ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... within 4m #Bells
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
the mastoid air cells ... and mastoid air cells ... temporal bone): facial ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
of UMN and LMN signs ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... of UMN and LMN signs ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... gastroenterologists, and social
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
• Plasma cells ... drift of fingers, radial ... Extra-articular signs ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
polymorphisms alter ... various inflammatory cells ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
tissue: Epithelioid cells ... patients have no symptoms ... iridocyclitis) and facial ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs ... #Symptoms