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Tongue Fasciculations Secondary to Hypoglossal Nerve Damage

Most commonly associated with ALS - This LMN XII was
HypoglossalNerve #CNXII ... #CN12 #Neurology ... #Deficit #CranialNerve
Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
Clinical features of focal ... Homonymous field defect ... Homonymous field defect ... Homonymous field defect ... Localization #Symptoms #Signs
Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect

This maneuver of intermittent light stimulus is called the alternating light test or
Afferent Pupillary Defect ... This phenomenon ... afferent pupillary defect ... It is a clear sign ... Afferent #Pupillary #Defect
Schizotypal Personality Disorder (SPD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Cognitive-Perceptual
 • Magical thinking - Belief in paranormal or
or supernatural phenomena ... • Constricted Affect ... Close Friends - Deficit ... inappropriate affect ... Psychiatry #Criteria #Signs
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 ... eyelid #Bells #Phenomenon ... neurology #CN7 #CNVII
Cranial Nerve 12 Dysfunction: Stroke has resulted in loss of function of left CN 12. When
Clinical #Photo #CN12 ... Hypoglossal #UCSDH #CNXII ... #Deficit
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
CN VII (facial weakness ... hoarseness; and CNXII ... HypoglossalNerve #CNXII ... #CN12 #Neurology ... #Deficit #CranialNerve
Indications for Head CT before LP
 - Signs of Increased ICP (i.e. papilledema) 
 - History
CT before LP - Signs ... Immunosuppression - Focal ... Neurologic Deficit
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Restrictive lung defect ... rare) Raynaud's phenomenon ... erythematosus #signs
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Uhthoff’s phenomena ... • Lhermitte’s sign ... Afferent pupillary defect ... SIGNS/SYMPTOMS ... with clinically definite