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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
Bell's Phenomenon on Physical Exam

Carles Bell realized that when trying to close the eye on the
Bell's Phenomenon ... the peripheral facial ... called the Bell phenomenon ... #Sign #clinical ... ophthalmology #neurology
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 ... #physicalexam #neurology ... #CN7 #CNVII #palsy
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 ... Localization #Symptoms #Signs ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
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 ... #Neurology #Clinical
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
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
Indications for Head CT before LP
 - Signs of Increased ICP (i.e. papilledema) 
 - History
CT before LP - Signs ... Immunosuppression - Focal ... Neurologic Deficit
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Uhthoff’s phenomena ... Afferent pupillary defect ... SIGNS/SYMPTOMS ... objective evidence of neurologic ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Myelitis Overview Focal ... • Infectious: Direct ... • Bilateral signs ... is involved - Focal ... diagnosis #management #neurology