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Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
 •
of Peripheral Weakness ... with Sensory Changes ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Compression: • Carpal ... #Sensory #Neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm With ... #Sensory #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
without Sensory ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm No Objective ... Weakness • Cardio-pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cerebral ... ipsilateral to weakness ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Weakness

- Dr. Tom Fadial @thame 

#Weakness #Algorithm #Evaluation #Diagnosis #Differential #Neurology
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Weakness ... #Algorithm #Evaluation ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Neurology
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
temperature sensations, weakness ... sign, variable weakness ... - Ipsilateral weakness ... spinalcord #syndromes #diagnosis ... #neurology
Clinical Features and Vascular Territories of Stroke
Anterior circulation—anterior cerebral artery (ACA) - Contralateral leg weakness
Anterior circulation—middle
Contralateral leg weakness ... face, arm > leg weakness ... , sensory loss, ... #Stroke #CVA #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Progression of weakness ... involvement, Mild sensory ... in CSF • Sharp sensory ... hexacarbon abuse • Acute ... #criteria #neurology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Foot drop and sensory ... Narrowing of spinal canal ... claudication and weakness ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
Thalamic lesion: sensory ... contralateral sensory ... with ipsilateral weakness ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Review in Clinical Neurology