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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Vertigo - Differential ... symptoms/signs, ... Glomus Tumors - Vascular ... #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
or minutes with vascular ... causes • Nystagmus ... positional episodes caused ... #Algorithm #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
 •
Causes of Peripheral ... Weakness with Sensory ... Changes - Differential ... Compression: • Carpal ... #Sensory #Neurology
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Causes (Common) ... Uncommon): - Vascular ... hemorrhage - Non-vascular ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Weakness without ... Sensory Changes - Differential ... #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... Muscle Weakness ... Myasthenia gravis • Muscular ... mimics #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #neurology
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Caused by proximal muscle weakness typically seen in muscular dystrophy

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam
Gowers' Sign on ... Physical Exam Caused ... proximal muscle weakness ... #PhysicalExam # ... neurology #clinical
Beevor's Sign on Physical Exam

Beevor's sign is abnormal upward (cephalad) movement of the umbilicus with truncal
Beevor's Sign on ... abdominis muscle weakness ... facioscapulohumeral muscular ... PhysicalExam #clinical ... video #umbilicus #neurology
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
in horizontal canal ... or minutes with vascular ... causes, such as ... diagnosis #findings #signs ... symptoms #comparison #neurology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Causes of Peripheral ... Vascular disorders ... signs or symptoms ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology