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Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Adie's Pupil What ... : • Adie's Pupil ... Young females Differential ... Diagnosis: • CN Ill Palsy ... #Pupil #PhysicalExam
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
: • Triceps Jerk ... C8 • Biceps Jerk ... nerve in the radial ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Weakness - Differential ... nerve palsy) ... Unilateral: Bell's Palsy ... #neurology #sparing
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
- Differential ... Oculomotor (3rd cranial nerve ... ) Palsy: • Brain ... no neurological cause ... diagnosis #neurology
Adie’s Tonic Pupil on Physical Exam

A young female was referred in for a sudden onset anisocoria.
Adie’s Tonic Pupil ... Adie’s tonic pupil ... suggest oculomotor nerve ... palsy. ... #neurology
Left Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Palsy on Physical Examination

Left hand drop due to compression of
Nerve Palsy on ... sleeping as in this case ... #Nerve #Palsy # ... PhysicalExam #clinical ... #msk #sports #neurology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... • CN VI palsy ... • Neurologic ... a mass as the cause ... large/unreactive pupil
Synkinetic Wrist Extension Maneuver demonstrating Radial Nerve Palsy as cause for Wrist Drop

Up up, down down.
Nerve Palsy as ... cause for Wrist ... nerve palsy with ... nerve palsy. ... #Nerve #Palsy #
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
status changes with focal ... poorly reactive pupils ... with third nerve ... palsy - Tentorial ... #differential #
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
- Differential ... Speech, Tongue and Facial ... Lesions of Cranial Nerves ... , Positive jaw jerk ... #Dysarthria #Neurology