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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Causes of Neuromuscular ... - Cerebral cortex ... - Cerebral cortex ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Differential ... #Neurology #Causes
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Clinical ... • Neurologic ... Functional • Corneal ... #DoubleVision #Differential
Bitot's Spots- A 4-year-old boy was brought by his father to the ophthalmology clinic with a
ophthalmology clinic ... near the outer corners ... as a result of corneal ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #ophth #bitot
Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
the most common cause ... Pathophysiology: ... non-dominant visual cortex ... #neurology #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... management #treatment #neurology
Subchondral Insufficiency Fracture
Imaging Findings:
 • Circle demarcating the region of edema within the medial femoral condyle.
not involve the cortex ... - previously coined ... Differential diagnosis ... medullary cavity into cortex ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Infectious causes ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... • Mutism Pathophysiology ... the bilateral cortex ... light reflex • Corneal ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... in literature (NEJM ... (Cornelia NEJM
Nonossifying Fibroma with Pathologic Fracture - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Cortically based, geographic, lucent lesion with
Pathologic Fracture - MSK ... Both coined "Fibroxanthoma ... Differential diagnosis ... NOF #Fracture #clinical ... #mri #clinical