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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
- Maneuver and Ages ... perioral skin at the corners ... Reflexes #Maneuvers #Ages ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... and bilateral leg ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory ... #motor #leg #physicalexam
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus ... neurodegenerative disorders (eg ... Risk factors: age ... pleurothotonus #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Weakness: Starts in legs ... Reflexes: Arms or legs ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #treatment #neurology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
Horner's Syndrome ... consistent with a diagnosis ... anterior_seg_rocks #Horners ... ophthalmology #physicalexam ... #neurology #Anisocoria
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
"claw hand" ± Horner ... Syndrome Wrist ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory ... #motor #arm #physicalexam
Alien Limb Syndrome on Physical Exam

Elderly lady with Parkinsonism (PSP) c/o left leg rising up spontaneously
Alien Limb Syndrome ... to them and is foreign ... #Alien #Limb #Syndrome ... #PhysicalExam # ... #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
young adults (mean age ... - Young adults aged ... • Or brainstem syndromes ... objective evidence of neurologic ... #management #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... - Vitamin B12, Copper ... multiradicular pain - Leg ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Epidemiology: - Bimodal age ... weakness, arms > legs ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology