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Bell's palsy
There are many different causes of Facial Nerve Palsy. However, the commonest
cause of unilateral facial
many different causes ... the commonest cause ... Hyperacusis - Loss of Corneal ... #Neurology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
- Differential Diagnosis ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... of facial nerve palsy ... Unilateral: Bell's Palsy ... #neurology #sparing
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent Causes ... - Cerebral cortex ... - Cerebral cortex ... #Differential #Neurology ... #Causes #Diagnosis
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Conditions Erb's Palsy ... "claw hand" ± Horner ... Saturday night palsy ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
system between the cortex ... here by a Bell's palsy ... both sides of the cortex ... Paralysis #Bells #Palsy ... #Neurology #Diagnosis
Peripheral Neuropathy - Diagnostic Schema and Differential Diagnosis

Hereditary
Common Causes
Rapid Onset
Subacute/Chronic Onset
 - Multifocal
 - Focal
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Peripheral Neuropathy ... Hereditary Common Causes ... @AnandJag1 #Peripheral ... Schema #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
Causes of Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
#Diagnosis #Neurology #Dizziness #Peripheral #Central #Algorithm #BPPV #Differential #Ddxof
Causes of Vertigo ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Dizziness ... #Peripheral #Central
Causes of Bradykinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Parkinson's Disease (TRAP):
• Resting Tremor
• Cogwheel Rigidity
• Akinesia/Bradykinesia
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Causes of Bradykinetic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Vertical Gaze Palsy ... MovementDisorders #Neurology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy ... Trochlear) Nerve palsy ... Skew Deviation Casey ... ophthalmology #neurology ... #differential #diagnosis
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... sinusitis (CN VI palsy ... orbitopathy) • Corneal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Ophthalmology