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Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
of Peripheral Weakness ... Sensory Changes - Differential ... Polymyositis • Duchenne ... Muscular Dystrophy ... #Neurology #Differential
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Indicative of proximal muscle weakness in muscular dystrophy.

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam #neurology #clinical
proximal muscle weakness ... in muscular dystrophy ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... pediatrics #muscular #dystrophy ... #DMD #Duchenne
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness ... , Myotonic dystrophy ... Neuromuscular #Weakness ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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of Hemiplegia - Differential ... • Diplopia • Dysarthria ... ipsilateral to weakness ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
15%: Dysphagia, dysarthria ... Limb- proximal weakness ... life-threatening Differential ... syndrome - Myotonic dystrophy ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... Neurogenic Ptosis - Neurologic ... to ptosis and weakness ... myopathy • Myotonic dystrophy ... #Differential #
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
Causes of Dysarthria ... - Differential ... Gravis • Muscular Dystrophy ... Parkinson's Disease #Dysarthria ... #Neurology #Differential
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Causes progressive weakness ... Dysarthria or dysphagia ... bulbar region, Weakness ... conditions listed in differential ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology