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

Seen in this patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam #neurology
this patient with Duchenne ... muscular dystrophy ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... pediatrics #muscular #dystrophy ... #DMD #Duchenne
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Indicative of proximal muscle weakness in muscular dystrophy.

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam #neurology #clinical
weakness in muscular dystrophy ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... pediatrics #muscular #dystrophy ... #DMD #Duchenne
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Encephalopathy - Differential ... Acute: - Primary Neurologic ... demyelination), Infectious ... Inflammatory, Infectious ... Encephalopathy #Differential
Causes of Abnormal Genital Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Gynecologic:
 • Medical (e.g. coagulopathy, liver disease, renal
Genital Bleeding - Differential ... • Neoplasm • Infection ... • Neoplasm • Infection ... Vulva: • Vulvar dystrophy ... Pelvic #Bleeding #Differential
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
myopathy, Muscular dystrophy ... , Myotonic dystrophy ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Constipation - Differential ... Volume / Bulk Neurologic ... Pseudo-obstruction Neurologic ... Syndrome • Muscular Dystrophy ... #Constipation #Differential
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
 •
Generalized Weakness - Differential ... feel weak": • Infectious ... ↓, Malignancy, Infection ... Generalized #Weakness #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Duchenne-Becker ... dystrophy, Neurofibromatosis ... cardiology #diagnosis #differential
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ring Completeness
 • Incomplete: Demyelinating Disease
 • Complete (MAGIC):
Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential ... Glioblastoma - Infection ... Enhancing #Lesions #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology