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Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Causes of Tremors ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Cerebellar Disease (e.g ... Progressive supranuclear palsy ... MovementDisorders #Neurology
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 ... Algorithm Parkinson's ... Vertical Gaze Palsy ... MovementDisorders #Neurology
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
- Differential Diagnosis ... (2% of facial nerve ... palsy) - Unilateral ... : Bell's Palsy ( ... #neurology #sparing
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
of the Facial nerve ... an identifiable cause ... but its clinically ...     - Epstein-Barr ... #neurology #anatomy
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Disorders • CN Ill ... Palsy • CN IV ... Skew Deviation Casey ... ophthalmology #neurology ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Algorithm Clinical ... • CN VI palsy ... palsy ... • Neurologic ... #Algorithm #Causes
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
Oculomotor (3rd cranial nerve ... ) Palsy: • Brain ... hemorrhage, SAH, tumor ... no neurological cause ... #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Clinical Features ... Diagnosis: • ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... management #treatment #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... Unilateral Facial Nerve ... - Atypical Clinical ... CNS inflammatory cause ... #Treatment #Neurology