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Jaw Clonus on Physical Exam

A 24-year-old man presented with progressive dysphagia, dysarthria, and weakness in his
dysarthria, and weakness ... consistent with a diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Video #ALS #Neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Generalized Weakness ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... : UMN (stroke, tumor ... Polyneuropathy, ALS ... #causes #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness ... Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... Motor Nerves: ALS ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
with ipsilateral weakness ... lesion: loss of all ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Comprehensive Review in Clinical ... Neurology - https
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Diagnosis Framework ... Cardiac, pulmonary etc ... system: Brain tumor ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Striatal Toe Sign on Physical Examination

Extension of the first toe that occurs in extrapyramidal diseases affecting
Pseudo-Babinski sign as ... particular patient has Parkinson ... Striatal #Toe #Sign #clinical ... #video #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #pyramidal
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... complete paralysis of all ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... management #treatment #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... : • Based on clinical ... for thymoma, a tumor ... - Improves clinical ... #management #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
of the clinical ... cellular function Clinical ... bulbar region, Weakness ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
In parkinsonian patients, distal dystonic phenomena, mainly in the hands and feet, can occur and are
of the hands, as ... semiologianeurologica #Parkinsons ... Parkinsonian #resting #Tremor ... striatal #Hands #Neurology ... #PhysicalExam #clinical