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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Neuromuscular Weakness ... Brainstem - Spinal ... Brainstem - Spinal ... #Differential # ... Neurology #Causes
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
of Peripheral Weakness ... Sensory Changes - Differential ... Neuropathy • Spinal ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... #Neurology #Differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Syndromes Spinal ... findings: - Weakness ... result in: - Weakness ... #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness ... • Spinal Cord: ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... -> Anterior spinal ... Upper extremity weakness ... anesthesia. leg weakness ... #orthopedics #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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MCC- acute ... constipation Differential ... lower extremity weakness ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Brown-Sequard syndrome

It is a rare neurological condition characterized by a lesion in the spinal cord which
Brown-Sequard syndrome ... lesion in the spinal ... which results in weakness ... #diagnosis #Neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... /paralysis - Weakness ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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of Hemiplegia - Differential ... findings Unilateral Spinal ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Lesions of the spinal ... electromyographic (EMG ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #neurology