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Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
or peripheral neurologic ... Myasthenia gravis • Muscular ... Hydroxychoroquine - Statins ... differential #causes #neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
• Progressive muscular ... Neuropathy • Spinal Muscular ... Polymyositis • Duchenne Muscular ... Dystrophy • Statin ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
poisoning, Scorpion sting ... Mitochondrial myopathy, Muscular ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
toxins: Steroids, Statins ... myositis • Genetic: Muscular ... aminotransferases • Serology ... myopathies, the muscular ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
et diutinum Neurologic ... Fanconi, crystal-storing ... Hypergammaglobulinemic macular ... disease (Subcorneal pustular ... (Thrombosis in vascular
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Imaging Patterns ... cortical lesions • Vascular ... Testing: • Imaging ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
lumbar stenosis • Vascular ... studies (PVR) Imaging ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
and Medications Aging ... and associated vascular ... #Pharmacology #Urology
Macular Hole from a Laser Pointer- Funduscopic examination of the left eye revealed a large macular
Macular Hole from ... revealed a large macular ... full-thickness macular ... autofluorescence imaging ... ophthalmology #NEJM
Limb-Shaking Transient Ischemic Attack (LS-TIA)

Limb shaking Transient Ischemic Attack (LS-TIA) during transient occlusion of the right
Limb-Shaking Transient ... LS-TIA) Limb shaking ... bobvarkey #Limb #Shaking ... #physicalexam #neurology ... intraoperative #vascular