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Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
Myasthenia Gravis ... Signs, Symptoms ... this patient have myasthenia ... #Diagnosis #Myasthenia ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam
Beevor's Sign on Physical Exam

Beevor's sign is abnormal upward (cephalad) movement of the umbilicus with truncal
Beevor's Sign on ... facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy ... (FSHD) and inclusion ... PhysicalExam #clinical ... video #umbilicus #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... syndrome - Myotonic dystrophy ... /Edrophonium test ... - Peek sign 2. ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Seen in this patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam #neurology
Gowers' Sign on ... Duchenne muscular dystrophy ... DMD) #Gowers #Sign ... #PhysicalExam # ... neurology #clinical
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Sensory Changes - Differential ... Oculomotor • Myasthenia ... Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology ... #Differential #
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSH, FSHD)

Young man with left sided wasting. On examination with prominent axillary folds
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy ... (FSH, FSHD) ... Facioscapulohumeral #Muscular #Dystrophy ... #video #physicalexam ... #shoulder #neurology
Ice-pack Test for Myasthenia Gravis - Likelihood Ratio (LR) +24 / -0.16
Ice pack's can be used
Ice-pack Test for ... Myasthenia Gravis ... #Myasthenia #Gravis ... #physicalexam # ... neurology #diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Eaton Syndrome, Myasthenia ... myopathy, Muscular dystrophy ... , Myotonic dystrophy ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Positive Romberg Test on Physical Exam

The Romberg test is a test of the body's proprioception (sense
Positive Romberg Test ... is a test of the ... Sign #Positive # ... Abnormal #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #neurology
Curtain Sign in Myasthenia Gravis on Physical Exam

Because of bilateral eyelid innervation, when the more affected
Curtain Sign in ... Myasthenia Gravis ... #Curtain #Sign # ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video #neurology