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Bilateral LMN palsy with tongue weakness, wasting and fasciculations.  →  Bulbar motor Neuron disease

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Bilateral LMN palsy ... bobvarkey #tongue #atrophy ... #fasciculations ... #LMN #hypoglossal ... #CNXII #CN12 #clinical
Tongue Fasciculations Secondary to Hypoglossal Nerve Damage

Most commonly associated with ALS - This LMN XII was
Tongue Fasciculations ... Secondary to Hypoglossal ... with ALS - This LMN ... Clinical #Video #Hypoglossal ... HypoglossalNerve #CNXII #CN12
Tongue Fasciculations in Left Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy

- Atrophy of affected side
- Fasciculations
- Tongue deviates towards weak
Tongue Fasciculations ... in Left Hypoglossal ... Nerve Palsy - Atrophy ... #Hypoglossal #Nerve ... #Palsy #CNXI #CN12
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
see right sided atrophy ... Remember: atrophy ... = LMN process! ... skull base, the hypoglossal ... HypoglossalNerve #CNXII #CN12
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
muscles, muscle atrophy ... progressive muscular atrophy ... loss of muscle (atrophy ... Muscle twitching (fasciculations ... BULBAR: Tongue fasciculations
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
neurotransmitter cause fasciculations ... to prevent the atrophy ... characterized by muscle atrophy ... paralysis, and atrophy ... musclearc #flaccid #atrophy
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Motor Neuropathy - Atrophy ... , Fasciculations ... Spinal Muscular Atrophy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Motor Neuropathy - Atrophy ... , Fasciculations ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
: Areflexia UMN ... plantar response LMN ... Loss of muscle (atrophy ... Muscle twitching (fasciculations ... differential #algorithm
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tongue and Facial Atrophy ... Fasciculations ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm