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Tongue Fasciculations in Left Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy

- Atrophy of affected side
- Fasciculations
- Tongue deviates towards weak
Tongue Fasciculations ... Left Hypoglossal Nerve ... Palsy - Atrophy ... Palsy #CNXI #CN12 #clinical ... #video #neurology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
see right sided atrophy ... peripheral 12th nerve ... Remember: atrophy ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... of injury • Gait ... decreased muscle tone ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... Loss of muscle (atrophy
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Weakness • Spinal Cord ... Tumor • Motor Nerves ... heavy metals), Critical ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
multiple spinal cord ... ) • BULBAR: Tongue ... fasciculations ... activity between nerve ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
the differential diagnosis ... neurotransmitter cause fasciculations ... LMN syndromes are ... very different clinical ... , peripheral nerve
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
compression of nerve ... : • Spinal cord ... extremity muscle atrophy ... decreased rectal tone ... #causes #neurology
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
Breathy Speech, Tongue ... and Facial Atrophy ... Fasciculations ... Lesions of Cranial Nerves ... #Dysarthria #Neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... brain and/or optic nerve ... Brucellosis - Dengue ... #management #neurology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
(SPS) - Diagnosis ... brain and spinal cord ... Clinical Manifestations ... • Wide based gait ... Management #treatment #neurology