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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
Muscle Fasciculations on Physical Exam

81 year old patient. History of swallowing disorders, weight loss and muscle
of swallowing disorders ... finding of muscular atrophy ... together with atrophy ... proximal peripheral nerve ... twitching of the tongue
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 ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... Loss of muscle (atrophy ... #diagnosis #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 ... Paraneoplastic Disorder
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Muscle twitching (fasciculations ... ) • 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
may mimic an LMN disorder ... the differential diagnosis ... neurotransmitter cause fasciculations ... LMN syndromes are ... cord, 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 ... Differential Diagnosis ... extremity muscle atrophy ... decreased rectal tone ... #causes #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
an autoimmune disorder ... Brain stem/Cranial nerve ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... - Repetitive nerve ... #management #neurology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Clinical Manifestations ... • Wide based gait ... other neurological disorders ... limb or joint disorders ... Management #treatment #neurology