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Principal features of Destructive and Irritative cortical lesions in right-handed individual

#Cortical #Cortex #Lesions #Features #Signs #Symptoms
Principal features ... and Irritative cortical ... Cortex #Lesions #Features ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Brain #Neurology
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Syndrome Features ... or hyporeflexia Features ... , Mild sensory symptoms ... Elevated CSF protein Features ... spectrum disorders Features
Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
Clinical features ... of focal cortical ... recognition #Cortex #Cortical ... #Localization #Symptoms ... Signs #Diagnosis #Neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... females Guillain-Barre ... Clinical Features ... demyelination features ... management #treatment #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Diagnosis Clinical Features ... hallucinations, cortical ... Factor + Clinical Features ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Neurology
Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Extrapyramidal Features ... Paraneoplastic disorder Cortical ... Extrapyramidal Features ... CognitiveImpairment #Dementia #Neurology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs/symptoms ... or echo features ... Features of Non-Bacterial ... states • Clinical features ... Echocardiographic features
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Diagnosis and Clinical Features ... Hyperpigmentation is not a feature ... , pathological fractures ... 24-hour urine cortisol ... Diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... • The cardinal features ... than one after symptom ... GBS #Guillain #Barre ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
• Deletion of critical ... Syndrome Signs/Symptoms ... Incr Skeletal fractures