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Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Causes of Tremors ... • Cerebellar Disease ... Progressive supranuclear palsy ... MovementDisorders #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Bradykinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Parkinson's Disease (TRAP):
• Resting Tremor
• Cogwheel Rigidity
• Akinesia/Bradykinesia
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Causes of Bradykinetic ... Algorithm Parkinson's Disease ... Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ... Vertical Gaze Palsy ... MovementDisorders #Neurology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Conditions Erb's Palsy ... aracteristic "claw hand ... " ± Horner Syndrome ... Saturday night palsy ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Demyelinating Disease ... Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Holmes-Adie Syndrome ... Diagnosis: • CN Ill Palsy ... dissociation • Other causes ... trauma/orbital tumor ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
and Management ... HIV, Lyme, GBS, tumor ... presentation • Lyme Serology ... CNS inflammatory cause ... #Treatment #Neurology
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
Causes of Hematuria ... membrane, Alport syndrome ... Malignancy or other tumor ... necrosis, Sickle cell disease ... #urology
In parkinsonian patients, distal dystonic phenomena, mainly in the hands and feet, can occur and are
mainly in the hands ... In the case of the ... #Parkinsons #Disease ... Parkinsonian #resting #Tremor ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Diagnosis and Management ... Prevalence: 1-2 cases ... CSF: Oligoclonal bands ... SPS #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Paresthesias: Hands ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology