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Tongue Fasciculations Secondary to Hypoglossal Nerve Damage

Most commonly associated with ALS - This LMN XII was
Tongue Fasciculations ... Secondary to Hypoglossal ... @camwolfe #Tongue ... Clinical #Video #Hypoglossal
Bilateral LMN palsy with tongue weakness, wasting and fasciculations.  →  Bulbar motor Neuron disease

Note
LMN palsy with tongue ... Note the wrinkled tongue ... @bobvarkey #tongue ... fasciculations #LMN #hypoglossal
Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
Differences Between Pediatric ... Adult Airways Pediatric ... proportionally larger • Tongue ... much hiaher in pediatrics ... bronchus #Pediatric
Causes of Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures -  Epilepsy Syndromes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infantile:
 • Benign
of Unprovoked Pediatric ... Seizures - Epilepsy Syndromes ... Infancy • West Syndrome ... • Dravet Syndrome ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Tongue Fasciculations in Left Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy

- Atrophy of affected side
- Fasciculations
- Tongue deviates towards weak
Tongue Fasciculations ... in Left Hypoglossal ... Fasciculations - Tongue ... weak side #Tongue ... Fasciculations #Hypoglossal
Scarlet Fever - Other symptoms include: white coating on the tongue which then peels and leave
coating on the tongue ... a ‘strawberry’ tongue ... Dermatology #Peds #Pediatrics
Kawasaki Disease

Diagnostic criteria: 5-day fever PLUS four of the following…
 - 
Bilateral conjunctivitis
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Cervical lymph
lips/strawberry tongue ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Causes of Pediatric ... • Short Bowel Syndrome ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
SUMMARY FOR YOUR NOTES:
- The thyroid appears as an epithelial proliferation of the floor of the
posterior 1/3 of the tongue ... connected to the tongue ... canal called the thyroglossal ... ABNORMALITIES: - Thyroglossal ... cyst - Thyroglossal
Tongue Pathology 

Geographic tongue, fissured tongue, and hairy tongue are the most common tongue problems and
Tongue Pathology ... Geographic tongue ... , fissured tongue ... , and hairy tongue ... Burning mouth syndrome