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Causes of Non-Fluent Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Fluent - Agrammatic, hesitant, but substantive communication
Impaired Repetition
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- Differential Diagnosis ... communication Impaired ... Repetition • Impaired ... NonFluent #Aphasia #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fluent - Grammatically correct, but nonsensical, tangential. Phonemic & semantic
- Differential Diagnosis ... communication Impaired ... Repetition • Impaired ... Aphasia #Aphasia #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Parinaud's Syndrome
What?
 - Impaired upgaze
 - Light-near dissociation
 - Convergence retraction nystagmus
 - Eyelid retraction (Collier's
- Impaired upgaze ... Parinauds #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #pineal #neurology
Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
& reading) - Impaired ... areas is also impaired ... → Impaired naming ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis ... Brocas #Wernickes #neurology
Horner's Syndrome
 • Anhidrosis: Diminished sweating of ipsilateral face and neck
 • Miosis: Loss of sympathetic
pupillae muscle (impaired ... Horners #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #neurology
Parinaud's syndrome
What?
 • Light-near dissociation (tectal pupils)
 • Convergence retraction nystagmus
 • Eyelid retraction (Collier's sign)
Collier's sign) • Impaired ... Parinauds #syndrome #neurology ... #diagnosis
Causes of Fluent Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fluent - Grammatically correct, but nonsensical, tangential. Phonemic &
- Differential Diagnosis ... Repetition • Impaired ... Repetition • Impaired ... Fluent #Aphasia #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Focal Seizures
Focal Seizures With Impairment of Consciousness
 - The seizure may or may not start with
Consciousness is impaired ... ) a unilateral neurologic ... Focal #Seizures #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Partial
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
- Differential Diagnosis ... three clinical diagnoses ... Neurogenic Ptosis - Neurologic ... Levator function is impaired ... Syndrome #Ptosis #neurology
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
body movements, impaired ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Signs