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Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Demyelinating Diseases ... - Differential ... Inflammatory: MS ... #Diseases #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
• Spinal Cord: Demyelinating ... Disease (MS), Epidural ... Tetanus, Transverse Myelitis ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Causes of Excessive Daytime ... Sleepiness - Differential ... Disorders • Neurologic ... Parkinson's, MS) ... #Excessive #Daytime
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Inflammatory demyelination ... neuritis • Partial myelitis ... • Tumefactive demyelination ... objective evidence of neurologic ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
10-33% develop MS ... Predictive of MS ... Etiologies: • Demyelination ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... Demyelinating: ... - Transverse myelitis ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Then, ask 3 questions ... approach to the differential ... risk for osmotic demyelination ... #Hyponatremia #Differential ... Treatment #management #nephrology
Neurosarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Treatment
 • 5 to 40% of sarcoidosis, Heterogeneous, often inaugural
 • Central
pituitary gland, Myelitis ... 15%): Axonal or demyelinating ... , Exclusion of Differential ... Treatment #management #neurology