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Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy ... or peripheral neurologic ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... MuscleWeakness #Myopathy ... differential #causes #neurology
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies - 
Dermatomyositis (DM), Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM), Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS), Inclusion Body Myositis
Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy ... Myopathies #Idiopathic #Myopathy ... #Comparison #Managment ... #algorithm #Rheumatology
Neurological Patterns of Weakness
 • Hemispheric lesion
 • Brainstem lesion
 • Spinal cord lesion
 • Polyneuropathy
Polyneuropathy • Myopathy ... #Neurology #Patterns
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
• Inflammatory myopathy ... Statin-induced myopathy ... - Necrotizing myopathy ... fibers Risk of myopathy ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Oculomotor • Myopathy ... Weakness #Sensory #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Clonus continuous in a patient with cervical myelopathy. 

- Daniel Kaplan, MD FACP @DMKapMD

#clonus #ankle #physicalexam
with cervical myelopathy ... #physicalexam #neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Congenital Myopathy ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Myoedema in Hypothyroidism on Physical Exam

Hypothyroidism is a clinical syndrome resulting from the production, secretion or
and scaly skin, myopathy ... Myopathy due to ... clinical #video #neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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I am weak": • Myopathy ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Algorithmic Approach to the Patient with Azotemia

#Azotemia #AKI #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Differential #Algorithm #Management
Algorithmic Approach ... Azotemia #AKI #Nephrology ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Management