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Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... Muscle Weakness ... Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... MuscleWeakness #Myopathy
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness • Spinal ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Causes of Peripheral ... Weakness - With ... Oculomotor • Myopathy ... #Sensory #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
proximal myalgia and weakness ... symmetric muscle weakness ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... antisynthetase syndrome ... (SAMS-CI) • EMG
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... • Congenital Myopathy ... #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Myoedema in Hypothyroidism on Physical Exam

Hypothyroidism is a clinical syndrome resulting from the production, secretion or
is a clinical syndrome ... and scaly skin, myopathy ... Myopathy due to ... reflex hammer, caused ... #neurology #endocrinology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
• Acute stroke syndromes ... Myopathy: ... mediated necrotizing myopathy ... electromyographic (EMG ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Generalized Weakness ... I am weak": • Myopathy ... #Generalized #Weakness ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... Causes of spinal ... - Infection (e.g ... - Radiation myelopathy ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Bilateral Foot Drop secondary to Nonaka Myopathy

48 yr old lady, difficulty in climbing stairs x 8
secondary to Nonaka Myopathy ... EMG show EMG shows ... GNE myopathy, also ... #clinical #video ... physicalexam #gait #neurology