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Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
Myelopathy - Injury ... and Symptoms ... • Gross motor weakness ... ) #Myelopathy ... #diagnosis #signs
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness • Spinal ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Muscle Weakness ... Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... MuscleWeakness #Myopathy ... #mimics #diagnosis
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
proximal myalgia and weakness ... symmetric muscle weakness ... , Guillain-Barré ... Atorvastatin Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
, Mild sensory symptoms ... or signs, Cranial ... nervous system signs ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #criteria #neurology
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
and signs. ... Myalgia, Muscle weakness ... Carpal timel syndrome ... hypertrophy, Proximal myopathy ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
Myositis Necrotizing myopathy ... less systemic symptoms ... , holster sign, ... anti-synthetase syndrome ... and anti-HMGCR myopathy
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
An acute polyneuropathy (disorder Of the peripheral nervous System).
Symptoms are Often symmetrical and progress Over
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Symptoms are Often ... GuillainBarre #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #Signs
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Causes of Peripheral ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Oculomotor • Myopathy ... #Sensory #Neurology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
80%) - Proximal Weakness ... femoral heads • Myopathy ... (Also caused by ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis