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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 ... #symptoms #msk
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
Hypothyroidism – symptoms ... and signs. ... Symptoms: Tiredness ... Carpal timel syndrome ... hypertrophy, Proximal myopathy
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... Muscle Weakness ... or peripheral neurologic ... #differential #causes ... #neurology
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
level of muscle weakness ... less systemic symptoms ... heliotrope rash, Shaw sign ... , holster sign, ... anti-synthetase syndrome
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 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
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
80%) - Proximal Weakness ... femoral heads • Myopathy ... (Also caused by ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Budd Chiari Syndrome
Hepatic vein obstruction. Can be caused by thrombosis or sometimes a tumour. Can lead
Budd Chiari Syndrome ... Can be caused by ... #BuddChiari #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Signs #Symptoms
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
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
and signs below ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... - Radiation myelopathy ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology