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Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
Myelopathy - Injury ... cord - Signs and Symptoms ... • Gross motor weakness ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #msk
Neurological Patterns of Weakness
 • Hemispheric lesion
 • Brainstem lesion
 • Spinal cord lesion
 • Polyneuropathy
Neurological Patterns of Weakness ... Polyneuropathy • Myopathy ... #Neurology #Patterns ... #Weakness #diagnosis
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
Hypothyroidism – symptoms ... Symptoms: Tiredness ... Carpal timel syndrome ... hypertrophy, Proximal myopathy ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Symptoms of Hypophosphatemia
 • CNS: Seizures, Delirium, Paresthesias, Central & extrapontine myelinolysis, Hallucinations, Fatigue
 • Hematologic:
Symptoms of Hypophosphatemia ... Bone pain • MSK ... : Proximal myopathy ... Diaphragmatic weakness ... #Signs #Diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness ... Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Proximal Muscle Weakness ... Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy ... or peripheral neurologic ... #mimics #diagnosis ... differential #causes #neurology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
80%) - Proximal Weakness ... femoral heads • Myopathy ... Erythematosus #SLE #MSK ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #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 syndrome ... Atorvastatin Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
level of muscle weakness ... less systemic symptoms ... anti-synthetase syndrome ... /full triad at diagnosis ... have significant weakness
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... • Congenital Myopathy ... #Neurology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm