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Neurological Patterns of Weakness
 • Hemispheric lesion
 • Brainstem lesion
 • Spinal cord lesion
 • Polyneuropathy
Neurological Patterns of Weakness ... Polyneuropathy • Myopathy ... #Neurology #Patterns ... #Weakness #diagnosis
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
of Peripheral Weakness ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Oculomotor • Myopathy ... #Sensory #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
of Peripheral Weakness ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Congenital Myopathy ... #Neurology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Myositis and Myopathies
Polymyositis 
 • Progressive, symmetric muscle weakness 
 • Elevated CK, +Anti-Jo, +Anti-Mi2
Dermatomyositis
symmetric muscle weakness ... symmetric muscle weakness ... Fever, No muscle weakness ... asymmetric muscle weakness ... Proximal muscle weakness
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Proximal Muscle Weakness ... Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... MuscleWeakness #Myopathy ... differential #causes #neurology
Myositis and Myopathies
#ESR #CK #Differential diagnosis of myopathy 
#Inflammatory #myopathies	#Dermatomyositis	
#muscle weakness
#Polymyositis	
#Inclusion body myositis
#Polymyalgia rheumatica	
#Fibromyalgia	
#Hypothyroid myopathy	
#Muscle stiffness
#Drug-induced
Differential diagnosis of myopathy ... Dermatomyositis #muscle weakness ... #Hypothyroid myopathy ... Statin-induced myopathy ... Cocaine-induced myopathy
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Weakness

- Dr. Tom Fadial @thame 

#Weakness #Algorithm #Evaluation #Diagnosis #Differential #Neurology
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Weakness ... Fadial @thame #Weakness ... #Algorithm #Evaluation ... #Differential #Neurology
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Elevation (Pain > Weakness ... Critical Illness Myopathy ... Chronic Causes (Weakness ... PROXIMAL MUSCLE WEAKNESS ... - Inflammatory myopathy
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 ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... Neuromuscular #Weakness ... differential #diagnosis #neurology