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Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal ... Motor Nerves: ALS, Cervical ... Muscular dystrophy, Myotonic ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Constipation - Differential ... Hirschsprung's Disease • Spinal ... Cord Lesions • Myotonia ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Causes of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Tics:
 • Tourette's Syndrome
 • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
• Tourette's Syndrome ... Compulsive Disorder Dystonia ... • Generalized dystonia ... Blepharospasm • Cervical ... Dystonia Stereotypies
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Syndromes Spinal ... result in permanent neurologic ... long history of cervical ... #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Constipation - Differential ... Hirschsprung's Disease • Spinal ... Cord Lesions • Myotonia ... Guillan-Barré Syndrome ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... hemorrhage • Cervical ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... - Myotonic dystrophy ... immunosuppressants - Meds ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Reversible course Differential ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... think about three clinical ... Mitochondrial myopathy • Myotonic ... #Ptosis #neurology ... #Differential #
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Diagnosis and Management ... the brain and spinal ... Clinical Manifestations ... spondylitis, Axial dystonia ... #treatment #neurology