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Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy on Physical Exam

Myotonic dystrophy is characterized by progressive muscle wasting and weakness. People
Myotonic Muscular ... Exam Myotonic ... contractions (myotonia ... #Myotonic #Muscular ... #clinical #video
Drug Induced Acute Dystonia on Physical Exam

Retrocollis and opisthotonus caused by metoclopramide

#Drug #Induced #Dystonia #DrugReaction #PhysicalExam
Induced Acute Dystonia ... and opisthotonus caused ... Drug #Induced #Dystonia ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #dystonic #Retrocollis
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Causes of Pediatric ... Constipation - Differential ... Cord Lesions • Myotonia ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome • Muscular ... Dystrophy • Sexual
Causes of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Tics:
 • Tourette's Syndrome
 • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Causes of Hyperkinetic ... Compulsive Disorder Dystonia ... • Generalized dystonia ... • Writer's cramp ... Blepharospasm • Cervical Dystonia
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Mitochondrial myopathy, Muscular ... dystrophy, Myotonic ... dystrophy, Polymyositis ... #differential #
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Causes of Secondary ... Provoked Seizures - Differential ... Alcohol/drug Vascular ... Movement disorders (Dystonia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Floppy Newborn) - Differential ... • Spinal Muscular ... • Congenital Myotonic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... Mitochondrial myopathy • Myotonic ... dystrophy • Myasthenia ... Oculopharyngeal muscular ... dystrophy • Blepharophimosis
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... Kearns-Sayre syndrome - Myotonic ... dystrophy - Brain ... Myasthenia Crises ... Gravis #diagnosis #management