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Bilateral LMN palsy with tongue weakness, wasting and fasciculations.  →  Bulbar motor Neuron disease

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Bilateral LMN palsy ... with tongue weakness ... Bulbar motor Neuron ... differentiates this from an UMN ... bobvarkey #tongue #atrophy
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Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
to prevent the atrophy ... , weakness, and ... positive Babinski reflex ... paralysis, and atrophy ... musclearc #flaccid #atrophy
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
muscles, muscle atrophy ... bulbar region, Weakness ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... : Weakness, loss ... of muscle (atrophy
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
of Peripheral Weakness ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... No Objective Weakness ... Disease Motor Neuron ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
of Peripheral Weakness ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Motor Neuron ... Motor Neuropathy - Atrophy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... : Areflexia UMN ... plantar response LMN ... Loss of muscle (atrophy ... differential #algorithm
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Decreased LOC, Axial Weakness ... Strength, Normal Reflexes ... Spinal Muscular Atrophy ... Profound Peripheral Weakness
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Lower Motor Neuron ... Tongue and Facial Atrophy ... hyperactive gag reflex ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm