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Isocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative Afferent Pupil Defect
 • Optic Neuritis
 • Ischemic
Pupillary Defects - Differential ... Neuropathies • Optic Nerve ... Tumor • Retinal ... #Defects #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
- Differential ... Oculomotor (3rd cranial nerve ... hemorrhage, SAH, tumor ... no neurological cause ... diagnosis #neurology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Young females Differential ... dissociation • Other causes ... trauma/orbital tumor ... #PhysicalExam # ... neurology #ophthalmology
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Pupillary Defects - Differential ... • Oculomotor Nerve ... • Trauma • Tumor ... #Defects #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Weakness - Differential ... (2% of facial nerve ... Facial #Weakness #Differential ... #neurology #sparing
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... • Neurologic ... a mass as the cause ... large/unreactive pupil ... #DoubleVision #Differential
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... • Motor Nerves ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Left Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Palsy on Physical Examination

Left hand drop due to compression of
Drop - Radial Nerve ... sleeping as in this case ... #Palsy #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #orthopedics ... #msk #sports #neurology
Froment’s Test for Ulnar Nerve Palsy

This tests for pinch grip weakness caused by ulnar nerve palsy,
Test for Ulnar Nerve ... grip weakness caused ... clinical #video #neurology ... #physicalexam # ... msk #orthopedics
Neuro-OphthaImoIogy - Visual Field Defects - Localization Map
 - Optic Nerve Lesion (Monocular vision loss)
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Map - Optic Nerve ... Pituitary/metastatic tumor ... NeuroOphthaImoIogy #Neurology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Anatomy #Causes