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Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Compression/injury of Lateral ... Following must be absent ... gait, strength, reflexes ... on palpation of lateral ... pathophysiology #differential
Dysphagia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Structural
 • Tumors
 • Zenker's Diverticulum
 • Foreign Bodv
Neuromuscular Toxic/Metabolic
 • Myasthenia
Dysphagia Differential ... • Amvotrophic Lateral ... • Reflux Stricture ... #Dysphagia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... Sciatica: often bilateral ... - Emergency Causes ... Examination - bilateral ... #neurology
Strabismus - Ocular Misalignment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Phoria:
 • Latent deviation
 • Symmetrical corneal light reflex,
Strabismus - Ocular ... corneal light reflex ... Exophoria (eye moves lateral ... contralateral eye deviates lateral ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
photophobia - Bilateral ... headache: - Bilateral ... - Autonomic symptoms ... glaucoma - Ocular ... ophthalmology #Neurology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
unresponsiveness; the absence ... consciousness Differential ... dysfunction to the bilateral ... • Vestibulo-ocular ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
- Differential ... hyperactive gag reflex ... Emotional lability • Bilateral ... • Amyotrophic Lateral ... #Dysarthria #Neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... in deep tendon reflexes ... involved - Bilateral ... (more commonly bilateral ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... polychondritis - Relapsing, bilateral ... the following symptoms ... Gastroesophageal reflux ... • Associated symptoms
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Amyotrophic Lateral ... pathologic finding of lateral ... (3) primary lateral ... #Amyotrophic #Lateral ... #Sclerosis #neurology