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Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Proximal Muscle Weakness ... That May Mimic ... • Central or peripheral ... #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #neurology
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Vertigo: • Peripheral ... Disease • Central: Stroke ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial Weakness ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Most commonly stroke ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Diagnosis Framework ... Impairment: • Acute stroke ... Lesions Of The Peripheral ... aminotransferases • Serology ... #neurology
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
Facial Paralysis - Peripheral ... Lesions Facial weakness ... pathways, as in a stroke ... #Bells #Palsy #Neurology ... #Diagnosis *
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
progressive flaccid weakness ... cross-reacts with peripheral ... because of molecular mimicry ... or the axon of peripheral ... #management #neurology