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Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Most commonly stroke ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... #neurology #sparing
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - Causes ... injury, Early ALS ... Eclampsia, Late ALS ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #neurology
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Peripheral and Central ... Peripheral Causes ... often classified as ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
Types of Facial ... these pathways, as ... in a stroke, paralyzes ... #Bells #Palsy #Neurology ... #Diagnosis *
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
occupational or social ... Lateral Sclerosis (ALS ... Disease, Bilateral Strokes ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology ... #differential #diagnosis
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
Can be rapidly fatal ... atropine; Heat stroke ... - Cool fluids peripherally ... harm as they lead ... Hyperthermia #comparison #diagnosis
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
presentation • Lyme Serology ... symptoms): MRI+gad (stroke ... CNS inflammatory cause ... #Management #Treatment ... #Neurology
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
can be severe in stroke ... with vascular causes ... , such as with posterior ... Central #Vertigo #diagnosis ... symptoms #comparison #neurology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
referred in for facial ... consistent with a diagnosis ... experience, the cause ... or induced by treatment ... #physicalexam #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... extremity, facial ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #neurology