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Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
Pupil - Differential ... nerve) Palsy: ... no neurological cause ... #Pupil #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Left Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Palsy on Physical Examination

Left hand drop due to compression of
Left Wrist Drop - Radial ... compression of the radial ... affected limb, also ... #Wrist #Drop #Radial ... PhysicalExam #clinical
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Regular and mildly dilated ... Young females Differential ... Diagnosis: • CN Ill Palsy ... dissociation • Other causes ... #neurology #ophthalmology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Diagnosis Algorithm Clinical ... • Neurologic ... suggest a mass as ... Orbital Floor Fracture ... large/unreactive pupil
Synkinetic Wrist Extension Maneuver demonstrating Radial Nerve Palsy as cause for Wrist Drop

Up up, down down.
demonstrating Radial ... Nerve Palsy as ... distinguished from lower radial ... and pronation- Radial ... Extension #Maneuver #Radial
Adie’s Tonic Pupil on Physical Exam

A young female was referred in for a sudden onset anisocoria.
Clinical confirmation ... involves diluted ... oculomotor nerve palsy ... anisocoria #clinical ... #physicalexam #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... signs to determine likelihood ... conditions listed in differential ... neurons - IV free radical ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology