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Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
Paralysis - Peripheral ... nerve, anywhere ... VII, exemplified here ... #Nerve #Paralysis ... Neurology #Diagnosis
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Algorithm Forehead ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... nerve palsy) ... - Unilateral: Bell's ... #neurology #sparing
Left Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Palsy on Physical Examination

Left hand drop due to compression of
Examination Left hand ... also called sleep paralysis ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #orthopedics #msk ... #sports #neurology
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (Herpes zoster oticus) wit Facial Nerve Palsy
Triad: 
 - Ipsilateral facial paralysis
 -
Hunt Syndrome (Herpes ... Nerve Palsy Triad ... paralysis - ear ... canal/auricle, hard ... #neurology #clinical
Bell's Phenomenon

Sign of peripheral facial paralysis manifested by eye movement up and out of the eyeball,
Sign of peripheral ... facial paralysis ... eye movement up and ... Phenomenon #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #neurology
1 Minute Neuro Hand Examination - "Check your Six" Mnemonic

A simple way to test the peripheral
way to test the peripheral ... nerve function ... Ask your patient ... bobvarkey #Minute #Neurology ... Physicalexam #clinical #video
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Weakness (flaccid paralysis ... fecal retention ... nerves which can ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
Here’s a quick summary ... onto outstretched hand ... posterior interosseous nerve ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... Orthopedics #Proximal #MSK
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
cross-reacts with peripheral ... or the axon of peripheral ... nearly complete paralysis ... all extremity, facial ... #management #neurology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
In this video, you ... , indicating a peripheral ... 12th nerve palsy ... speech: cranial nerves ... CN VII (facial weakness