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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... Polyneuropathy, Acute ... stroke, Acute spinal ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #neurology
Lazarus Reflex on Physical Exam

The Lazarus sign is a reflex movement observed in brain-dead or brainstem
Lazarus Reflex on ... sign is a reflex ... by a spinal reflex ... after brain death diagnosis ... #Lazarus #Reflex
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
• MCC- acute ... - Emergency Causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
brainstem and multiple spinal ... - Causes progressive ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... cervical and thoracic spine ... #neurology #diagnosis
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
syndromes such as ... Progressive MS (Spinal ... objective evidence of neurologic ... symptoms) • Acute ... #neurology #treatment
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Symptoms and signs ... Cord Causes: 1 ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... #neurology #differential ... #algorithm
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
Causes of Dysarthria ... hyperactive gag reflex ... and Pitch • Spinal-Cerebellar ... #Dysarthria #Neurology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
vasoconstrictive • Acute ... diffuse light reflex ... damaged BRB appears as ... ophthalmology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Spasticity - Reflexes ... • Bilateral signs ... • Infectious causes ... : - Multiple sclerosis ... #management #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... axonal • MRI - Spinal ... #management #neurology