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Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Weakness - Differential ... Most commonly stroke ... #Weakness #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
Stroke Evaluation ... vision loss • Facial ... asymmetry • Arm weakness ... Algorithm #diagnosis #differential ... #neurology #CVA
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Hyperreflexia Focal ... Hyperreflexia: • Delayed finding ... finding in spinal ... Testing #Causes #differential ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
occupational or social ... crying; Diseases: Amyotrophic ... Disease, Bilateral Strokes ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology ... #differential #
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
of Hemiplegia - Differential ... : ipsilateral facial ... ipsilateral to weakness ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
in Stroke MR ... with left hand weakness ... , left facial droop ... it possible to differentiate ... #Neurology #Evolution
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Amyotrophic Lateral ... clinical examination finding ... the pathologic finding ... conditions listed in differential ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
onset of limb weakness ... tubercles • Limb weakness ... or hemorrhagic stroke ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential ... #TB #neurology
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
of Dysarthria - Differential ... Speech, Tongue and Facial ... Internal Capsule Strokes ... Sclerosis • Amyotrophic ... #Dysarthria #Neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Heat injury, Heat stroke ... Muscle pain - Weakness ... - Dark urine ... causes #treatment #nephrology