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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
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
presents with rapidly progressive ... all extremity, facial ... support (10-30%) • Facial ... nerve roots and cauda ... management #treatment #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
weakness ± hyperacusis ... • Typical progression ... weeks-months), progression ... symptoms): MRI+gad (stroke ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
with left hand weakness ... , left facial droop ... it possible to differentiate ... Evolution #MRI #Progression ... Interpretation #Findings #Neurology
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
Emergencies - Differential ... of breath • Neurologic ... Syndrome: • Facial ... Malignancy: • Progressive ... Vomiting, decreased urine
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
constipation Differential ... lower extremity weakness ... MRI- Sagittal, axial ... Equina #syndrome #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Orbicularis Reflex in an Alzheimer's Patient on Physical Exam

Alzheimer's is a degenerative, progressive and irreversible disease.
degenerative, progressive ... of the Lips you strike ... trigeminal and facial ... #Orbicularis #Snout ... clinical #video #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
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
presents with rapidly progressive ... of GBS include progressive ... all extremity, facial ... nerve roots and cauda ... diagnosis #management #neurology