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Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
6mm); • Light-near ... Holmes-Adie Syndrome ... Young females Differential ... dissociation • Other causes ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Adie's Pupil on Physical Exam

Adie's pupil is a neurological disorder characterized by a tonically dilated pupil
accommodation (i.e., light-near ... It is caused by ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... ophthalmology #neurology ... #syndrome
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... Brain, Eye, and Ear ... MRI lesions and clinical ... #neurology #noninflammatory ... #differential #
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... /100,000 per year ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... life-threatening Differential ... Clinical DX: - ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
in the US each year ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Infectious causes ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... per 100,000 per year ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
antimicrobials, clinical ... but important causes ... nutritionally variant Strep ... factors: - Serology ... antiphospholipid syndrome
Brandt Daroff Exercise for Treatment of BPPV
This maneuver resembles the Semont maneuver. Also, this maneuver is
of the affected ear ... eases off, whichever ... #neurology #instructions ... #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #management