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Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
of Peripheral Weakness ... without Sensory ... • Cardio-pulmonary ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... (sensory loss to ... contralateral to weakness ... ipsilateral to weakness ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes ... sign, variable weakness ... - Ipsilateral weakness ... Incomplete #spinalcord #syndromes ... #diagnosis #neurology
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
Thalamic lesion: sensory ... Brown—Séquard syndrome ... with ipsilateral weakness ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Review in Clinical Neurology
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Progressive muscle weakness ... Progression of weakness ... involvement, Mild sensory ... in CSF • Sharp sensory ... diagnosis #criteria #neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... Upper extremity weakness ... Sensory loss below ... anesthesia. leg weakness ... #orthopedics #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary ... • Acute stroke syndromes ... Paraneoplastic syndrome ... signs - Lack of sensory ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Foot drop and sensory ... claudication and weakness ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... #sensory #motor
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... patients with a long ... at the level of sensory ... paralysis - Sensory ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
onset of limb weakness ... tubercles • Limb weakness ... , sensory abnormalities ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... differential #TB #neurology