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Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
Diseases: Amyotrophic Lateral ... Alzheimer's Disease, Bilateral ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology ... #differential #diagnosis
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
Syndrome: • Bilateral ... Penetrating trauma or lateral ... SpinalCord #Syndromes #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
branching vessels #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... Differential #Unilateral #Bilateral
Lateral Medullary Syndrome - Wallenberg's Syndrome
Acute continuous vertigo due to Posterior Circulation Stroke (usually Posterior Inferior
Lateral Medullary ... @neudrawlogy #Lateral ... #Wallenbergs #neurology ... #diagnosis
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
hypoxemia and bilateral ... week or less ● Bilateral ... detected on CT or CXR ... management with early enteral ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
dysfunction, and bilateral ... dorsum of foot and lateral ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory
Pupils: Localization in Coma
 • Small, Reactive pupils: Metabolic coma.
 • Unilateral Fixed, dilated pupil :
Bilateral, Large ... • Bilateral, midposition ... Localization #Coma #Neurology ... #differential #diagnosis
Plantar Reflex (Babinski) Equivalents
Plantar toe reflex - Babinski - Move an object along the lateral aspect
object along the lateral ... object along the lateral ... and release #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Jaw Clonus on Physical Exam

A 24-year-old man presented with progressive dysphagia, dysarthria, and weakness in his
consistent with a diagnosis ... of amyotrophic lateral ... Clinical #Video #ALS #Neurology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology