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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Spinal cord - Peripheral ... nerve - Neuromuscular ... nerve - Muscle ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Differential ... #Neurology #Causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... nerve palsy) ... #Causes #neurology
Medial Meniscus Bucket Handle Tear - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Truncation of the medial meniscus on
Repair if tear in peripheral ... Differential diagnosis ... BucketHandle #Tear #knee #mri ... #clinical #Radiology ... #diagnosis #msk
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
cross-reacts with peripheral ... or the axon of peripheral ... transplantation CLINICAL ... - Spinal MRI may ... #management #neurology
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
Algorithm Clinical ... vision loss • Facial ... #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #differential # ... neurology #CVA
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Nerve (CN7) Palsy ... - Atypical Clinical ... nerve ischemia ... atypical symptoms): MRI ... #Neurology
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Peripheral T2 ... Differential diagnosis ... Cortical #Desmoid #clinical ... #mri #clinical ... #Radiology #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... axonal form • MRI ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
, indicating a peripheral ... 12th nerve palsy ... nerves VII, IX/ ... MRI brain and C-spine ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Lesions Of The Peripheral ... EMG) studies • MRI ... #Diagnosis #neurology