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Hoffmann's Sign

Hoffman's sign means upper motor neuron injury.  The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely
The Hoffmann's reflex ... fingernail downward, allowing ... Hoffmanns #Sign #Reflex ... Positive #Abnormal #clinical ... #video #neurology
Hoffmann's Reflex on Physical Exam
The Hoffmann's reflex itself involves loosely holding the middle finger and flicking
Hoffmann's Reflex ... The Hoffmann's reflex ... fingernail downward, allowing ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #neurology #UMN
Ocular Myasthenia Gravis on Physical Exam

A 41yo female was referred by her neurologist for double vision.
Ocular Myasthenia ... Her clinical exam ... about difficulty swallowing ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... ophthalmology #neurology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... • Vestibulo-ocular ... reflex • Gag ... reflex • Cough ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Abnormal Glabellar Reflex (Glabellar tap sign/Myerson's sign)

A primitive reflex >> normal in infants, disappear with brain
Abnormal Glabellar Reflex ... brain maturation allowing ... #Glabellar #Reflex ... Myersons #Abnormal #clinical ... #physicalexam #neurology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... think about three clinical ... Neurogenic Ptosis - Neurologic ... impaired due to the mass ... #Differential #
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... esophagus: Mediastinal mass ... • Muscular or neurologic ... Can initiate the swallowing ... #Dysphagia #Differential
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... rule out: focal mass ... gait, strength, reflexes ... ), palpable mass ... pathophysiology #differential
Seesaw Nystagmus 

Sawtooth or seesaw nystagmus is an unusual but characteristic type of nystagmus. Typically there
mesodiencephalic mass ... vertical vestibulo-ocular ... reflex. ... #physicalexam #clinical
Normal Achilles Reflex

In 1896 Babinski (and later Oppenheim in 1904) described the abolition or reduction of
Normal Achilles Reflex ... of the Achilles reflex ... organic disease and allowing ... #clinical #video ... #neurology #sciatica