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Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
nerve (7th CN), ... when the facial ... unknown but its clinically ...     - Epstein-Barr ... #Palsy #neurology
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Weakness - Differential ... nerve palsy) ... - Unilateral: Bell's ... #Weakness #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
all extremity, facial ... Clinical Features ... support (10-30%) • Facial ... axonal form • MRI ... #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... • Motor Nerves ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... - Atypical Clinical ... atypical symptoms): MRI ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... all extremity, facial ... - Spinal MRI may ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
weakness, left facial ... it possible to differentiate ... #Stroke #CVA #Clinical ... #Radiology #Interpretation ... #Findings #Neurology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
CN VII (facial weakness ... MRI brain and C-spine ... imaging after treatment ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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compression of nerve ... cord • Guillain-Barre ... Imaging studies: • MRI ... T1 and T2 Treatment ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Imaging: - MRI ... of the abducens nerve ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology