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Bell's palsy
There are many different causes of Facial Nerve Palsy. However, the commonest
cause of unilateral facial
Bell's palsy There ... many different causes ... #Palsy #Neurology ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... - Unilateral: Bell's ... Palsy (70-75%), ... #neurology #sparing
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
Clinical: • Disease fatal ... exertion • Neurologic ... : Bell's palsy, ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis ... #Symptoms #Signs
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... CNS inflammatory cause ... #Palsy #Diagnosis ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
tissue: Epithelioid cells ... are not caused ... anterior/posterior MSK ... iridocyclitis) and facial ... palsy.
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... per μL • Diagnosis ... neurologic complaints ... Demyelinating disease caused ... hearing loss, palsy
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
temporal bone): facial ... nerve palsy • ... hearing loss, nausea ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #otology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... Escorial criteria uses ... gastroenterologists, and social ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... Pleocytosis > 100 cells ... • Infectious causes ... #management #neurology