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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
and multiple spinal ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... Muscle twitching (fasciculations ... BULBAR: Tongue fasciculations ... cervical and thoracic spine
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
neurotransmitter cause fasciculations ... However, in UMN ... clinically characterized ... very different clinical ... positive Babinski reflex
Tongue Fasciculations Secondary to Hypoglossal Nerve Damage

Most commonly associated with ALS - This LMN XII was
associated with ALS ... - This LMN XII ... and surgery for oral ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... reflexes: Areflexia ... UMN Symptoms ... Muscle twitching (fasciculations ... differential #algorithm
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
nerve acts both as ... pathway and the spinal ... Hoffmanns #Sign #Reflex ... #Positive #Abnormal ... #clinical #video
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
He also had some ... = LMN process! ... MRI brain and C-spine ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology
Tongue Fasciculations in Kennedy's Disease

A man in his 40’s with progressive nasal twang, dysphagia and weakness
Tongue Fasciculations ... shows a pectoral crease ... Final Dx- Kennedy ... expectancy is normal ... Kennedys #Disease #clinical
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... /or suspicious clinical ... Areas of diagnostic ... boxes indicate final ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... protein with a normal ... - Of note, normal ... specific therapy, the clinician
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
lesion at the C5-C6 spinal ... side of the wrist normally ... flexion is known as ... Supinator #Test #Reflex ... #neurology #clinical