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Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... of facial nerve palsy ... Unilateral: Bell's Palsy ... #neurology #sparing
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
, acute weakness ... an identifiable cause ... The cause is unknown ... but its clinically ... #neurology #anatomy
Bilateral LMN palsy with tongue weakness, wasting and fasciculations.  →  Bulbar motor Neuron disease

Note
Bilateral LMN palsy ... with tongue weakness ... , wasting and fasciculations ... #CNXII #CN12 #clinical ... #video #neurology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
" ± Horner Syndrome ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... deltoid weakness ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory
Parkinson's Plus Syndromes - Atypical Parkinsonism
Main motor symptoms:
 • Tremors
 • Limb rigidity
 • Bradykinesia
Other symptoms
symptoms: • Tremors ... present in PD, and ... Progressive supranuclear palsy ... #Parkinsonism #diagnosis ... #neurology
Brachial Plexus Lesions - Localization and Presentation

Erb palsy ("waiter's tip"), 
Klumpke palsy, 
Thoracic outlet syndrome, Winged
- Localization and ... Thoracic outlet syndrome ... Klumpke #ClawHand #Diagnosis ... Comprehensive Review in Clinical ... Neurology - https
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent ... Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness CRITICAL ... #Differential #Neurology ... #Causes #Diagnosis
CN III Palsy - Oculomotor Nerve
 • Ptosis: Loss of innervation of the levator palpebrae superior.
comparison to Horner's syndrome ... Extraocular Muscle Weakness ... medial rectus, and ... Nerve #Cranial #neurology ... #diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness • Spinal ... Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... heavy metals), Critical ... #diagnosis #neurology
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Iniury • One-and-a-half ... Syndrome • Cavernous ... Skew Deviation Casey ... ophthalmology #neurology ... #differential #diagnosis