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Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Seen in this patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)

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Gowers' Sign on ... dystrophy (DMD) ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #clinical #video ... #dystrophy #DMD
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Indicative of proximal muscle weakness in muscular dystrophy.

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Beevor's Sign on Physical Exam

Beevor's sign is abnormal upward (cephalad) movement of the umbilicus with truncal
lesions between T9-T12 ... facioscapulohumeral muscular ... dystrophy (FSHD ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #umbilicus #neurology
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Autonomic dysfunction, Meds ... , B12, etc), Visual ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology
VITAMINS Mnemonic for Acute / Subacute Peripheral Polyneuropathy

Vascular
Inflammatory: Amyloidosis, vasculitis (often more subacute/chronic)
Toxins: Nitrous oxide, chemo,
Polyneuropathy Vascular ... Metabolic: TSH, DM ... , B12 Infectious ... Subacute #Acute #Neurology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
- Differential Diagnosis ... endocrine: Vitamin B12 ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs ... myopathies, the muscular ... #neurology