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Food Bolus Removal - Endoscopy Tips and Tricks

By Dr. Steven Bollipo @stevenbollipo and Dr. Enrik Aguila
Food Bolus Removal ... enrrikke #Food #Bolus ... fellows #endoscopy #egd
Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
Important Causes ... dissection, Myasthenia gravis ... Thyroid myopathy (Graves
Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Causes of Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
 • Neuromuscular causes: CVA/CNS tumor/ALS, Parkinson's,
and Esophageal Causes ... Neuromuscular causes ... Parkinson's, Myasthenia gravis ... Non-relaxation of EG ... junction: Achalasia, EG
Boerhaave Syndrome on Endoscopy
Another spontaneous esophageal perforation (Boerhaave Syndrome) with gross mediastinal soiling from retching a
retching a food bolus ... Syndrome #Endoscopy #EGD
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Myasthenia Gravis ... Myasthenia Gravis ... Worse towards the end ... muscles: “myasthenic crises ... Myasthenia Crises
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
• Myasthenia gravis ... lesion of MLF) • Graves ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
pressure as a cause ... give i.v fluid bolus ... potential surgical causes ... team. ❼ Consider causes ... (eg steroid dependency
Renal tubular acidosis (RTA): refers to a group of conditions all of which cause the same
conditions all of which cause ... the same end result ... different types/causes
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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for intracranial masses ... a mass as the cause ... • Myasthenia Gravis ... • Myasthenia Gravis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... • Myasthenia gravis ... #differential #causes