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Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Motor Neuropathy - Atrophy ... , Fasciculations ... Spinal Muscular Atrophy ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Causes of Peripheral ... Motor Neuropathy - Atrophy ... , Fasciculations ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
neurotransmitter cause ... fasciculations. ... to prevent the atrophy ... & LMN lesions cause ... This lesion causes
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
Causes of Dysarthria ... Tongue and Facial Atrophy ... Fasciculations ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... muscles, muscle atrophy ... loss of muscle (atrophy ... Muscle twitching (fasciculations ... BULBAR: Tongue fasciculations
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... Loss of muscle (atrophy ... Muscle twitching (fasciculations
Bilateral LMN palsy with tongue weakness, wasting and fasciculations.  →  Bulbar motor Neuron disease

Note
weakness, wasting and fasciculations ... bobvarkey #tongue #atrophy ... #fasciculations
Muscle Fasciculations on Physical Exam

81 year old patient. History of swallowing disorders, weight loss and muscle
Muscle Fasciculations ... finding of muscular atrophy ... and fasciculations ... together with atrophy ... #Muscle #Fasciculations
Upper Versus Lower Motor Neuron Findings

Denervation near the target muscle fibers (lower motor neuron disease) results
leads to muscle atrophy ... activity produces fasciculation
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
see right sided atrophy ... deviation, and fasiculations ... Remember: atrophy ... and fasiculations ... NateWarnerMD #Tongue #Fasciculations