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Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Motor Neuron and ... • Myasthenia Gravis ... Dystrophy • Statin ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis ... Mitochondrial myopathy, Muscular ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Caused by proximal muscle weakness typically seen in muscular dystrophy

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam
Gowers' Sign on ... Physical Exam Caused ... #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #clinical ... #dystrophy
Beevor's Sign on Physical Exam

Beevor's sign is abnormal upward (cephalad) movement of the umbilicus with truncal
facioscapulohumeral muscular ... dystrophy (FSHD ... ) and inclusion ... PhysicalExam #clinical ... video #umbilicus #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
syndrome - Myotonic dystrophy ... test - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Ocular Myasthenia Gravis on Physical Exam

A 41yo female was referred by her neurologist for double vision.
Her clinical exam ... such as cogan sign ... always ask your ... #PhysicalExam # ... ophthalmology #neurology
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSH, FSHD)

Young man with left sided wasting. On examination with prominent axillary folds
Dystrophy (FSH, ... middle trapezius causes ... #FSHD #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #shoulder #neurology
Froment’s Test for Ulnar Nerve Palsy

This tests for pinch grip weakness caused by ulnar nerve palsy,
grip weakness caused ... #video #neurology ... #physicalexam # ... msk #orthopedics ... #sports #hand
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
Hoffman's sign. ... this specific case ... Positive #Abnormal #clinical ... #video #neurology ... #PhysicalExam
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
Causes of Dysarthria ... • Myasthenia Gravis ... • Muscular Dystrophy ... #Dysarthria #Neurology ... #Causes