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Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... muscular atrophy • Hodgkin's ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... Dystrophy • Statin ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology
String Test in Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS)

A positive string test in a confabulating patient with Wernicke's-Korsakoff syndrome.
These
Syndrome (WKS) ... Wernicke's-Korsakoff syndrome ... Wernicke #Korsakoff #Syndrome ... #WKS #clinical ... #neurology #physicalexam
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
and Differential Diagnosis ... investigations depending on clinical ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... NT-proBNP, cardiac imaging ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
effects of SCC or Hodgkin ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... Imaging - CT Chest ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Guillain-Barre syndrome ... heavy metals), Critical ... poisoning, Scorpion sting ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus (SLE) Clinical ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... permeability Diagnosis ... Secondary prevention (statin ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
PRES) Overview Clinico-Radiological ... brain PRES Clinical ... may precede the neurologic ... PRES-Associated Clinical ... #neurology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... runner presents to clinic ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... shudder by M‐mode imaging ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
Horner's Syndrome ... consistent with a diagnosis ... #clinical #video ... ophthalmology #physicalexam ... #neurology #Anisocoria
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... Carpal tunnel syndrome ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram