Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... disease • Myasthenia ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis ... #differential # ... causes #neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework "l feel weak": • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis •
Generalized Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... NMJ disorder (Myasthenia ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Eaton Syndrome, Myasthenia ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... More likely to cause ... glucocorticoids - can cause ... #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Diagnosis Baseline ... clinical context and signs ... cryoglobulins, hepatitis serology ... , HIV serology, ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Skew Deviation Casey ... #Localization #ophthalmology ... #neurology #differential ... #diagnosis #ocular
Priapism Secondary Causes: Medications- intracavernosal injections, anticoagulants, PDE5 inhibitors, alpha blockers, methylphenidate, cocaine Any hyperviscosity syndrome (SCD, leukemia,
Secondary Causes ... #Priapism #Diagnosis ... #Management #Urology ... #Differential
Adie's Pupil What? Unknown nature & benign • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm); • Light-near dissociaton;
Young females Differential ... Diagnosis: • CN ... dissociation • Other causes ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #ophthalmology
Rhombencephalitis BACTERIAL - Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later) - Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Pneumococcus - Brucella - Borrelia (Lyme Disease) -
symptoms similar to myasthenia ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Neurology
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis Red Flags (SNOOP): S - Systemic N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Diagnosis Red ... causes #primary ... #secondary #management ... #neurology
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