Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 β€’ CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 β€’ CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy ... One-and-a-half Syndrome ... #Localization #ophthalmology ... #neurology #differential ... #diagnosis #ocular
Motor Syndromes of Cerebral Palsy:

Spastic Hemiplegia, Spastic diplegia, Spastic quadriplegia (β€˜total body involvement’), Athetoid (extrapyramidal, dyskinetic)

#Diagnosis
Motor Syndromes ... of Cerebral Palsy ... dyskinetic) #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #CerebralPalsy ... #Motor #Syndromes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
- Differential Diagnosis ... of facial nerve palsy ... Unilateral: Bell's Palsy ... (70-75%), Infection ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Parkinson's Plus Syndromes - Atypical Parkinsonism
Main motor symptoms:
 β€’ Tremors
 β€’ Limb rigidity
 β€’ Bradykinesia
Other symptoms
Parkinson's Plus Syndromes ... Parkinson's plus syndrome ... Progressive supranuclear palsy ... #Parkinsonism #diagnosis ... #neurology
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 β€’ Intraorbital meningioma 
 β€’ Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... Microvascular disease Infectious ... Miller-Fisher syndrome ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Horner's Syndrome
 β€’ Anhidrosis: Diminished sweating of ipsilateral face and neck
 β€’ Miosis: Loss of sympathetic
Horner's Syndrome ... oculomotor nerve palsy ... neudrawlogy #Horners #Syndrome ... #diagnosis #neurology
CN III Palsy - Oculomotor Nerve
 β€’ Ptosis: Loss of innervation of the levator palpebrae superior.
CN III Palsy - Oculomotor ... comparison to Horner's syndrome ... #CNIII #CN3 #Palsy ... Nerve #Cranial #neurology ... #diagnosis
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 β€’ Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hypercarbia β€’ Infectious ... : Bell's palsy ( ... CNS abscess β€’ Neurologic ... MINT #Mnemonic #neurology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 β€’ Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 β€’ Light-near dissociaton;
Holmes-Adie Syndrome ... females Differential Diagnosis ... : β€’ CN Ill Palsy ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #ophthalmology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 β€’ Dehydration
 β€’ Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 β€’ Liver failure
a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... disease - Post-infectious ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology