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ANTERIOR HORN CELL DISORDERS Flashcards

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⚡⚡ MOST COMMON type of MND

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AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS

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UMN ➕ LMN MND

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

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Pure LMN MND

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⭐ Spinal Muscle Atrophy
⭐ Multi focal Motor Neuropathy

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Pure UMN MND

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Primary Lateral Sclerosis

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Paraproteinemias is ASSOCIATED with

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MMN

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Lou Gehrig’s Disease

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

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On an ATROPHIC or WASTED LIMB, if Reflexes are ⬆️ ⬆️

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

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Weakness in ALS

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Late feature
DISTAL Weakness

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Bulbar Palsy vs Psuedo Bulbar palsy
🧠⚡JGT SO madarchod ⚡
🧠⚡ JG ⬆️ in Psudobulbar Palsy ⚡
🧠⚡ Emotional liability (incontinence) seen in Pseudobulbar palsy⚡

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Basic Difference between Bulbar and PseudoBulbar palsy

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Bulbar is LMN LESION of CN 9,10,11,12 (Cranial Nerve nuclei in Brainstem undergoes atrophy)

PseudoBulbar is U/L UMN LESION of CN 9,10,11,12 (Cortico-bulbar fibers involvement)

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1st SYMPTOM OF BULBAR PALSY

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Nasal twang and Nasal Regurgitation
⬇️
Flaccid Tongue and Fasiculations
⬇️
Flaccid Dysarthria

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Bulbar DYSARTHRIA

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Flaccid Dysarthria

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PseudoBulbar Dysarthria

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✨ Spastic Dysarthria
✨ Donald Duck speech
✨ Hot potato speech

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Bulbar Onset Dysarthria

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1st SYMPTOM is DYSARTHRIA

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15
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Never involved in ALS

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✨ Sensory symptoms
✨ ANS
✨ BOWEL & BLADDER
✨ Cognition
✨ Extraocular muscles

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16
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EMG in ALS

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Long duration Polyphasic Fasciculation potentials ➕ Fibrillation

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MRI in ALS

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B/L symmetrical Hyper intensity in Corticospinal Tract

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Kennedy’s disease

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X-linked Spinobulbar Muscle Atrophy
✨ Pure LMN lesion
✨ Progressive weakness of limbs (Distal > Proximal) & Bukhar Muscles
✨ Androgen insensitivity
✨ Tremors ➕
✨ Trinucleotide Repeats ➕

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Hirayama Disease
Benign Monomelic Amyotrophy

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✨ Dura comes anteriorly & compresses the spinal cord
✨ C8-T1
✨ Upper Limb wasting, weakness & Fasiculations
✨ Presents like MND

20
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Hirayama Disease MRI

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  1. Atrophy (OR) Thinning of Middle & Lower Cervical Spinal Cors
  2. ⬆️ Intensity in Epidural Space
21
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Madras MND

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LMN > > UMN
PROXIMAL = DISTAL Involvement
Bifacial Weakness
Severe Tongue Involvement
Hearing Loss ➕

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