Differentials Flashcards
UMN - unilateral
stroke, hemisection, brain abscess, unilateral SOL
UMN - bilateral - motor
hereditary spastic paraparesis (can involve sensory), spinal cord
UMN - bilateral - mixed
Subacute combined degeneration of the cord, taboparesis, anterior cord syndrome, syringomyelia, transverse myelitis, MS, cervical spondylosis, Friedrich’s ataxia
LMN - motor - bilateral proximal
statins, Cushing’s, hypothyroidism, MG, polymyositis, muscular dystrophy, sarcoidosis, MND, spinomuscular atrophy
LMN - motor - bilateral distal
Myotonic dystrophy, MND
LMN - motor - asymmetric
mononeuritis multiplex, MND
LMN - mixed - bilateral proximal
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, porphyria
LMN - mixed, bilateral distal
Charcot Marie Tooth, Guillain Barre, diabetic neuropathy, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, alcoholic neuropathy, paraneoplastic, cauda equina
LMN - mixed - asymmetric
Radiculopathy, vasculitis, compression neuropathy, Lyme’s disease, HIV, chemotherapy