Differentials Flashcards

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UMN - unilateral

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stroke, hemisection, brain abscess, unilateral SOL

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UMN - bilateral - motor

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hereditary spastic paraparesis (can involve sensory), spinal cord

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UMN - bilateral - mixed

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Subacute combined degeneration of the cord, taboparesis, anterior cord syndrome, syringomyelia, transverse myelitis, MS, cervical spondylosis, Friedrich’s ataxia

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LMN - motor - bilateral proximal

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statins, Cushing’s, hypothyroidism, MG, polymyositis, muscular dystrophy, sarcoidosis, MND, spinomuscular atrophy

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LMN - motor - bilateral distal

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Myotonic dystrophy, MND

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LMN - motor - asymmetric

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mononeuritis multiplex, MND

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LMN - mixed - bilateral proximal

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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, porphyria

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LMN - mixed, bilateral distal

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Charcot Marie Tooth, Guillain Barre, diabetic neuropathy, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, alcoholic neuropathy, paraneoplastic, cauda equina

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LMN - mixed - asymmetric

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Radiculopathy, vasculitis, compression neuropathy, Lyme’s disease, HIV, chemotherapy

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