Differntials Flashcards
1
Q
Neuromuscular weakness
A
Spinal Cord
1. Demyelinating Dz
2. Epidural abscess
3. Infarction
4. Syringomyelia
5. Tetanus
6. Transverse Myelitis
7. Trauma
8. Tumor
Motor Nerves
1. ALS
2. Cervical spondylosis
3. Poliomyelitis
4. GBS
5. Mononeuritis multiplex
6. Phrenic N. Injury
7. Sarcoid
8. Toxins (heavy metals)
9. Critical illness neuromyopathy
NMJ
1. Botulism
2. LE + MG
3. Organophosphate poisoning
4. Shellfish poisoning
5. Meds –> AChEi’s, aminoglycosides
Muscles
1. Malnutrition
2. Metabolic abnl’s (hypOK+)
3. Mitochondrial myopathy
4. Myotonic dystrophy
5. Muscular dystrophy
6. Polymyositis/dermato
7. Thyroid
