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  • family (canned goods)
  • descending paralysis
  • obligate anaerobe, gram +, spore former
  • flaccid paralysis
  • Floppy baby –> ingestion of spores from honey
  • adult –> ingestion of preformed toxin in canned goods
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Clostridium botulinum

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  • paralysis of posterior oral pharynx
  • demyelination
  • can spread to other nerves
  • gram + rod
  • pseudomembrane in throat
  • bulls neck
  • Tellurite and loefler’s media
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Corynebacterium diptheriae

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  • Gram neg. rod, comma shaped
  • can cause Guille Barre (demyelination of peripheral nerves . . ascending paralysis)
  • bloody diarrhea
  • lives in gut of poutry
  • oxidase +
  • can also cause reactive arthritis
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Campylobacter jejuni

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  • acid fast
  • symmetric neuropathy in glove and stalking pattern
  • skin plaques on extensor surfaces
  • lionine faces
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lepromatous mycobacterium

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  • Northeast US
  • Ixodes tick
  • spirochete
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Borrelia . .lyme disease

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stages of lyme disease

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1: bulls eye rash and flu like symptoms
2; heart block and bilateral bell’s palsy
3; migratory polyarthritis of large joints and mild encephalopathy

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what type of neuropathy in DM

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distal symmetric ascending sensorimotor neuropathy

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Bells palsy is often associated with what

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  • URI

- or diabetes

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what type of neuropathy is Guillain-Barre syndrome

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-Acute inflammatory Demyelinating polyneuropathy . . immune mediated

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in pacific islands, what has been associated with a relatively high incidence of Guillain Barre syndrome

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Zika

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Clinical features of Guillain Barre

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  • Mostly motor: ascending paralysis and areflexia, loss of pain sensation
  • CSF: increase in protein and little inflammatory cells
  • Treat with plasmapheresis and IVIG
  • Small % don’t respond to treatment
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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating poly(radiculo)neuropathy is symmetrical mixed sensorimotor polyneuropathy that persists for how long

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> 2 months

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onion bulb neuropathy

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Chronic inflammatory Demyelinating Poly(radiculo)neuropathy

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Diptheria produces an acute peripheral neuropathy associated with what

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prominent bulbar and respiratory muscle dysfunction

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compression of brachial plexus

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Apex of lung Cx

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compression of obturator nerve

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Pelvic neoplasm

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polyradiculopathy involving lower extremity . . compression of what

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cauda equine by meningeal carcinomatosis

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paraneoplastic neuropathy

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  • anti-Hu antibodies
  • Small cell lung cancer
  • CD8 mediated attack of dorsal root ganglion
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POEMS syndrome

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  • polyneuropathy
  • organomegaly
  • endocrinopathy
  • monoclonal gammapathy
  • skin changes
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describe Morton neuroma

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  • w>M
  • compression neuropathy affecting interdigital nerve at intermetatarsal sites
  • leads to foot pain
  • perineural fibrosis
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inherited peripheral neuropathies are often present in who

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adults

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what are the 3 charcot-Marie Tooth diseases . . inherited neuropathies

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CMT1 (2nd decade) . AD
CMTX . X linked . genes encode connexin32
CMT2 (very early in life) . .AD . . MFN2 gene

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Describe hereditary neuropathy with pressure palsy

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  • PMP22 gene

- compression of individual nerves at sites that are prone to entrapment

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Describe the morphologic feature of nerves in Hereditary neuropathy with pressure palsy

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-swollen, bulbous myelin sheaths at the end of internodes . . . Tomaculi architectures

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Regardless of the cause, disorders that impair the function of neuromuscular junctions tend to present with what?
painless weakness
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epidemiology of myasthenia Gravis disease
- bimodal age distribution - female to male, 2:1 - young adults - in older adults there is males predominance
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strong association b/t myasthenia Gravis and what abnormalities
Thymic . . thymoma or thymic hyperplasia | -usually absent if in older patient tho
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- fluctuating weakness that worsens with exertion - diplopia - ptosis
Myasthenia Gravis
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Lambert-Eaton myasthenic Syndrome is an autoimmune disorder caused by antibodies that block what?
ACh release by inhibiting a presynaptic Ca channel
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how do you distinguish Lambert eaton from Myathenic syndrome
Lambert eaton: repetitive stimulation increases muscle response rather than causes fatigue
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about half of lambert Eaton cases associated with what
underlying malignancy most often neuroendocrine carcinoma of lung
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Type II fiber atrophy with sparing of type I fibers is seen with prolonged use of what?
corticosteroids
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what are the 3 inflammatory myopathies
- polymyositis - dermatomyositis - inclusion body myositis
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polymyositis and dermatomyositis show typical features of autoimmune inflammatory diseases, including association with what genotype
HLA-DR
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inflammatory myopathy that is a chronic progressive disease of older patients and associated with rimmed vacuoles
inclusion body myositis
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features of Dermatomyositis
- children and adults - latter frequently as paraneoplastic disorder - immune damage to small blood vessels and perifascicular atrophy - helitrope rash - scaling erythematous eruption or dusky red patches over knuckles, elbows, and knees (Gattron papules)
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autoantibodies and specific presentations of Dermatomyositis
- Anti-Mi2: Gattron papules and heliotrope rash - Anti-Jo1: interstitial lung disease, skin rash described as "mechanic's hands" - Anti-P155/P140: paraneoplastic and juvenile cases - CD4+ cells
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this inflammatory myopathy is an adult onset myopathy caused by CD8 cells
polymyositis
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what does polymyositis lack that dermatomyositis has
cutaneous features
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Describe inclusion body myositis
- later adulthood . .older than 50. most over 65 - most severe weakness in quads - dysphagia can occur - cN1A - elevated creatine kinase - rimmed vacuoles on Gomori trichrome stain
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what is the most common complication of statins what other things cause muscle toxicity
myopathy -unrelated to dose, cumulative dose, or statin type - anti-malarials - thyroid disease - alcohol
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response of inflammatory myopathies to steroids and immunosuppressive drugs
- dermatomyositis and polymyositis respond | - inclusion body myositis does NOT
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congenital myopathy that has defect in ryanodine receptor-1 (RYR!)
central core disease
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the 3 diseases that cause "floppy" infant
- central core disease - Nemaline myopathy (NEM) - Centronuclear myopathy
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Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy are caused by what
LOF mutations in dystrophin gene on X-chromosome
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morphology for muscular dystrophy
- segmental myofiber degeneration and regeneration with admixture of atrophic myofibers - fatty replacement - variation in size of myofibers - absence of normal sarcolemmal staining pattern in Duchenne - Reduced staining in Becker
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Clinical features in Muscular dystrophy
- boys - normal at birth - walking delayed - clumsiness and poor coordination first noted - Pseudohypertrophy of calf muscles - wheel chair by age 9.5 (average) - death by 25-30 - cardiomyopathies and arrythmias
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Treatment for duchenne MD
supportive care
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features of myotonic dystrophy
- AD - triplet repeat expansion - skeletal muscle weakness - cataracts - endocrinopathy - cardiomyopathy
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this MD is associated with a characteristic pattern of muscle involvement that includes prominent weakness of facial muscles and muscles of the shoulder girdle
Fascioscapulohumeral dystrophy
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chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia is a common feature of what disorders
mitochondrial
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- ragged red fibers | - concentric membranous rings ("phonograph record")
mitochondrial myopathy
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neuropathic disorder in which loss of motor neurons leads to muscle weakness and atrophy . . floppy infant
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
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morphology of SMA
rare hypertrophied myofibers admixed with numerous atrophic rounded myofibers
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pathogenesis of SMA
- Autosomal recessive | - SMN1 gene
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synonyms for SMA
-Werdnig-Hoffmann disease
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describe subtypes of SMA and age of onset
- SMA 0: extremely weak at birth. immediate ventilation and don't breath independently - SMA 1: onset prior to 6 months (Werdnig Hoffman) - SMA 2: prior to age 1. will sit but never walk - SMA 3: after 1 will walk then lose ability - SMA 4: before age 10
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clinical manifestations of ion channel myopathies
depending on channel affected may include epilepsy, migraine, movement disorders with cerebellar dysfunction, peripheral nerve disease, muscle disease

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