The adult spinal cord extends from the cervicomedullary junction at the upper border of the atlas vertebra to conus medullaris at the lower edge of the first lumbar vertebra. The spinal cord has a cervical, and lumbar enlargement corresponding to […]
In this session, we will learn how to approach a patient with lower motor neuron weakness. When somebody presents with weakness, the lesion could be in either the upper motor neuron or lower motor neuron. Suppose the lesion is anywhere […]
In the last episode we learnt how to approach a case of weakness. We learned that the first step is to make sure that there is true weakness. Once you are sure that there is true weakness the next step […]
Weakness is a common symptom with which a patient presents in neurology. In this episode we will see how to approach a patient with weakness. For this we need to know the motor pathway. What happens when you decide to […]
The history is the story that the physician composes to help himself and others understand the patient’s disease. This is how Sapira describes a medical history. As in other medical specialties, in neurology the history is the critical and important […]
