Signs are:
- spastic tongue
- brisk jaw jerk
- emotional incontinence
- 'Donald Duck' voice.
Causes include:
- MS
- MND
- PD
- stroke
- high brain stem tumour
Just one more skirmish with neurology to go today, in the form of multifocal motor neuropathy.
Monday, 13 September 2010
MRCP revision battle 10.4: Pseudobulbar palsy
Pseudobulbar palsy is a UMN palsy of the muscles affecting eating, swallowing and talking above the midpons.
Signs are:
Causes include:
Just one more skirmish with neurology to go today, in the form of multifocal motor neuropathy.
Signs are:
Causes include:
Just one more skirmish with neurology to go today, in the form of multifocal motor neuropathy.
