Multiple Cranial Neuropathies - High Yield Differential Diagnosis
• Intrinsic brainstem process
• Compressive brainstem process
• Cavernous sinus process
• Neurosarcoidosis
• CNS Lyme Disease, TB, VZV, syphilis, cryptococcus
• Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis
• Miller Fisher Syndrome variant-GBS
• Bulbar ALS
* Non-Neuropathy but also important for facial weakness:
• Myasthenia Gravis (much more rarely botulism)
Casey Albin, MD @caseyalbin
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