Making Sense of Sensory Ganglionopathies and Sjogren’s Syndrome

ByAdam J. Brown, MD

A sensational (or lack thereof) series on the signs and symptoms of the spellbinding sensory ganglionopathies.

Intro :12
Today’s episode :16
Anatomy review 1:32
Large fiber vs. small fiber nerves 4:47
Case presentation 6:11
Neurologic examination of patient 8:31
What is pseudoathetoid posturing? 10:11
What does it mean to be length independent? 14:30
What is sensory ganglionopathy? 16:19
How did the differential evolve throughout history? 18:50
How do things get out of the synovium? 23:19
Why does rheumatology get involved? 26:12
Case series of patients with Sjogren’s syndrome and sensory ganglionopathy 28:20
How do we treat it? 32:48
Summary 34:09
Thank you 36:59

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