Answer BOF 28

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BOF 28
Features of pseudobulbar palsy, all are true, except:
1-dysarhtria
2-dysphagia
3-emotional lability
4-wasting and fasciculation of the tongue
5-exaggerated jaw jerk

Answer 4
Those who don’t practice neurology thinks that this condition is rare, no it is not , it is commonly seen in clinical neurology and has many causes like bilateral hemispheric strokes , upper brain stem lesions etc…
1-spastic Donald duck speech (as if the patient tries to speak from the back of the mouth)
2-oropharyngeal type...i.e. with regurgitation, chocking, coughing
3-true, very characteristic if you see it once
4-FALSE, small spastic conical one
5-true ….

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Revise causes of pseudobulbar palsy ACES for PACES page 494

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