Making Sense of Sensory Ganglionopathies and Sjogren’s Syndrome

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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