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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Upper extremity weakness ... Sensory loss below ... anesthesia. leg weakness ... and #Acute #SpinalCord ... #orthopedics #neurology
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
Incomplete Spinal Cord ... Syndromes Anterior Cord ... Syndrome: • Sensory ... #Incomplete #SpinalCord ... Syndromes #Diagnosis #Neurology
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Incomplete spinal cord ... lesion of cervical cord ... sign, variable weakness ... ISCS #Incomplete #spinalcord ... syndromes #diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... below the site of injury ... #spinalcord #disorders ... #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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of Hemiplegia - Differential ... Unilateral Spinal Cord ... ipsilateral to weakness ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... at the level of sensory ... unilateral) #SpinalCord ... syndromes #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Injury by Nerve Root Levels
Spinal Root	Sensory	Motor	Reflex
C4	Acromioclavicular Joint	Respiration	None
C5	Radial Antecubital Fossa	Elbow Flexion	Biceps Reflex
C6	Dorsal Thumb	Wrist Extension	Brachioradialis Reflex
C7	Dorsal
Spinal Cord Injury ... Levels Spinal Root Sensory ... Sphincter None #SpinalCord ... #Levels #differential ... #diagnosis #Neurology
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
No incoming sensory ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... Cortical Blindness, Psychiatric ... Confabulation #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness ... • Spinal Cord: ... Phrenic nerve injury ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
rapid onset of weakness ... Presentation: Injury ... Weakness: - Weakness ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential