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Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Intrinsic Spine ... nucleus pulposus, Compression ... fracture, Spinal ... cholecystitis; • Neurologic
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
 -
Critical and Emergent Causes ... Brainstem - Spinal ... Brainstem - Spinal ... #Differential #Neurology ... #Causes #Diagnosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... cord compression ... Spinal Cord Causes ... spinalcord #disorders #diagnosis ... #neurology #differential
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
TRAUMA: Compression ... fractures: Don't cause ... or neurologic deficit ... • Vertebral compression ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... 75%), Infection, Compression ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology #sparing
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - Causes ... stroke, Acute spinal ... Delayed finding in spinal ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
due to severe compression ... - Emergency Causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Myocarditis Pulmonary ... • Trauma - Neurologic ... Disorder • Spinal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
- Differential Diagnosis ... arthritis of the spine ... Spondylolisthesis • Spinal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #primarycare
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis ... • Infectious causes ... Transverse #Myelitis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology