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Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Other Congenital Syndromes ... - Spinal Cord ... • Spinal ... Muscular Atrophy ... • Central Core
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
from the cerebral cortex ... may arise from disease ... LMN syndromes are ... clinically characterized ... very different clinical
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... lesion: Clinical ... • Symptoms and signs ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... Loss of muscle (atrophy
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Infection (UTI) • Atrophic ... Contraction - Signs ... neuropathy or spinal ... cord disease, cauda ... equina syndrome
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... white matter, spinal ... cord, and basal ... (Clinical Dx). ... diagnosis #management #signs
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... brainstem and multiple spinal ... cord regions of ... course of the disease ... cervical and thoracic spine
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Cushing's Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Clinical ... head • Muscle atrophy ... • The adrenal cortex ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis #signs
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... • Or brainstem syndromes ... stimulation Clinical ... Progressive MS (Spinal ... cord predominant
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
Recurrent Falls Core ... Cataracts - Macular ... deficiency) - Spinal ... cord disorders ... positive Romberg sign