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Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Causes of Pediatric ... Constipation - ... Disease • Spinal Cord ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... #Causes #Peds #
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Multiple Sclerosis ... • Or brainstem syndromes ... Signs and symptoms ... Progressive MS (Spinal cord ... #management #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... Framework Spinal cord ... and signs below ... level of spinal cord ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome
Stool Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Affected Pelvic Floor 
 - Trauma/Surgery
   • Surgery: Anorectal,
Floor - Chronic Constipation ... Disease) • Multiple ... Sclerosis • ... Brain, Spinal Cord ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Pediatric Constipation ... Disease • Spinal Cord ... Guillan-Barré Syndrome ... #Constipation ... #Causes #Peds
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Loss of parental copy ... Signs/Symptoms ... , sleep apnea, cor ... pathophysiology #peds ... #pediatrics
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... so-called ‘red flag’ symptoms ... gunshot wounds • constipation ... Diagnosis: • Spinal cord ... spondylitis • Tethered cord
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
of the spinal cord ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... sclerosis, NMOSD ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ... brainstem and multiple ... spinal cord regions ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... neurology #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
inflammation of multiple ... matter, spinal cord ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms