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Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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- Emergency Causes ... neoplasms • trauma ... Differential Diagnosis ... Imaging studies: • MRI ... #causes #neurology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Leg Pain: • Fracture ... • Bursitis • IBD ... • Crush injury ... #lower #extremity
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... infection that cross-reacts ... Meningococcal), surgery, trauma ... paralysis of all extremity ... nerve roots and cauda
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
suffered no head trauma ... Several of the diagnoses ... arise from blunt trauma ... are diagnosed with ... #Radiology #CTChest