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Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... deficiency - Syrinx ... Lower motor neuron symptoms ... Upper motor neuron symptoms ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin ... Cold Agglutinins ... Viral Infection Clinical ... sensitize red blood cells ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Cold Urticaria Prevalence ... life Causes and clinical ... skin contact with cold ... minutes after the cold ... #comparison #table
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
of the spinal cord ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... to the spinal cord ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Loss of parental copy ... Syndrome Signs/Symptoms ... , sleep apnea, cor ... pulmonale #PraderWilli
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Cryofibrinogen is a cold ... - Albumin - Cold ... Cryofibrinogenemia Symptoms ... may include: • Cold ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... matter, spinal cord ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... #rheumatology #
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
combination of the clinical ... cellular function Clinical ... multiple spinal cord ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology