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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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Sciatica: often bilateral ... Differential Diagnosis ... : • Spinal cord ... spondylitis • Tethered cord ... #differential #diagnosis
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
Common Differential Diagnosis ... may radiate into lower ... Lumbar Spinal Stenosis ... cord), or both. ... #Lower #BackPain
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
cord - Spinal Cord ... Weakness - Lower ... If the spinal cord ... herniation - Lumbar ... #differential #diagnosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... lesion: Clinical ... spasticity • Lower ... Upper extremity, lower
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Compression/injury of Lateral ... stenosis, lumbar ... must be absent: lower ... superior iliac spine
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
confirmed on the lateral ... follow the thoracic spine ... the opposite #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
combination of the clinical ... brainstem and multiple spinal ... cord regions of ... Upper extremity, lower ... cervical and thoracic spine
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
not expect the apical ... overinflation of the lower ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR ... With multiple lower