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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 ... Examination - bilateral ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
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
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

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

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... spasticity • Lower ... Upper extremity, lower ... #neurology #differential
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 ... Upper extremity, lower ... cervical and thoracic spine ... #Sclerosis #neurology
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
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
to demonstrate bilateral ... the RF test but lower ... titer, ACE level, CXR ... (to support a diagnosis ... ANA and RF (if clinical
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