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Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Spine: Lumbar strain ... fracture, Spinal stenosis ... cholecystitis; • Neurologic ... Diagnosis #causes ... #primarycare #msk
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 ... Diagnosis: • ... stenosis • Vascular ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease - Skull/spine ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... #Differential # ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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compression, spinal stenosis ... , lumbar arthropathies ... superior iliac spine ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential
Lumbar Stenosis - Canal and Foraminal Stenosis Grading

How do we tell if the nerves have enough
Lumbar Stenosis ... Lumbar Canal Stenosis ... Canal #Foraminal #diagnosis ... #neurology #spine ... neuroradiology #orthopedics
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... : - Spinal stenosis ... herniation - Lumbar ... syndromes #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Subluxation) Spine ... Deformity #Limp #MSK ... #Differential # ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... Escorial criteria uses ... cervical and thoracic spine ... conditions listed in differential ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... immunologic assay - MuSK ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology