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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
bulbar muscles ... Diagnosis: • ... axonal form • MRI ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... management #treatment #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
• The cardinal features ... DIAGNOSIS: • Lumber ... demyelinating or axonal • MRI ... - Spinal MRI may ... #management #neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
clumsiness in hands ... #Acute #SpinalCord ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
bulbar and respiratory ... LMN signs in the ... with limb features ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... signs below the ... compression by fractured ... #spinal #cord #spinalcord ... #neurology #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Alterations: - Sensory features ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... • Bilateral signs ... Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis ... #management #neurology