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Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... suspected, immediate MRI ... #MSK #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms ... #signs
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
clumsiness in hands ... #Acute #SpinalCord ... #signs #symptoms ... #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
anterior sail sign ... can't make A-OK sign ... ), compartment syndrome ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #MSK
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
bulbar muscles ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... axonal form • MRI ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... Signs and symptoms ... resonance imaging [MRI ... objective evidence of neurologic ... #management #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Vertebral burst fracture ... herniation - Lumbar ... unilateral) #SpinalCord ... #differential #diagnosis ... #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
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... • The cardinal features ... DIAGNOSIS: • Lumber ... - Spinal MRI may ... #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
signs below the ... compression by fractured ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #spinal #cord #spinalcord ... #neurology #differential
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
myasthenia Diagnosis ... test - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology