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Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
Syndromes Anterior ... Cord Syndrome: ... disruption of anterior ... #Incomplete #SpinalCord ... #Neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Cord Syndrome - ... Syndrome ->Cord ... and #Acute #SpinalCord ... #Injury #Syndromes ... #orthopedics #neurology
Spinal Cord Injury Syndromes
Complete, Incomplete, Paraplegia, Tetraplegia
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes:
 - Brown Sequard Syndrome
 - Anterior
Spinal Cord Injury ... - Anterior Cord ... Cord Syndrome ... #Injury #Syndromes ... #BrownSequard #Anterior
Central Cord Syndromes
 - Anterior Cord Syndrome
 - Central Cord Syndrome
 - Brown Sequard Syndrome

#CentralCord #Syndromes
Central Cord Syndromes ... - Anterior Cord ... Cord Syndrome ... #Anterior #Central ... #BrownSequard #Neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... result in permanent neurologic ... - Anterior spinal ... unilateral) #SpinalCord ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Myotomes of the Spinal Cord
Each segmental nerve root innervates more than one muscle. For simplicity, certain
of the Spinal Cord ... that the spinal cord ... more resilient to injury ... #Myotomes #SpinalCord ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Spinal Cord Injury by Nerve Root Levels
Spinal Root	Sensory	Motor	Reflex
C4	Acromioclavicular Joint	Respiration	None
C5	Radial Antecubital Fossa	Elbow Flexion	Biceps Reflex
C6	Dorsal Thumb	Wrist Extension	Brachioradialis Reflex
C7	Dorsal
Spinal Cord Injury ... Abdominal Reflex L2 Anterior ... Sphincter None #SpinalCord ... #Injury #NerveRoots ... differential #diagnosis #Neurology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
, Acute spinal cord ... injury Generalized ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... injury, Early ALS ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Incomplete spinal cord ... syndromes (ISCS ... level of lesion (anterior ... ISCS #Incomplete #spinalcord ... #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Weakness • Spinal Cord ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Phrenic nerve injury ... Shellfish poisoning, Meds ... differential #diagnosis #neurology