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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
 •
Sciatica: often bilateral ... - Emergency Causes ... or unilateral lower ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Syndromes Spinal ... Causes of spinal ... Weakness - Lower ... (more commonly bilateral ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Lower Extremity ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Commonly caused ... - Narrowing of spinal ... sensory #motor #leg #physicalexam
Bilateral Ballism on Neurological Examination - Movement Disorders

In this case caused by herpes encephalitis with thalamic
Bilateral Ballism ... caused by herpes ... #Ballism #clinical ... #video #neurology ... #movement #physicalexam
Bilateral Ballism on Neurological Examination - Movement Disorders

In this case caused by Bilateral limb-shaking transient ischemic
Examination - Movement ... caused by Bilateral ... Ballism #LSTIA #clinical ... #video #neurology ... #movement #physicalexam
Beevor's Sign on Physical Exam

Beevor's sign is abnormal upward (cephalad) movement of the umbilicus with truncal
upward (cephalad) movement ... usually reflects lower ... paralysis from spinal ... Beevors #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Holmes-Adie Syndrome ... abnormal extraocular movements ... dissociation • Other causes ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology
Bilateral Chorea–Ballism on Neurological Examination - Movement Disorders

This case occurred after cardiac arrest.

#Bilateral #chorea #Ballism #ballismus
Bilateral Chorea–Ballism ... Disorders This case ... Ballism #ballismus #clinical ... #video #neurology ... #movement #physicalexam
Bilateral Chorea–Ballismus on Neurological Examination - Movement Disorders

This case was in nonketotic hyperglycemia.

#Bilateral #chorea #Ballism #ballismus
Disorders This case ... #Bilateral #chorea ... Ballism #ballismus #clinical ... #video #neurology ... #movement #physicalexam
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... Tract Lesions: • Bilateral ... Cord Causes: 1 ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology