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Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
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Radiculopathy: Signs ... supplied by the nerve ... and vibration later ... Tilting head back + laterally ... #symptoms #pathophysiology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
dysfunction, and bilateral ... Neuropathy - Foot drop ... dorsum of foot and lateral ... damage to peroneal nerve ... fibular neck such as
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
sclerosis Pathophysiology ... of UMN and LMN signs ... of UMN and LMN signs ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... activity between nerve
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Compression/injury of Lateral ... Femoral Cutaneous Nerve ... purely sensory nerve ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK #pathophysiology ... differential #diagnosis #signs
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
inflammation of all ... eye including intraocular ... - Impinges on nerves ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
lumbar spine Signs ... damage to sacral nerves ... not have to be bilateral ... • As soon as ... Syndrome #MSK #pathophysiology
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines ... POCUS lung exam ... Also has partially ... seen shred sign ... Bilateral B-lines
Scoliosis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings (Cobb Angle > 10 Degrees)

 • Incr Axial rotation of thoracic
cage) • Incr lateral ... canal -> Spinal nerve ... pain • Incr lateral ... #Scoliosis #pathophysiology ... msk #diagnosis #signs
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
Acute loss of lateral ... Structural damage to nerves ... Dislocation #Diagnosis #signs ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology
Retinoblastoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Sporadic mutation -> One allele of RB1 tumor suppressor gene
gene mutated in all ... of the cell -> Bilateral ... Retinoblastoma Signs ... Retinoblastoma #pathophysiology ... ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs