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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
stroke, Acute spinal ... polyneuropathy (e.g ... Testing #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
cord - Spinal Cord ... result in permanent neurologic ... - Infection (e.g ... #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
alterations (e.g ... derangements (e.g ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #
Causes of Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Motility: Diet, IBS-C, Colonic inertia, Pelvic floor disorders,
Parkinson's disease, Spinal ... cord injury, Neuropathy ... Calcium supplements, etc ... disease, Anal pain ... (e.g. fissure),
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
lesions + Rheumatic pain ... thickening • Osteitis: pain ... and spine, & medium ... antiinflammatory properties e.g ... Tetracyclines etc
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Lesions of the spinal ... cord • Inflammatory ... dystrophies Work ... electromyographic (EMG
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Pain Eyes ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... disease, Vasculitis (e.g ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
the brain and spinal ... cord. ... unit activity on EMG ... of diazepam • EMG ... EMG Studies:
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... inflammatory disease (e.g ... Chemistry profile (e.g ... , and low back pain ... Arthritis #laboratory #workup
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... not be subtle e.g ... very remarkable w/differential ... E.g. 80 yo ESR cutoff ... claudication: pain