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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... , Acute spinal cord ... injury, Early ALS ... Eclampsia, Late ALS ... #differential #
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... involved) - Tendon reflex ... in deep tendon reflexes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
- Emergency Causes ... or absent anal wink ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness • Spinal Cord ... Motor Nerves: ALS ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Myoedema in Hypothyroidism on Physical Exam

Hypothyroidism is a clinical syndrome resulting from the production, secretion or
syndrome resulting ... abolished tendon reflexes ... (shown in the video ... hammer, caused ... #video #neurology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
experience, the cause ... decompress the spinal cord ... The video highlights ... #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... Causes: 1. ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
form part of the differential ... LMN syndromes are ... clinically characterized ... very different clinical ... positive Babinski reflex
Tromner Sign on Physical Exam

The Trömner sign is commonly used as a clinical neurological examination for
a clinical neurological ... of the spinal cord ... or index finger causes ... #clinical #Video ... #Neurology #physicalexam
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
of the clinical ... multiple spinal cord ... - Causes progressive ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... conditions listed in differential