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Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Lower motor neuron symptoms ... Upper motor neuron symptoms ... patients with a long ... anterior horn gray ... Vertebral burst fracture
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
Rib fractures on ... in line on long ... as a step off / fracture ... #Rib #fracture # ... POCUS #clinical
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
: Clinical findings ... : • Symptoms and ... signs below the ... site of a lesion ... compression by fractured
Paget’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Incr serum CTx - marker of bone resorption
 •
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... • Lytic bone lesions ... , kyphosis and fractures ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... Rib Fractures Rib ... fractures, though ... fractures. ... fractures are not
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Diagnosis and Clinical ... , pathological fractures ... /or MRI of the skull ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
Osteoarthritis • Lytic lesions ... -> Pathologic fractures ... or the spinal cord ... radiculopathy • Skull ... #symptoms #complications
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
: LCH exhibits features ... populations) CLINICAL ... commonly in the skull ... , ribs, and long ... • Pulmonary Symptoms