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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... spinal artery injury ... Syndrome ->Cord ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Syndromes Spinal ... cord - Autoimmune ... Brown-Séquard Syndrome ... #Cord #syndromes ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Disease (MS), Epidural ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Phrenic nerve injury ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome ... #diagnosis #neurology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Agglutinin Syndrome ... Clinical Presentation ... , EBV, HIV, rubella ... pts) Differential ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
BEE Syndromes - ... recessive—Usher syndrome ... • Other • Syndromes ... #neurology #noninflammatory ... #differential #
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Symptoms and signs ... Infections: - ... HIV, CMV, HTLV ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #neurology #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Presentation: Injury ... • Bilateral signs ... simplex virus, HIV ... #management #neurology ... #differential
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
• Acute stroke syndromes ... Lesions of the spinal ... Paraneoplastic syndrome ... Lambert-Eaton - Isaacs' syndrome ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
roots Spinal Cord ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... (IRIS): • In HIV ... #differential # ... TB #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... tests in Behcet syndrome ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... adenopathy (PFAPA) syndrome ... #rheumatology #