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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 ... bladder and rectal reflex ... signs #symptoms #msk
Positive Hoffmann’s Test (Finger Flexor Reflex) on Physical Examination

Indicates cervical spinal cord compression in this patient
(Finger Flexor Reflex ... Indicates cervical spinal ... cord compression ... #Hoffmanns #Reflex ... PhysicalExam #Clinical #Video
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
cord - Spinal Cord ... Syndromes Spinal ... in deep tendon reflexes ... #Cord #syndromes ... #lesions #differential
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... stroke, Acute spinal ... cord injury Generalized ... cord injury, Early ... Testing #Causes #differential
Spinal Cord Injury by Nerve Root Levels
Spinal Root	Sensory	Motor	Reflex
C4	Acromioclavicular Joint	Respiration	None
C5	Radial Antecubital Fossa	Elbow Flexion	Biceps Reflex
C6	Dorsal Thumb	Wrist Extension	Brachioradialis Reflex
C7	Dorsal
Spinal Cord Injury ... Nerve Root Levels Spinal ... Sensory Motor Reflex ... NerveRoots #Levels #differential ... diagnosis #Neurology #Spine
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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constipation Differential ... cord infarct ... spondylitis • Tethered cord ... wink test - reflex ... #differential #
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
to the entire spinal ... cord - Signs and ... Hyperreflexia (deep-tendon reflex ... signs #symptoms #msk
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... diagnosis #neurology #differential
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
pathway and the spinal ... middle finger. 2) Ask ... the patient to relax ... Hoffmanns #Sign #Reflex ... Abnormal #clinical #video
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
disorder of the spinal ... 10-33% develop MS ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... spinal MRI • ... management #neurology #differential