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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
bladder and rectal reflex ... and #Acute #SpinalCord ... #Injury #Syndromes ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
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 ... Femoral Condyle Knee ... Sphincter None #SpinalCord ... #Injury #NerveRoots ... differential #diagnosis #Neurology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... stroke, Acute spinal ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... cord injury, Early ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Syndromes Spinal ... result in permanent neurologic ... involved) - Tendon reflex ... in deep tendon reflexes ... unilateral) #SpinalCord
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal ... Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... Phrenic nerve injury ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Gait is abnormal ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... reflexes: Areflexia ... #cord #spinalcord ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... CSF PROTEIN - NORMAL ... of intrathecal spinal ... management #treatment #neurology
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
of a nerve or spinal ... root injury. ... damage to the pyramidal ... bedridden, the knees ... such as coma, spinal
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... axonal • MRI - Spinal ... #Barre #Syndrome ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Presentation: Injury ... extensors of the arms (pyramidal ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... Sjogren's • CSF: - Abnormal ... diagnosis #management #neurology