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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... -> Anterior spinal ... -> Posterior spinal ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Disease - Skull/spine ... /Pelvis - Positive ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal ... Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
Emergencies - Differential ... of breath • Neurologic ... neutrophil count < 500 cells ... Malignant Epidural Spinal ... emergencies #oncology #differential
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential ... - usually at a single ... prognosis • Nodular ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Diagnosis #NonHodgkin #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... white matter, spinal ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... life-threatening Differential ... stimulation - Single ... immunologic assay - MuSK ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
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Deformity / Limp - Differential ... Patellofemoral Syndrome ... Deformity #Limp #MSK ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics
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 ... Pleocytosis > 100 cells ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
lesion at the C5-C6 spinal ... Video by Mujtaba ... #Test #Reflex #neurology ... #physicalexam #orthopedics ... #msk #sports #IRR