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Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
spine Signs / ... loss of normal leg ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #symptoms #signs
Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
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Radiculopathy: Signs ... : • Straight leg ... further pulls on lumbar ... Radiculopathy #MSK ... #symptoms #pathophysiology
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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spinal stenosis, lumbar ... Negative Straight Leg ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... #pathophysiology ... differential #diagnosis #signs
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
from functional leg ... flex their weak leg ... transmitted to either leg ... Leg #Paralysis # ... #neurology #psychiatry
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
saddle anesthesia. leg ... Syndromes #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
over a five to ten-year ... monophasic Pathophysiology ... flexors of the legs ... • Bilateral signs ... diagnosis #management #neurology