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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 ... spinal artery injury ... #signs #symptoms
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
of the spinal cord ... : Injury to the ... spinal cord (Myelopathy ... • Bilateral signs ... #neurology #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... lesion: Clinical ... signs below the ... - Transverse myelitis ... #neurology #differential
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Clonus, Babinski’s sign ... • Lhermitte’s sign ... pupillary defect SIGNS ... Signs and symptoms ... (Spinal cord predominant
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Impairment: • Acute ... Lesions of the spinal ... cord • Inflammatory ... • Mononeuritis multiplex ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
an autoimmune disorder ... - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign 2. ... Imaging - CT Chest ... #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
inflammation of multiple ... to local skin injury ... ) • Neurologic ... cord, and basal ... #signs #symptoms