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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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Cauda Equina Syndrome ... lumbar spine • MCC ... Differential Diagnosis ... : • Spinal cord ... #causes #neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
injury, often from vascular ... Syndrome ->Cord ... Mixed upper and lower ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #orthopedics #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... result in permanent neurologic ... involvement Cauda ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Incomplete spinal cord ... syndromes (ISCS ... lesion of cervical cord ... LMN types) • Cauda ... #diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... roots -> Cauda ... Vascular/Blockage ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #neurology #differential
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Lower Extremity ... Conditions: • Cauda ... Equina Syndrome ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
both upper and lower ... consistent with a diagnosis ... decompress the spinal cord ... #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... matter, spinal cord ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Anterior circulation: MCA ... BP lowering - Lower ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management ... brain and spinal cord ... Anti-GAD Ab (>1000u/ml ... #Management #treatment ... #neurology