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Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Lesions of the Spinal ... cord lesions can ... cord lesions can ... spinal cord lesion ... #syndromes #lesions
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
(a) Thalamic lesion ... lesion, e.g. ... syndrome: contralateral ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Syndrome ->Cord ... Complete hemicord lesion ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Ring-Enhancing Lesions ... - Compatible syndrome ... + MRI lesions + ... #causes #radiology ... #neurology
McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
 • 2 or more attacks, 2 or more lesions
attacks, 2 or more lesions ... more attacks, 1 lesion ... • 1 attack, 2 lesions ... • 1 attack, 1 lesion ... #neurology
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion ... ) - MSK Radiology ... : • FOPE lesions ... Periphyseal #Edema #lesion ... #diagnosis #msk
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
Guillain–Barré syndrome ...  Most common cause ... Differential diagnosis ... hyperreflexia, multiple lesions ... lesion on MRI
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion ... the site of a lesion ... Corticospinal Tract Lesions ... Causes: 1. ... 5 levels below lesion
Nonossifying Fibroma with Pathologic Fracture - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Cortically based, geographic, lucent lesion with
geographic, lucent lesion ... cortically based lesion ... Jaffe-Campanacci syndrome ... for similar lesion ... #diagnosis #msk
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
• Urogenital Lesions ... to local skin injury ... ) • Neurologic ... Disease: Lesions ... matter, spinal cord