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Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... impairment, Mood disorder ... (Spinal cord predominant ... objective evidence of neurologic ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... • Symptoms and signs ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... • Bilateral signs ... suggestive of multiple sclerosis ... : - Multiple sclerosis ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
• Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ... Neurologic • ... Depression • Multiple Sclerosis ... • Somatization Disorder
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Pathophysiology ... Presentation: - Disease ... multiple spinal cord ... course of the disease ... #neurology #diagnosis
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Person Syndrome Pathophysiology ... brain and spinal cord ... , Multiple sclerosis ... limb or joint disorders ... Management #treatment #neurology
Popliteal (Baker’s) Cyst: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Idiopathic
 • Meniscal Lesions
 • Osteoarthritis
 • Rheumatoid
Idiopathic • Meniscal ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Popliteal #BakersCyst #MSK ... #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
Paget’s Disease: ... bone formation MSK ... or the spinal cord ... Nerve Palsies • Disordered ... #diagnosis #signs