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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Medullaris Syndrome -> Trauma ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
Myelopathy - Injury ... cord - Signs and Symptoms ... #Myelopathy #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #msk
Back Pain Red Flags - By Age
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED 
INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE 
HISTORY OF CANCER 
SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS 
ANTICOAGULATION
CANCER SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS ... ANTICOAGULATION TRAUMA ... SYMPTOMS OF CORD ... PROGRESSIVE NEUROLOGIC ... DEFICIT #Diagnosis
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
with significant neurologic ... Head trauma - Symptoms ... attacks with varying neurologic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential Diagnosis ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... symptoms/signs, ... • Ethanol - Trauma ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Findings Compression/injury ... paresthetica • Symptoms ... sensory • Before diagnosis ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... #differential #diagnosis
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
below level of injury ... • Hyperflexion injury ... • Penetrating trauma ... SpinalCord #Syndromes #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Transverse Myelitis, Trauma ... Phrenic nerve injury ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Essentials - Spinal Trauma ... CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL TRAUMA ... spinal deformity or neurologic ... Spinal #Fracture #Trauma ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Vascular Infectious Trauma ... - Multiple injury ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #differential #diagnosis