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Causes of Back Pain #Diagnosis #EM #PrimaryCare #Differential #Back #Pain #BackPain #Spinal #Referred #Algorithm #Ddxof
Causes of Back Pain ... #Diagnosis #EM ... Differential #Back #Pain ... #BackPain #Spinal ... #Referred #Algorithm
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... • Intrinsic Causes ... weakness - Bladder dysfunction ... - Sphincter dysfunction
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Upper Extremity Dysfunction ... Syndrome -> Trauma, disc ... deficiencies -> Sphincter dysfunction ... Syndromes #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... lumbar degenerative disc ... etc) in lumbar spine ... bladder/bowel dysfunction ... Syndrome #MSK #pathophysiology
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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Severe low back pain ... bowel and sexual dysfunction ... anesthesia • P - Pain ... - Emergency Causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
continence • Pain ... • Herniated disc ... Cord Causes: 1 ... Bowel and bladder dysfunction ... differential #algorithm
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Eustachian tube dysfunction ... roots—cervical spine ... adenopathy • Cervical spine ... torticollis, cervical disc ... nasal, cervical spine
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bowel or bladder dysfunction ... monophasic Pathophysiology ... or without back pain ... Autonomic Dysfunction ... • Infectious causes
Male Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erectile Dysfunction
 - Psychological
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stroke • Spinal ... • Chronic Pain ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... endocrinology #causes
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Lesion in the Spinal ... Compensatory muscular dysfunction ... Sacroiliac Joint Pain ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology ... #causes #symptoms