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Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness ... • Spinal Cord: ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Radiation myelopathy ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
cord - Spinal Cord ... Syndromes Spinal ... result in permanent neurologic ... - Radiation myelopathy ... #Cord #syndromes
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Syndrome ->Cord ... Upper extremity weakness ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #orthopedics #neurology
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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L1-L5 Symptoms ... • HIV related myelopathy ... • Guillain-Barre ... lower extremity weakness ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
Symptoms: Tiredness ... Myalgia, Muscle weakness ... Carpal timel syndrome ... hypertrophy, Proximal myopathy ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Volume / Bulk Neurologic ... Hirschsprung's Disease • Spinal ... Cord Lesions ... Congenita • Guillain-Barré ... Syndrome • Muscular
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neuropathy • Spinal ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... • Congenital Myopathy ... #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... findings Unilateral Spinal ... Cord Lesions Above ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
onset of limb weakness ... cord and nerve ... roots Spinal Cord ... tubercles • Limb weakness ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome