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Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease Motor Neuron ... Neuropathy • Spinal ... #Differential #
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Causes of Peripheral ... Sensory Changes - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Motor Neuron ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Floppy Newborn) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Strength, Normal Reflexes ... Syndromes - Spinal ... Cord • Spinal
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Upper extremity weakness ... and lower motor neuron ... bladder and rectal reflex ... and #Acute #
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Lower motor neuron ... - Upper motor neuron ... involved) - Tendon reflex ... in deep tendon reflexes ... syndromes #lesions #differential
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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• MCC- acute ... constipation Differential ... lower extremity weakness ... wink test - reflex ... Equina #syndrome #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... /paralysis - Weakness ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... diagnosis #neurology #differential ... #algorithm
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
brain up to the spinal ... form part of the differential ... muscle atrophy, weakness ... positive Babinski reflex ... cord, peripheral
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Upper Motor Neuron ... Impairment: • Acute ... Lesions of the spinal ... Lesions Of The Peripheral
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... cross-reacts with peripheral ... or the axon of peripheral ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... axonal • MRI - Spinal