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Lumbar Central Canal Stenosis Grading 
  - Normal - No CSF effacement 
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#Stenosis #Spine ... #Report #Grading ... #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #MSK #MRI
Lumbar Neural Foraminal Stenosis Grading 
  - Normal - No fat effacement, Keyhole appearance
#Stenosis #Spine ... #Report #Grading ... #Classification ... #Radiology #MSK ... #MRI
Cervical Central Canal and Neural Foraminal Stenosis Grading

Cervical Central Canal Stenosis Grading
 - Normal - No
effacement at the nerve ... #Spine #Report ... #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #MSK #MRI
Lumbar stenosis guide we created to implement consistent radiology reporting across our multi-hospital network. 
Lumbar Central
#Stenosis #Spine ... #Report #Grading ... #Classification ... #Radiology #MSK ... #MRI
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Femoral Cutaneous Nerve ... purely sensory nerve ... superior iliac spine ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Neoplasm in lumbar spine ... etc) in lumbar spine ... damage to sacral nerves ... suspected, immediate MRI ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK
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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compression of nerve ... roots of lumbar spine ... Involves lumbar spine ... sexual dysfunction SPINE ... Imaging studies: • MRI
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis ... brain and/or optic nerve ... management #neurology #differential
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
fasciculations Common Symptoms ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... and thoracic spine ... conditions listed in differential ... activity between nerve