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Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
and Myotomes Reflexes ... Conditions: • Cauda Equina ... Syndrome - Low ... dysaesthesia, neurogenic ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
symptoms: • Severe low ... reflexes - reduced ... wink test - reflex ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
paralysis of all extremity ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... /constipation, hyponatremia ... roots and cauda equina ... #neurology