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Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... Causes: 1. ... Transverse myelitis - Neuromyelitis ... #spinalcord #disorders ... #diagnosis #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... cord lesions can ... • Extrinsic Causes ... unilateral) #SpinalCord ... #differential #diagnosis
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
to the spinal cord ... from the spinal cord ... in the spinal cord ... the differential diagnosis ... This lesion causes
Cavitary Lung Lesions - Differential
Infection - Malignancy - Rheumatologic - Other

- Dr. David Furfaro https://twitter.com/david_furfaro

#Cavitary #Cavity
Cavitary Lung Lesions ... - Malignancy - Rheumatologic ... #Cavity #Lung #Lesions ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Incomplete spinal cord ... Central - Small Lesion ... of cervical cord ... ISCS #Incomplete #spinalcord ... #syndromes #diagnosis
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Syndrome ->Cord ... Complete hemicord lesion ... and #Acute #SpinalCord ... Injury #Syndromes #diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... lesion • Bilateral ... less swollen - Lesion ... or optic nerve lesions ... sclerosis (MS) - Neuromyelitis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... patients Skin lesions ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Causes of Pediatric ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Disease • Spinal Cord ... Lesions • Myotonia ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
Causes of Orthopnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Ascites • COPD ... Polio - PNS lesion ... #Causes #pulmonary