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Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
cord neurological lesion ... the site of a lesion ... Cord Causes: 1 ... Transverse myelitis - Neuromyelitis ... #cord #spinalcord
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Lesions of the Spinal ... Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... • Intrinsic Causes ... unilateral) #SpinalCord
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
brain up to the spinal ... neurotransmitter cause ... cause very different ... This lesion causes ... causes hyporeflexia
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
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
compressive cord lesion ... less swollen - Lesion ... • Infectious causes ... or optic nerve lesions ... sclerosis (MS) - Neuromyelitis
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Syndrome -> Anterior spinal ... Syndrome -> Posterior spinal ... Complete hemicord lesion ... and #Acute #SpinalCord
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Incomplete spinal ... Central - Small Lesion ... distribution in lesion ... Central - Large Lesion ... ISCS #Incomplete #spinalcord
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Causes of Pediatric ... Hirschsprung's Disease • Spinal ... Cord Lesions ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Causes of Hemiplegia ... findings Unilateral Spinal ... Cord Lesions Above ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
• Urogenital Lesions ... ) • Cutaneous Lesions ... 75%): acneiform lesions ... white matter, spinal ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology