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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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Cauda Equina Syndrome ... lumbar stenosis • Vascular ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... white matter, spinal ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... is a skin prick test
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
Behcet's Syndrome ... Criteria for Behget's Syndrome ... Abnormal pathergy test ... medium-large joints) • Vascular ... and peripheral vascular
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... -> Anterior spinal ... injury, often from vascular ... -> Posterior spinal ... #orthopedics #neurology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... - Narrowing of spinal ... stopping walking (vascular ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #leg #physicalexam
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
• Progressive muscular ... Neuropathy • Spinal ... Muscular Atrophy ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Volume / Bulk Neurologic ... Pseudo-obstruction Neurologic ... Hirschsprung's Disease • Spinal ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... • Muscular Dystrophy
String Test in Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS)

A positive string test in a confabulating patient with Wernicke's-Korsakoff syndrome.
These
String Test in Wernicke-Korsakoff ... Syndrome (WKS) ... positive string test ... WKS #clinical #neurology ... #physicalexam #
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome ... Mitochondrial myopathy, Muscular ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Neurogenic Ptosis - Neurologic ... Oculopharyngeal muscular ... lens wearing • Ocular ... #Ptosis #neurology ... ophthalmology #ocular