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Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Classification of PCL Iniuries
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test with the knee ... Some sort of end ... positive with the knee ... #MSK #Sports #pathophysiology ... classification #diagnosis
Posterolateral Corner (PLC) Injury - Posterolateral Drawer Test
Injury to the posterolateral corner (PLC) is difficult to
is difficult to diagnose ... Most lesions of ... context of complex knee ... #PhysicalExam #Sports ... #Orthopedics #Knee
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
atraumatic adolescent knee ... (save $$) Differential ... diagnosis: • Salter ... Harris injury: ... #clinical #mri
Anterior Drawer Test for PCL Injury on Knee Examination

The patient lays supine with the knee approximately
Anterior Drawer ... Test for PCL Injury ... 90 degrees of flexion ... #Anterior #Drawer ... orthopedics #msk #sports
Posterior Drawer Test for PCL Injury on Knee Examination

The patient lays supine with the knee approximately
Posterior Drawer ... Test for PCL Injury ... 90 degrees of flexion ... Ligament #PCL #Injury ... orthopedics #msk #sports
Spinal Cord Injury by Nerve Root Levels
Spinal Root	Sensory	Motor	Reflex
C4	Acromioclavicular Joint	Respiration	None
C5	Radial Antecubital Fossa	Elbow Flexion	Biceps Reflex
C6	Dorsal Thumb	Wrist Extension	Brachioradialis Reflex
C7	Dorsal
Spinal Cord Injury ... Femoral Condyle Knee ... #SpinalCord #Injury ... NerveRoots #Levels #differential ... #diagnosis #Neurology
Tinnitus - Subjective (heard only by patient) - 90% - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unilateral On Audiogram -
patient) - 90% - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Audiogram - Perform MRI ... • Closed Head Injury ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
Differential diagnosis ... hyperreflexia, multiple lesions ... on MRI, oligoclonal ... hyperreflexia, spinal cord lesion ... on MRI
Slocum's Test for Anteromedial Rotary Instability (AMRI) and Anterolateral Rotary Instability (ALRI) of the Knee

Slocum’s test
(ALRI) of the Knee ... is a modified version ... of the Anterior Drawer ... Test of the knee ... #orthopedics #sports
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
related to avulsive injury ... Differential diagnosis ... however sometimes MR ... Desmoid #clinical #mri ... clinical #Radiology #diagnosis