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Posterolateral Corner (PLC) Injury - Posterolateral Drawer Test
Injury to the posterolateral corner (PLC) is difficult to
Posterolateral Corner ... corner (PLC) is ... corner (PLC) and ... #Corner #PLC #Injury ... Knee #Posterior #msk
Reverse Pivot Shift Test on Physical Exam

Dx: Posterolateral corner injury; but beware proximal tib/fib instability 

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Physical Exam Dx: Posterolateral ... corner injury; ... iamDrHamilton #PLC #Posterolateral ... #corner #injury ... PhysicalExam #clinical #msk
Positive Varus Stress Test in LCL Injury

Interesting knee injury in a young basketball player who landed
of the complex posterolateral ... corner (PLC) of ... collateral #ligament #msk
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
VII, the facial nerve ... system between the cortex ... both sides of the cortex ... Central #Facial #Nerve ... #Bells #Palsy #Neurology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Upper Extremity ... "claw hand" ± Horner ... to the radial nerve ... in the median nerve ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
red-brown coloured -> Copper ... inner retinal nerve ... arterioles causes optic nerve ... #Retinopathy #pathophysiology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... 30%) • Facial Nerve ... • Pain: Due to nerve ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... management #treatment #neurology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Drooping of the upper ... junction, cranial nerve ... eyelid: • Third nerve ... palsy • Horner ... Syndrome #Ptosis #neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
hyperextension -> Upper ... medullaris -> Mixed upper ... Syndromes #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Classification of PCL Iniuries
 • Partial: Translation <
such as the ACL, posterolateral ... corner, and medial ... #PCL #Injury #MSK ... #Sports #pathophysiology