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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... of bladder and rectal ... weakness and #Acute ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Knee Effusions - Septic ... Reactive Syndrome - Acute ... fracture - Patellar dislocation ... differential #diagnosis #msk ... #physicalexam
Scapular winging on Physical Exam - Bilateral trapezius palsy with lateral scapular displacement.

A young man with
young man with shoulder ... spinal accessory injury ... winged #scapula #PhysicalExam ... trapezius #palsy #neurology ... #msk
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Neurologic deficit ... -->Cannot rule out ... vascular imaging or serial ... Neurologic injuries ... #msk #clinical
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Arthritis • Gout ... Immobilization) • Acute ... Poikilothermia • Septic ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Presentation: Injury ... NMO-IgG (anti-AQP4) should ... , MOG-IgG test should ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
encephalopathies, post ... Inflammatory (MS ... ) • Sub-acute: ... encephalopathy (hepatic, septic ... Diagnosis #Causes #neurology