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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 ... Antecubital Fossa Elbow ... Middle Finger Elbow ... NerveRoots #Levels #differential ... #diagnosis #Neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
cord - Spinal Cord ... result in permanent neurologic ... in deep tendon reflexes ... #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
lesion at the C5-C6 spinal ... cord level. ... normally elicits elbow ... #neurology #clinical ... #orthopedics #msk
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
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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constipation Differential ... cord infarct ... AVM • Multilevel ... spondylitis • Tethered cord ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
extensors of the arms ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal ... Cord: Demyelinating ... Disease (MS), Epidural ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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intervertebral disc disease ... gait, strength, reflexes ... superior iliac spine ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
cord. ... cord. ... may arise from disease ... form part of the differential ... positive Babinski reflex
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... Decorticate posturing: Arms ... flexed at the elbow ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #comatose