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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Loss of pain and ... rectal reflex. ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Syndromes Spinal ... result in permanent neurologic ... ., poliovirus, syphilis ... rectum - Impotence ... rectal sphincter
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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Severe low back pain ... anesthesia • P - Pain ... - lower back pain ... - decreased rectal ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Incomplete spinal ... cord syndromes ... Medullaris - Bladder or rectal ... Incomplete #spinalcord #syndromes ... #diagnosis #neurology
Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The iliotibial band (ITB) is thickened with
Friction Syndrome ... - MSK Radiology ... anterolateral knee pain ... similar location of pain ... lateral knee joint recess
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... white matter, spinal ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... pain: Glucocorticoids
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... Sensitivity to pain ... (Spinal cord predominant ... objective evidence of neurologic ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
symptoms, positive serology ... cardiomyopathy (→HF) with apical ... Megacolon (sigmoid, rectum ... 80%) (abdominal ... pain, chronic constipation