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Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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mass compression, spinal ... Raise Test - Pain ... superior iliac spine ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
., poliovirus, syphilis ... Lower motor neuron symptoms ... rectum - Impotence ... rectal sphincter ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Loss of pain and ... rectal reflex. ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #msk #orthopedics
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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L1-L5 Symptoms ... so-called ‘red flag’ symptoms ... constipation Differential ... - decreased rectal ... Equina #syndrome #differential
Posterior Ankle Impingement (Os Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Os trigonum which has marrow
Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK ... localized severe pain ... hallucis longus Differential ... flexion but no symptoms ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... peripheral vs axial (spine ... constitutional symptoms ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #MSK #
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK ... Tibial tuberosity pain ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... tear (similar symptoms ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The iliotibial band (ITB) is thickened with
Friction Syndrome - MSK ... anterolateral knee pain ... Differential diagnosis ... similar location of pain ... lateral knee joint recess
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
10-33% develop MS ... Injury to the spinal ... or without back pain ... /or symptoms • ... management #neurology #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
white matter, spinal ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... pain: Glucocorticoids