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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... cases/100,000 per year ... Pathophysiology ... axonal form • MRI ... #treatment #neurology
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Avulsion or shearing injury ... -> Ligaments tear ... from impact onto lateral ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... Phrenic nerve injury ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Prior anterior glenohumeral joint dislocation with Hill-Sachs fracture and Perthes lesion
Imaging Findings:
 • The arrow is
repair Differential diagnosis ... Similar injury to ... lesion #clinical #mri ... clinical #Radiology #diagnosis ... #msk
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... per 100,000 per year ... the underlying pathophysiology ... - Spinal MRI may ... #neurology
Humeral Avulsion of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)
 • Imaging Findings:
 • Large defect of the
with a capsule tear ... capsuloligamentous injury ... No tear of the labrum ... shoulder #clinical #mri ... #msk
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... permanent damage to sacral ... suspected, immediate MRI ... #MSK #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Findings Compression/injury ... sensory • Before diagnosis ... inguinal ligament (near ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... #pathophysiology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Brain, Eye, and Ear ... important, as early diagnosis ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... consistent with MS ... #neurology #noninflammatory