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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Syndrome -> Anterior ... Syndrome ->Cord ... #Injury #Syndromes ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Syndromes Spinal ... Brown-Séquard Syndrome ... Syndrome: • Etiology ... Syndrome: • Etiology ... syndromes #lesions
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #cord #spinalcord ... #disorders #diagnosis
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Incomplete spinal ... cord syndromes ... dysfunction, saddle anesthesia ... ISCS #Incomplete #spinalcord ... #syndromes #diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Focal inflammatory disorder ... signs and/or symptoms ... , MOG antibody disorders ... (MOG) antibody disorders ... • Inflammatory Disorders
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Non-neuromuscular disorder ... • Acute stroke syndromes ... of the spinal cord ... Paraneoplastic syndrome ... • Inflammatory disorders
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
Neurocognitive Disorder ... Neurocognitive disorders ... • Movement disorders ... The clinical syndrome ... neurocognitive #disorder
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Stiff Person Syndrome ... Stiff Person Syndrome ... spinal cord. ... other neurological disorders ... limb or joint disorders
Fibromyalgia Symptoms
Cardinal Features:
 • Sleep disturbances: Insomnia, Frequent awakening, Non-restoring sleep
 • Pain: Generalized (head-to-toes), Described
, Described in terms ... Common Features: • Psychiatric ... Post-traumatic stress disorder ... Regional pain syndromes ... irritable bowel syndrome
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... impairment, Mood disorder ... Signs and symptoms ... Progressive MS (Spinal ... cord predominant