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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Primarily Upper Extremity ... -> Trauma, disc ... and #Acute #SpinalCord ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #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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neoplasms • trauma ... distinguishing feature ... Imaging studies: • MRI ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... compression by fractured ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #cord #spinalcord ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Syndromes Spinal ... other forms of trauma ... Vertebral burst fracture ... unilateral) #SpinalCord ... #differential #
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Leg Pain: • Fracture ... deficiency etc) • Spinal ... cyanosis - Cool extremity ... #msk #physicalexam
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal ... Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Transverse Myelitis, Trauma ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Haglund Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The Haglund Deformity (enlarged superior margin calcaneal posterior process)
- MSK Radiology ... Differential diagnosis ... • Stress fracture ... Heel #clinical #mri ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Meningococcal), surgery, trauma ... paralysis of all extremity ... - Spinal MRI may ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Nonossifying Fibroma with Pathologic Fracture - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Cortically based, geographic, lucent lesion with
- MSK Radiology ... of hypointense signal ... Jaffe-Campanacci syndrome ... Differential diagnosis ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (Shin Splints) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Within the mid diaphysis of
Tibial Stress Syndrome ... Shin Splints) - MSK ... • MRI evidence ... -sequences +/- fracture ... Differential diagnosis