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McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
 • 2 or more attacks, 2 or more lesions
for Diagnosis of Multiple ... - None. ... #Diagnosis #Multiple ... #Sclerosis #MS ... #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
- Emergency Causes ... decreased rectal tone ... Imaging studies: • MRI ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
demyelinating lesions ... resonance imaging [MRI ... diagnostic criteria ... Sclerosis Treatment ... #treatment #MS
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Diagnostic Criteria ... • Infectious causes ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Caused commonly ... (eg Parkinson, Multiple ... Pathophysiology: ... Treatment: anticholinergics ... PhysicalExam #clinical #neurology
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
results from a lesion ... , strokes, and multiple ... MRI was ordered ... diagnosed with MS ... ophthalmology #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... the underlying pathophysiology ... nerve roots and cauda ... equina TREATMENT ... diagnosis #management #neurology
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... soles in 50% of cases ... but do not meet criteria ... Thus, multiple ... granuIomas on skin, bone
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of ... with AEDs until cause
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... brainstem and multiple ... - Causes progressive ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... diagnosis column Treatment