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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Diagnosis Framework ... Infection: Cellulitis, Abscess ... deficiency etc) • Spinal ... : - Epidural abscess ... #differential #diagnosis
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
onto outstretched hand ... posterior interosseous nerve ... ), compartment syndrome ... : Pain control ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal ... (MS), Epidural abscess ... Tumor • Motor Nerves ... heavy metals), Critical ... #differential #diagnosis
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
most common (63%) Clinical ... pain, neuro deficits ... Focal severe back pain ... sensory changes, and ... #diagnosis #management
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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compression of nerve ... Severe low back pain ... Differential Diagnosis ... infection/abscess ... #differential #diagnosis
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Syndromes Spinal ... stenosis - Abscess ... : - Loss of pain ... multiradicular pain ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... clinical findings ... Loss of pain and ... clumsiness in hands ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... • Infection (abscess ... etc) in lumbar spine ... damage to sacral nerves ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Paresthesias: Hands ... or feet • Pain ... of intrathecal spinal ... nerve roots and ... #diagnosis #management
BENNETT FRACTURE 
Bennett fracture is an intraarticular two-part fracture of the ulnar side of the base
fracture of the ulnar ... : Pain control, ... Splint: Thumb spica ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hand