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Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... epidural hematoma • Infection ... • As soon as bladder ... suspected, immediate MRI ... #symptoms #signs
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
inflammation/ infection ... filling pushing urine ... SUI or UUI not caused ... #Symptoms #Urology ... #Diagnosis
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs ... /symptoms or echo ... heart valves • MRI ... often seen • MRI ... #Endocarditis #comparison
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
, and bowel or bladder ... Direct microbial infection ... Autonomic: Bowel/Bladder ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms
Colovesical Fistula on Cystoscopy
A 72-year-old woman presented to the urology clinic with a 2-week history of
passing gas in her urine ... urinary tract infection ... confirmed the diagnosis ... Causes of colovesical ... recurrence of symptoms
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... . meningeal infection ... organism (soap bubble sign ... Nausea & vomiting ... of K+ & Mg in urine