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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... rectal reflex. ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
ear Visual or ... polychondritis • Behcet ... #neurology #inflammatory ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... of Hyporeflexia and ... Testing #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Metabolism • Reye's Syndrome ... Disturbances Neurologic ... Gastroesophageal Reflux ... Choking Spell Injury ... #Event #ALTE #BRUE
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
thinks it is true ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... Confabulation #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to local skin injury ... ) • Neurologic ... disease) Differential ... Giant retinal tears ... #Syndrome #diagnosis
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... Diagnosis: • ... • Locked-in syndrome ... If ok with ICU team ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... involved) - Tendon reflex ... in deep tendon reflexes ... #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Findings Compression/injury ... gait, strength, reflexes ... inguinal ligament (near ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Diagnosis Framework ... - Sarcoidosis, Behcet ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... #neurology #differential