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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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Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Diagnosis: • ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
on face. ... Brown—Séquard syndrome ... MS: loss of proprioception ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Review in Clinical Neurology
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... include a: • Neurologic ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome ... #Differential #
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... lesions depends on ... involvement Cauda ... #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
sensorineural hearing loss—wolfram ... consistent with MS ... #neurology #noninflammatory ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Lower roots -> Cauda ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #neurology #differential
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
syndrome), Osteoblastic ... loss: Nasogastric ... steatorrhea) • Renal loss ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
fatiguable chewing, loss ... life-threatening Differential ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... #management #neurology
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
with hypokalemia on ... Gastrointestinal loss ... urine #potassium #differential ... #algorithm #diagnosis ... #nephrology
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
One and a Half Syndrome ... clinic with vision loss ... the follow up video ... the hospital, diagnosed ... ophthalmology #neurology