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Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Weakness • Spinal ... Cord: Demyelinating ... heavy metals), Critical ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Other Congenital Syndromes ... - Spinal Cord ... Muscular Atrophy ... Degeneration - Neuromuscular ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
cord - Spinal Cord ... Syndromes Spinal ... HIV) - Vitamin B12 ... #Cord #syndromes ... #lesions #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... lesion: Clinical ... myelopathy - Vit B12 ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... Loss of muscle (atrophy
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
Neuromuscular junction ... form part of the differential ... LMN syndromes are ... clinically characterized ... very different clinical
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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cord infarct ... extremity muscle atrophy ... retention • Neurovascular ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Weakness: • Non-neuromuscular ... Lesions of the spinal ... cord • Inflammatory ... endocrine: Vitamin B12
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... white matter, spinal ... cord, and basal ... (Clinical Dx). ... Behcet disease) Differential