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Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... bowel or bladder dysfunction ... constitutional symptoms ... #Causes
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
of Tuberculosis Spinal ... wasting, radicular pain ... of meninges in spinal ... , back pain • Imaging ... • Caused by immune
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... Lower motor neuron symptoms ... Upper motor neuron symptoms ... weakness - Bladder dysfunction ... - Sphincter dysfunction
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
continence • Pain ... Cord Causes: 1 ... : • Back pain ... Bowel and bladder dysfunction ... differential #algorithm
Male Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erectile Dysfunction
 - Psychological
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cocaine, Amphetamines ... Stroke • Spinal ... • Chronic Pain ... endocrinology #causes
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
L1-L5 Symptoms ... so-called ‘red flag’ symptoms ... bowel and sexual dysfunction ... - Emergency Causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... Neoplasm in lumbar spine ... etc) in lumbar spine ... Signs / Symptoms ... bladder/bowel dysfunction
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Eustachian tube dysfunction ... roots—cervical spine ... the following symptoms ... • Associated symptoms ... nasal, cervical spine
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bowel or bladder dysfunction ... or without back pain ... Autonomic Dysfunction ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... • Infectious causes
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Lesion in the Spinal ... Compensatory muscular dysfunction ... Sacroiliac Joint Pain ... pathophysiology #causes ... #symptoms #signs