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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... , Acute spinal cord ... Hyperreflexia: • Delayed finding ... stroke, Delayed finding ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical findings ... Syndrome ->Cord ... bladder and rectal reflex ... pathophysiology #signs ... #orthopedics #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... result in permanent neurologic ... - Ipsilateral findings ... Contralateral findings ... unilateral) #SpinalCord
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings ... mutations - Down syndrome ... chromosome 21) Signs ... memory • Aphasia, word-finding ... seizure, primitive reflexes
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Lung Ultrasound Findings ... pleura in severe cases ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... lung sliding COPD ... #findings
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Symptoms and signs ... Causes: 1. ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #spinalcord #disorders ... #diagnosis #neurology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... Nasal polyps and signs ... Physical stigmata of cor
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
to the spinal cord ... there is regular firing ... LMN syndromes are ... different clinical findings ... positive Babinski reflex
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
clinical examination finding ... the pathologic finding ... multiple spinal cord ... - Causes progressive ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
compression (MRI) and findings ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... • Bilateral signs ... • Infectious causes ... diagnosis #management #neurology