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Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
) - Common Differential ... may radiate into lower ... Lumbar Spinal Stenosis ... cord), or both. ... #Lower #BackPain
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back Pain ... pulposus, Compression fracture ... BrighamChiefs #Lower ... #BackPain #Differential ... #primarycare #msk
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Mixed upper and lower ... saddle anesthesia. leg ... Syndromes #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #msk
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Pain: • Fracture ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #lower ... #extremity #msk
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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must be absent: lower ... Negative Straight Leg ... Raise Test - ... #pathophysiology ... #differential #
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential ... continence • Pain ... compression by fractured ... #algorithm
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
cord - Spinal Cord ... Weakness - Lower ... Vertebral burst fracture ... - Leg weakness ... #lesions #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... flexors of the legs ... or without back pain ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... management #neurology #differential