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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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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... so-called ‘red flag’ symptoms ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test ... Imaging studies: • MRI
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... continence • Pain ... Lower roots -> Cauda ... compression by fractured
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Lower motor neuron symptoms ... Upper motor neuron symptoms ... Vertebral burst fracture ... involvement Cauda ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Positive Posterior Drawer Test in Total Knee Arthroplasty 

73 yo M with hx of L TKA
Pain. ... Intra-op: Fractured ... #Test #TKA #MSK ... physicalexam #Positive #clinical ... #video
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... or without back pain ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... management #neurology #differential