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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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L1-L5 Symptoms ... cord infarct ... • 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
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential ... lesion: Clinical ... Lower roots -> Cauda ... compression by fractured
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
cord - Spinal Cord ... Lower motor neuron symptoms ... Vertebral burst fracture ... involvement Cauda ... #lesions #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... or without back pain ... spinal MRI • ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... of the spinal cord
Stork Test 

The stork test evaluates for a stress fracture of the pars interarticularis in the
for a stress fracture ... Pain in the lumbar ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Freiberg Infraction - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Sclerosis of the 2nd MT head with flattening of
Freiberg Infraction - MSK ... Controversy: Subchondral fracture ... • Pain worsens ... Differential diagnosis ... #mri #clinical
Intermetatarsal Bursitis - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-like signal and T1-hypointense signal between the first
chronic plantar pain ... was for stress fracture ... Differential diagnosis ... Metatarsal stress fracture ... #mri #clinical
Tenosynovitis of the peroneal tendons due to hypertrophic peroneal tubercle
Imaging Findings:
 • Large volume ofT2-hyperintense fluid
non-displaced fracture ... Differential diagnosis ... similar location of pain ... Calcaneal stress fracture ... #mri #clinical