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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Syndrome ->Cord ... -> Trauma, disc ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #orthopedics #neurology
Causes of Scrotal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Sudden Onset
 • Testicular Torsion
 • Torsion
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Testicular Appendix • Trauma ... Spermatocele Spermatic Cord ... ScrotalMass #Testicular #Urology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... result in permanent neurologic ... other forms of trauma ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Weakness • Spinal Cord ... Transverse Myelitis, Trauma ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Diagnosis Algorithm ... symptoms/signs, ... • Ethanol - Trauma ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Priapism 

Secondary Causes:
Medications- intracavernosal injections, anticoagulants, PDE5 inhibitors, alpha blockers, methylphenidate, cocaine
Any hyperviscosity syndrome (SCD, leukemia,
hyperviscosity syndrome ... Pelvic/penile trauma ... #Priapism #Diagnosis ... #Management #Urology ... #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Diagnosis Baseline ... clinical context and signs ... cryoglobulins, hepatitis serology ... , HIV serology, ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Unilateral Spinal Cord ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... papilledema • Horner syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #neurology #PHANTOMS
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... • Symptoms and signs ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #neurology #differential ... #algorithm