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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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nerve roots of lumbar ... acute lumbar disc ... • large lower lumbar ... • Multilevel lumbar ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Volume / Bulk Neurologic ... Psychotropics) Anatomic ... Hirschsprung's Disease • Spinal ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
stroke, Acute spinal ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Delayed finding in spinal ... differential #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Syndromes Spinal ... result in permanent neurologic ... Brown-Séquard Syndrome ... herniation - Lumbar ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... extremity and/or bulbar ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neuropathy • Spinal ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... spondylitis - “Bamboo Spine ... ” Fusion of Lumbar ... Spine and SI Joints ... arthritis - (Reiter’s syndrome
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... findings Unilateral Spinal ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
regional pain syndrome ... Post-stroke • Spinal ... Pain #Mechanisms #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... • Trauma - Neurologic ... Disorder • Spinal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm