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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... spinal artery injury ... , often from vascular ... Syndrome ->Cord ... spinal artery injury
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... • Gait is abnormal ... Vascular/Blockage ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal ... Cord: Demyelinating ... Disease (MS), Epidural ... Phrenic nerve injury ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
cord infarct ... lumbar stenosis • Vascular ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Presentation: Injury ... to the spinal cord ... signal change on ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
on Physical Exam ... decompress the spinal ... cord. ... #ophthalmology ... #physicalexam #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to local skin injury ... ) • Neurologic ... white matter, spinal ... cord, and basal ... and diplopia) • Vascular
Scapular winging on Physical Exam - Bilateral trapezius palsy with lateral scapular displacement.

A young man with
Scapular winging on ... cord injury without ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... trapezius #palsy #neurology ... #msk
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
One and a Half Syndrome ... anterior_seg_rocks #OneAndAHalf ... #One #Half #Syndrome ... #ophthalmology ... #neurology
Hoffmann's sign was originally described as follows: the test is performed by supporting the patient's hand
as follows: the test ... indicative of injury ... cord. ... #Clinical #Video ... PhysicalExam #Neurology