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Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Femoral Cutaneous Nerve ... purely sensory nerve ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
lumbar spine Signs ... damage to sacral nerves ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
syndromes such as ... Sensitivity to pain ... Signs and symptoms ... objective evidence of neurologic ... #management #neurology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... • Neurologic ... symptoms suggest ... a mass as the cause ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... Superior gluteal nerve ... Sacroiliac Joint Pain ... #signs #diagnosis ... #msk
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Autonomic symptoms ... meningeal irritation signs ... the trigeminal nerve ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #Neurology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
inflammation of all ... - Impinges on nerves ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
symptoms: often ... Abdominal cutaneous nerve ... Positive Carnett's sign ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
disrupted, treat as ... anterior interosseous nerve ... : Pain control ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #MSK
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
fasciculations Common Symptoms ... conditions listed in differential ... activity between nerve ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management