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Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Complications: • Weakness ... Anesthesia • Sensory ... • Pain/sensory disturbance ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK
Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
 •
over time) • Weakness ... intense, 10/10) • Sensory ... Radiculopathy #MSK
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Upper extremity weakness ... Sensory loss below ... anesthesia. leg weakness ... signs #symptoms #msk
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
of Peripheral Weakness ... With and Without Sensory ... Algorithm With Sensory ... • No Objective Weakness ... #Peripheral #Weakness
An Algorithm for the Evaluation of Sensory Disturbances

#algorithm #weakness #sensorydisturbances #ddxof
Evaluation of Sensory ... #algorithm #weakness
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
Dementia • +/- Sensory ... May be without sensory ... contralateral sensory ... contralateral to weakness ... ipsilateral to weakness
Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
 •
of Peripheral Weakness ... with Sensory Changes ... #Peripheral #Weakness ... #Sensory #Neurology
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Lesion - Suspended sensory ... temperature sensations, weakness ... sign, variable weakness ... - Ipsilateral weakness ... multiradicular pain, leg weakness
Clinical Features and Vascular Territories of Stroke
Anterior circulation—anterior cerebral artery (ACA) - Contralateral leg weakness
Anterior circulation—middle
Contralateral leg weakness ... face, arm > leg weakness ... , sensory loss, ... Contralateral motor or sensory ... ataxia with crossed sensory
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
Thalamic lesion: sensory ... contralateral sensory ... with ipsilateral weakness ... MS: loss of proprioception ... (g) Individual sensory