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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 ... Syndrome #MSK #pathophysiology
Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
 •
over time) • Weakness ... intense, 10/10) • Sensory ... signs #symptoms #pathophysiology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Upper extremity weakness ... Sensory loss below ... anesthesia. leg weakness ... Syndromes #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
rapid onset of weakness ... , sensory alterations ... monophasic Pathophysiology ... Weakness: - Weakness ... distribution of weakness
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
extremities - Sensory ... extremities - Muscle weakness ... beriberi #nutrition #pathophysiology
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
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
Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
 •
of Peripheral Weakness ... with Sensory Changes ... #Peripheral #Weakness ... #Sensory #Neurology