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Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Causes of Pediatric ... Constipation - ... Disease • Spinal Cord ... Lesions • Myotonia ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Lesions of the Spinal ... lesions can result ... cord lesions can ... lesions depends ... spinal cord lesion
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
- Differential ... Disease • Spinal Cord ... Lesions • Myotonia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion ... the site of a lesion ... Corticospinal Tract Lesions ... Causes: 1. ... 5 levels below lesion
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Presentation: Injury ... lesion • Bilateral ... less swollen - Lesion ... or optic nerve lesions ... #differential
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ... Differential diagnosis ... hyperreflexia, multiple lesions ... lesion on MRI ...  Spinal Cord
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
demyelinating lesions ... Dysphagia • GI: Constipation ... resonance imaging [MRI ... ] T2 lesions) McDonald ... Progressive MS (Spinal cord
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
- Emergency Causes ... gunshot wounds • constipation ... Differential ... Imaging studies: • MRI ... #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... showing cortical lesions ... Reversible course Differential ... lines/devices, Constipation ... the underlying cause
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
multiple spinal cord ... - Causes progressive ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... conditions listed in differential ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology