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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical ... , often from vascular ... herniation or tumour ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #msk
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... Motor Nerves: ALS ... Phrenic nerve injury
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
Pathogenesis and clinical ... • Other rare causes ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... Overproduction #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... adenomas that require treatment ... secreting tumors ... Signs / Symptoms ... #SideEffects #endocrinology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
or acute kidney injury ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... renal bruit or signs ... Causes: • Vascular ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
with: - Thymic tumors ... Generalized fatigue - ALS ... test - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign ... immunologic assay - MuSK
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to local skin injury ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... Treatment: • Oral ... interferon alfa, or tumor ... diagnosis #management #signs
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... such as internuclear ... : • Tumor-like ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Diagnosis and Clinical ... skin with stretch marks ... , oral cavity) Caused ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
of the clinical ... cellular function Clinical ... - Causes progressive ... 4) progressive muscular ... diagnosis column Treatment