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pathophysiology diagnosis symptoms growthhormone pituitary acute caudaequina causes complications excess feedbackloop gait glftap injury macroadenoma masseffects mnemonic neurology orthopedics overproduction
Feedback Loop: Growth Hormone (GH) Growth Hormone: • Liver -> GHR activates JAK-STAT pathway -> Incr IGF1
Growth Hormone (GH ... activates lipolysis Signs ... /Symptoms: • GH ... abn lipid • GH ... #FeedbackLoop #endocrinology
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
time of onset of GH ... GH excess prior ... GH excess after ... Overproduction #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
following order; GH ... Signs / Symptoms ... • Hypothalamic dysfunction ... #SideEffects #endocrinology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Causes: • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central) • Severe lumbar spondylosis • Neoplasm
lumbar spine Signs ... bladder/bowel dysfunction ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... diagnosis #symptoms #signs
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Upper Extremity Dysfunction ... deficiencies -> Sphincter dysfunction ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #msk
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings Skeletal Pathology of the Hip • Arthritis • Congenital hip dysplasia
Compensatory muscular dysfunction ... causes #symptoms #signs ... #diagnosis #msk
Paget’s Disease: Complications Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation MSK
bone formation MSK ... causes middle ear dysfunction ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs
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