Definition and classification
- What do you mean by paraplegia and paralysis?
- What is cerebral paraplegia? hl
- What is paraplegia in flexion and paraplegia in extension? A, hl
- What is mass reflex? a
Epidemiology
Etiology and Pathophysiology
- What is the common chronic infection causing paraplegia? H79
- What are the causes of spastic paraplegia? A, h78
- What are the most common causes of spastic paraplegia? A
- What are the causes of spastic paraplegia due to cerebral lesion? A
- What are the non-compressive causes of spastic paraparesis or paraplegia? A, hl
- What are the causes of spastic paraplegia with definite sensory level? Hs93
- What are the causes of spastic paraplegia without sensory loss? hs93
- What are the causes of spastic paraplegia with dorsal column loss? hs93
- What are the causes of spastic paraplegia with spinothalamic column loss? hs94
- What are the causes of spinal cord compression? H77
- What are the causes of spinal cord compression according to the site of lesion? A
- What are the causes of paraplegia without sensory loss? hl
- What are the causes of dissociated sensory loss? hs94
- What are the causes of paraplegia of sudden onset? A, hl
- What are the causes of absent ankle jerk, but extensor plantar response? A
- What are the causes of flaccid paraplegia? A
- What are the causes of hypotonia? A
- What are the causes of hypertonia? A
- What are the causes of cerebral paraplegia? Hl
- Which factors would help to identify the cause of spastic paraplegis? Hs93
Clinical manifestations
- What are the symptoms of spinal cord compression? A
- What are the features of cerebral lesion causing paraplegia? A
- What are the features of Brown-Séquard syndrome? Hl
Examinations
- What are the cardinal signs of spinal cord compression? A
- How to find out the sensory level in spinal cord compression? A / How to find out vertebral level? hl
- What are the findings of spinal cord compression at different levels of spinal cord? A
- What is the difference between rigidity and spasticity? A
- What are the signs of pulmonary fibrosis present in this patient? hl
Investigations
- What investigations should be done in spastic paraplegia? a
- How will you investigate this patient? Hl
- What are your expected findings in X-ray of dorsal spine? hl
Diagnosis
- Why do you think spastic paraplegia? hl
- Why is it spinal cord compression? A, hl
- Why do you think Pott’s disease? Hl
- Why do you think this is active pulmonary tuberculosis? Hl
- Why do you think extrinsic spinal cord compression? hl
- What do you think the causes of cord compression in this case? a
- What is the site of your lesion? A, hl
- At what vertebral level is this lesion? hl
- What are your differential diagnoses? A
- Why not MND? A
- Could it be due to SCD? A, hl
- Why is this not multiple sclerosis? hl
- Could it be due to Friedreich’s ataxia? A
Treatment
- How will you treat this patient? Hl
- How long will you give anti-TB drug? Hl
Complications
Like this:
Like Loading...
