A patient has bilateral lower-limb weakness and developed incontinence yesterday. He denies back pain. Vibration and pain sensation are absent. Where is the lesion?
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الإجابة: E. transverse myelitis of the thoracic spine
Bilateral leg weakness + bladder dysfunction + loss of both pain and vibration sense means every tract in the cord is involved, i.e. a transverse (whole-cross-section) lesion such as transverse myelitis. Anterior spinal artery occlusion is the tempting choice (paraplegia, pain/temperature loss, sphincter loss) but it spares the dorsal columns, so vibration and proprioception are preserved. Cauda equina syndrome typically has low back pain, saddle anaesthesia and lost ankle reflexes; sagittal sinus thrombosis is intracranial.
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- Basics of Neurology-Ali Rawas.pdf · p. 83
Basics of Neurology-Ali Rawas.pdf · p. 101 - المحاضرة
- Other Neurology (old banks) · Neurology · Module C
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