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→Spinal Cord Compression
==Spinal Cord Compression==
==Spinal Cord Compression==
*H&P: Low back or neck pain associated with limb weakness, sensory changes
*H&P: Low back or neck pain associated with limb weakness, sensory changes
*Dx: Sensory level, pain, weakness, numbness, or hyperreflexia below the level of compression, bowel/bladder incontinence and saddle anesthesia with cauda equina. Stat MRI. Differential includes tumor, disc herniation, osteomyelitis, epidural abscess, aneurysm, epidural/subdural hematoma, fracture
*Dx: Sensory level, pain, weakness, numbness, or hyperreflexia below the level of compression, bowel/bladder incontinence and saddle anesthesia with cauda equina. '''Stat MRI'''. Differential includes tumor, disc herniation, osteomyelitis, epidural abscess, aneurysm, epidural/subdural hematoma, fracture
*Tx: Based on etiology. Don't give steroids for infection. May need neurosurgical decompression.
*Tx: Based on etiology. Don't give steroids for infection. May need neurosurgical decompression.