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Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Vestibular neuronitis, CNS ... #Mimics #CVA #Differential ... MINT #Mnemonic #neurology
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Proximal Muscle Weakness ... That May Mimic ... • Central or peripheral ... #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #neurology
What are common stroke mimics?
From Konrad CN, Crocco T, Biola J, Larrabee H. Is it stroke,
mimics? ... From Konrad CN, ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Stroke #Mimics ... #Misdiagnosed #Neurology
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial Weakness ... - Differential ... Most commonly stroke ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... Vertigo: • Peripheral ... , CNS lesion Presyncope ... radiculopathy Other: • Psychiatric ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Peripheral and Central ... Causes of Vertigo Peripheral ... Vestibulocochlear Nerve (CN ... Central #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Differential Considerations for a Seizure or Seizure-like Event
The following diagnoses may have presentations that can be
- Stroke, transient ... INFECTIOUS - CNS ... infections - Tetanus PSYCHIATRIC ... Cataplexy #Seizure #mimics ... diagnosis #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... pulmonary etc) • CNS ... Impairment: • Acute stroke ... aminotransferases • Serology ... Diagnosis #neurology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
CNS: parietal ... lesions (e.g. stroke ... • Epilepsy • Psychiatric ... Syndrome #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
Lesions Facial weakness ... lesion of CN VII ... pathways, as in a stroke ... #CNVII #CN7 #Peripheral ... #Bells #Palsy #Neurology