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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... Dysfunction - Imbalance, neurologic ... • Basilar Artery ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Stroke Etiologies
Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH)
Ischemic
 - Large Vessel Atherosclerosis
 - Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm,
etiologies: Carotid artery ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Stroke #causes ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
communicating artery ... no neurological cause ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Causes of Peripheral ... without an obvious cause ... inferior cerebellar artery ... with significant neurologic ... Central #Vertigo #Causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... heart failure, neurologic ... Causes: • Vascular ... : Renal artery stenosis ... Neurologic disorders
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
such as a carotid artery ... experience, the cause ... surgery; as in our case ... #physicalexam #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... Anterior spinal artery ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
include a: • Neurologic ... tympanic membrane • Neurologic ... Internal auditory artery ... (Labyrinthine artery ... cause unknown)
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... symptoms - cervical artery ... thrombophilia, neurologic
Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
posterior cerebral artery ... the most common cause ... Agraphia #clinical #neurology