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Differential diagnosis for toxic/metabolic encephalopathies - Patterns on Brain Imaging

Cynthia Czawlytko, MD @drcyncity

#Differential #diagnosis #encephalopathies #encephalopathy
Differential diagnosis ... - Patterns on Brain ... imaging #patterns #MRI ... #Neurology #pathology ... #diseases #radiology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Compatible syndrome + MRI ... lung nodules, may also ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #radiology ... #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... affecting the brain ... is important, as ... #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
- MSK Radiology ... There is also fragmentation ... • MRI is more sensitive ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... #diagnosis #msk
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
(HADD) - MSK Radiology ... low-signal on all ... They may be needled ... #clinical #mri ... #diagnosis #msk
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gouty Arthritis) - MSK ... Radiology Imaging ... Differential diagnosis ... diffuse chondral disease ... #clinical #Radiology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain ... is important, as ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
• The anterior cruciate ... on arthroscopy, as ... Differential Diagnosis ... #clinical #Radiology ... #diagnosis #msk
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
diagnosis can only be ... Autoimmune (SLE/APLS ... heart valves • MRI ... brain for cerebral ... - Infectious Diseases
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
it possible to differentiate ... hyperintense at all ... acute scan cannot be ... CVA #Clinical #Radiology ... Interpretation #Findings #Neurology