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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
lymphoproliferative disease ... • Metastatic disease ... demyelinating diseases ... #differential # ... #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
affecting the brain ... and less common diseases ... Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease ... polychondritis • Behcet disease ... #Syndromes #neurology
MAGIC DR – a handy mnemonic used to remember the potential causes of a cerebral ring
Demyelinating disease ... eg. tumefactive MS ... necrosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... MAGICDR #DRMAGIC #Differential ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease ... - MSK Radiology ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease ... Osgood #Schlatter #Disease
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain ... and less common diseases ... infections • Lyme disease ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... #Syndromes #neurology
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease ... (HADD) - MSK Radiology ... Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease ... Hydroxyapatite #Deposition #Disease ... #clinical #mri
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
Leigh Syndrome 
History: 19-month-old girl with hypotonia, developmental 
delay, failure to thrive, and bilateral optic disc
DWI+ in acute disease ... elevation (can be ... Syndrome #Clinical #MRI ... #Brain #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
diagnosis can only be ... heart valves • MRI ... brain for cerebral ... often seen • MRI ... - Infectious Diseases