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TYPES OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND AREAS OF BRAIN DAMAGE INVOLVED 
Hemiplegia 
Diplegia 
Quadriplegia 
Athetoid
Dystonic 
Ataxic
Quadriplegia Athetoid ... Dystonic Ataxic #CereberalPalsy ... Extrapyramidal #Diagnosis
Motor Syndromes of Cerebral Palsy:

Spastic Hemiplegia, Spastic diplegia, Spastic quadriplegia (‘total body involvement’), Athetoid (extrapyramidal, dyskinetic)

#Diagnosis
involvement’), Athetoid ... dyskinetic) #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #CerebralPalsy
Chronic Vision Loss by Anatomic Location - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cornea:
 • Keratoconus
 • Stromal Scaring
 •
Chronic Vision Loss ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cornea ... Craniopharyngioma #Chronic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
- Differential Diagnosis ... Chronic: - ... Cornea: Scarring ... Cataracts - Macula: Macular ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Selected Differential Diagnosis ... - Scleritis Cornea ... cellulitis #Diagnosis ... Ophthalmology #Eye #Ocular
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Primary (organic) chronic ... Scleroderma) • Chordae ... Secondary (functional) chronic ... Drug-related • Chordae ... #differential #diagnosis
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
 -
Interstitial - Nodular ... Glass Opacity - Chronic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Tics:
 • Tourette's Syndrome
 • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
- Differential Diagnosis ... Toxic / metabolic Chorea ... Huntington's Disease Athetosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Presentation ​- Chronic ... → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... within the RBCs ​• Chronic ... ​• Chronic phase ... #Oroya #Fever #diagnosis
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
- Differential Diagnosis ... Cornea 5. ... Ocular Adverse Effects ... Trauma Cornea ... #differential #diagnosis