19 results
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... - Differential Diagnosis ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... symptoms/signs, ... • Ethanol - Trauma
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Causes of Peripheral ... Head trauma - Symptoms ... signs or symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Fat Embolism Syndrome
Trauma to the long bone or pelvis accounts for —9096 of cases. The diagnosis
Embolism Syndrome Trauma ... accounts for —9096 of cases ... masked in the trauma ... Pathophysiology ... #Signs #Symptoms
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
• Other rare causes ... Overproduction #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #endocrinology ... #pathophysiology
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... lumbar spine • Trauma ... Syndrome #MSK #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms ... #signs
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... Poliomyelitis Activity/ Trauma ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology ... #causes #symptoms ... #signs #diagnosis
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... shoulder girdle symptoms ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... signs/symptoms ... postpartum #Diagnosis
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Medullaris Syndrome -> Trauma ... Injury #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #orthopedics #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... and signs below ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... Vascular/Blockage ... #neurology #differential
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
carotid artery => Blockage ... retinal edema caused ... Occlusion #CRAO #pathophysiology ... ophthalmology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms