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Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Negative Abscess - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... negative culture Brain ... Negative #Abscess #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... pulmonary etc) • CNS ... nervous system: Brain ... • Infectious: Brain
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... #Diplopia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Diagnosis: • ... ruled out • Brain ... MRI: Check for brain ... #neurology #differential
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
Double-stranded RNA • Fungi ... Transport to brain ... circumventricular organs CNS ... Pathophysiology #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Unilateral Mydriasis: CN ... - Fixed: Brain ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Waterborne Infections - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... dermatitidis CNS ... Waterborne #Infections #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Young females Differential ... Diagnosis: • CN ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... : • Traumatic brain ... Trochlear headache • CNS ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Fungal #Diagnosis