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Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Optica (NMO) - Clinical ... Other brainstem syndromes ... • Transverse myelitis ... pain • Extra-CNS ... Manifestations #diagnosis
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... pulmonary etc) • CNS ... #Weakness #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Myositis Specific Antibodies (MSAs)

Dermatomyositis: MDA5, TIF1y, NXP2, Mi-2, SAE
Anti-Synthetase Syndrome: Jo-1, PL7, PL12, EJ, OJ
Immune Mediated
Myositis Specific ... Anti-Synthetase Syndrome ... Antibodies #MSAs #clinical ... #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #table
Patterns of Diseases on MRI FLAIR - Differential Diagnosis
ADEM, Adreno-leukodystrophy, CADASIL, CNS, Lymphoma, High-Grade Glioma, HIV
on MRI FLAIR - Differential ... Diagnosis ADEM ... Adreno-leukodystrophy, CADASIL, CNS ... Disease, Susac Syndrome ... #clinical
Initial Clinical and Laboratory Data Base for Defining Major Syndromes in Nephrology

#Major #Syndromes #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Workup
Initial Clinical ... Defining Major Syndromes ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Differential ... #Table
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis by Mechanism ... - Cirrhosis Syndrome ... the lung) - CNS ... #Diagnosis #Table
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... Miller-Fisher syndrome ... pseudotumor • Orbital myositis ... #Diplopia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Carotid Blowout Syndrome (CBS) on Physical Examination

Carotid blowout syndrome in a patient with late-stage oral tongue
Carotid Blowout Syndrome ... Carotid blowout syndrome ... Carotid Blowout Syndrome ... #CBS #clinical ... #video #PhysicalExam
Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
Diplopia TIER 1-CRITICAL ... , Orbital apex syndrome ... neuropathy, Orbital myositis ... mass #Diplopia #differential ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Tetanus, Transverse Myelitis ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... heavy metals), Critical ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology