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Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Movement Disorders • CN ... Nerve Palsy • CN ... Nerve palsy • CN ... ophthalmology #neurology #differential ... #diagnosis #ocular
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... Sphenoid sinusitis (CN ... intracranial pressure (CN ... hypertension (CN ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Hyperpyrexia (Temp > 106.7° F) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Heat Stroke
 • Drug-induced: Amphetamines,
Causes of Hyperpyrexia ... Diagnosis • Heat ... Thyrotoxicosis • CNS ... , Hypothalamic Injury ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
desaturation, Scotoma, Ocular ... involvement: Intractable nausea ... • Transverse myelitis ... pain • Extra-CNS ... Manifestations #diagnosis
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... • CN VI palsy ... for ptosis with CN ... Refractive Error • Cataract ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Presentation: Injury ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Diagnosis: • ... #neurology #differential
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Diagnosis Framework ... No significant CNS ... CNS dysfunction ... temp > 104 F - CNS ... #diagnosis #causes
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to local skin injury ... basal ganglia, CNS ... meningitis), MCC CNS ... Behcet disease) Differential ... collaboration • CNS
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Trauma • Crush injury ... #diagnosis #lower ... extremity #msk #physicalexam
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... Tissue penetration (CNS ... , prostate, ocular ... Antibiotic #Failure #Differential