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Imaging Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic Brain Disorders

Thalami, Mammillary Bodies and Tectum: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Dentate Nuclei: Metronidazole,
Brain Disorders ... Heroin Inhalation Central ... #Brain #Disorders ... #Clinical #Differential ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Neurology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - Differential ... MINT Mnemonic • Metabolic ... Acidosis and Stroke-like ... Todd Paralysis), Brain ... Sclerosis, Conversion Disorder
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Causes of Apparent Life ... • Reye's Syndrome ... Disturbances Neurologic ... Neuromuscular • Disorders ... • Central Apnea
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in Wonderland Syndrome ... encephalitis) • Brain ... • Psychiatric disorders ... #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
affecting the brain ... attributable to central ... optica spectrum disorder ... #neurology #inflammatory ... #differential #
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Honest Lie. ... , Traumatic Brain ... Blindness, Psychiatric Disorders ... Confabulation #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Non-neuromuscular disorder ... lesions of the central ... nervous system: Brain ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Erectile Dysfunction: Pathogenesis

Erectile Dysfunction - Persistent or recurrent inability to achieve an erection sufficient to achieve
psychological disorder ... an imbalance of central ... center by the brain ... diabetes mellitus -> Central ... #Dysfunction #Pathophysiology
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Insufficiency Metabolic ... Pulmonary Disease Neurologic ... Myasthenia Gravis Pharmacologic ... • Somatization Disorder ... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome ... relapse of bipolar disorder ... , asthenia • Neurologic ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology