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Clinical Features and Vascular Territories of Stroke
Anterior circulation—anterior cerebral artery (ACA) - Contralateral leg weakness
Anterior circulation—middle
circulation—anterior cerebral ... circulation—middle cerebral ... without cortical signs ... circulation—posterior cerebral ... #Stroke #CVA #Diagnosis
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Neurological - Cerebral ... Endocarditis #Symptoms #Signs ... #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Meningeal signs ... Systemic symptoms and signs ... dissection • Cerebral ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
encephalopathy, Cerebral ... liver #failure #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... hemorrhage, SAH, cerebral ... rare), reversible cerebral ... #headache #signs ... #differential #diagnosis
Frequency of symptoms in lung cancer
Symptoms: 
Cough,  
Weight loss, Shortness of breath, Chest pain, Hemoptysis,
Hepatomegaly, Clubbing, Cerebral ... Prevalence #Symptoms #Signs ... #Frequency #Diagnosis
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs ... specific to NBTE, and diagnosis ... is required for diagnosis ... MRI brain for cerebral ... MRI brain for cerebral
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
eye movement • Cerebral ... Manifestations #diagnosis ... neurology #symptoms #signs
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
project into the cerebral ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
be secondary to cerebral ... The diagnostic approach ... out differential diagnoses ... orthostatic vital sign ... Further diagnostics