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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 ... circulation—brainstem, vertebral
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (CVT) - Symptoms by Location
Transverse sinus
Superior sagittal sinus
Sigmoid sinus
Deep venous system
Cortical veins
Cavernous sinus

#Cerebral
Cerebral Venous ... Cavernous sinus #Cerebral ... CVT #Symptoms #Signs
Halo Sign in Basal Skull Fracture

Halo of lighter liquid around blood spot on the cloth indicates
Halo Sign in Basal ... cloth indicates cerebral ... JamesPowellMD #Halo #Sign
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Neurological - Cerebral ... Endocarditis #Symptoms #Signs
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... preeclampsia, reversible cerebral ... hemorrhage, SAH, cerebral ... rare), reversible cerebral ... #headache #signs
Frequency of symptoms in lung cancer
Symptoms: 
Cough,  
Weight loss, Shortness of breath, Chest pain, Hemoptysis,
Hepatomegaly, Clubbing, Cerebral ... Prevalence #Symptoms #Signs
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
encephalopathy, Cerebral ... liver #failure #Signs
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
• Meningeal signs ... Systemic symptoms and signs ... dissection • Cerebral
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs ... MRI brain for cerebral ... MRI brain for cerebral
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
gender - Obesity Cerebral ... conditions Reversible cerebral ... History of SAH or cerebral ... headache #redflags #signs