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Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Syndrome Testing Algorithm ... Cushing syndrome (central ... suppression test (DST) protocol ... Syndrome #diagnosis #algorithm ... endocrinology #Adrenal #Hyperfunction
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
and Peripheral ... Malformation Peripheral ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Peripheral #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
Algorithm for the ... diagnostic evaluation ... more likely to be peripheral ... the etiology is peripheral ... The approach uses
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
eyes • Salivary hypofunction ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... Involvement: • Central ... neuropathy • Peripheral ... phenomenon (16%) MSK