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Differential diagnosis for toxic/metabolic encephalopathies - Patterns on Brain Imaging

Cynthia Czawlytko, MD @drcyncity

#Differential #diagnosis #encephalopathies #encephalopathy
Differential diagnosis ... - Patterns on Brain ... encephalopathy #Brain ... patterns #MRI #Neurology ... pathology #diseases #radiology
Approach to Chorea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

#Chorea #Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
Approach to Chorea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm #Chorea ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
Unilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Cornea
 • Keratopathy
Painful - No Abnormalities of
Vision Loss - Differential ... Algorithm Painful - Cornea ... Demyelination • MS ... Acute #VisionLoss #Differential
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Provoked Seizures - Differential ... Dystonia, Dyskinesia, Chorea ... Provoked #Seizures #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
of Hemiplegia - Differential ... Contralateral motor cortex ... sensory loss Brain ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Imaging Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic Brain Disorders

Thalami, Mammillary Bodies and Tectum: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Dentate Nuclei: Metronidazole,
and Metabolic Brain ... and Cingulate Cortex ... Disorders #Clinical #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Neurology
Osborn waves - positive deflections at the J point (negative in aVR and V1) with a
hypothermia with a core ... hypercalcemia, brain ... patient with a core ... EmergencyMedicine #Cardiology
Algorithm for evaluating multiple ring-enhancing lesions in immunocompetent (HIV negative)

#ringenhancing #lesions #cns #brain #diagnosis #differential #algorithm
#lesions #cns #brain ... #diagnosis #differential ... algorithm #causes #radiology ... #neurology
MAGIC DR – a handy mnemonic used to remember the potential causes of a cerebral ring
eg. tumefactive MS ... necrosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... MAGICDR #DRMAGIC #Differential ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
to Headaches - Differential ... papilledema • Horner ... Space-occupying brain ... #Headache #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology