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Principal features of Destructive and Irritative cortical lesions in right-handed individual

#Cortical #Cortex #Lesions #Features #Signs #Symptoms
#Cortical #Cortex ... #Lesions #Features ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Brain #Neurology ... #Diagnosis
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
- Differential ... Diagnosis • Infections ... Malignancy: Metastases (lung ... Diagnosis #neurology ... #radiology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... • 80% with lung ... #Brain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
focal cortical brain ... lesions in a right-handed ... recognition #Cortex ... Localization #Symptoms #Signs ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... papilledema • Horner ... Space-occupying brain ... lesion • CNS ... #neurology #PHANTOMS
Imaging Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic Brain Disorders

Thalami, Mammillary Bodies and Tectum: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Dentate Nuclei: Metronidazole,
and Metabolic Brain ... and Cingulate Cortex ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Neurology
Algorithm for evaluating multiple ring-enhancing lesions in immunocompetent (HIV negative)

#ringenhancing #lesions #cns #brain #diagnosis #differential #algorithm
ring-enhancing lesions ... #cns #brain #diagnosis ... #differential # ... algorithm #causes #radiology ... #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Non-neuromuscular disorder ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
the CNS from the brain ... from the cerebral cortex ... form part of the differential ... diagnosis. ... from the cortex
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
encephalitis) • Brain ... lesions (e.g. stroke ... • Psychiatric disorders ... Wonderland #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #neurology #differential