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Epilepsy Seizure Types - Generalized vs Focal

Generalized Seizures
 - Absence seizures 
 - Myoclonic seizures
Epilepsy Seizure ... Types - Generalized ... #Types #Classification ... #Neurology #Differential ... #Diagnosis
ILAE Classification of Seizure Types
 - Focal Onset
 - Generalized Onset
 - Unknown Onset
 - Unclassified

SCVMC
ILAE Classification ... of Seizure Types ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Seizure ... #Types #ILAE #Classification ... #diagnosis #neurology
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
Generalized Seizures ... include the entire cortex ... Generalized seizures ... Pseudoseizures #GrandMal #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
ILAE Classification of Seizure Types
 - Focal Onset
 - Generalized Onset
 - Unknown Onset
 - Unclassified

UCSD
ILAE Classification ... of Seizure Types ... Medicine @ucsdim #Seizure ... #Types #ILAE #Classification ... #diagnosis #neurology
The first step is to separate seizures by how they begin in the brain. The type
The type of seizure ... type can be changed ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #ILAE2017 #Classification ... #Seizure #Types
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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of Hemiplegia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Contralateral motor cortex ... Asterognosia • Seizures ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... papilledema • Horner ... fever, myalgia), seizures ... #neurology #PHANTOMS
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... : New-Onset Seizure ... Patients with all types ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Geriatrics
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... Neurogenic Ptosis - Neurologic ... nerve palsy • Horner ... Syndrome #Ptosis #neurology ... #Differential #
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... hypothalamus, and visual cortex ... glaucoma - Ocular ... #Neurology