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Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... AVM, Aneurysm, Brain ... SCVMCMed #Stroke #CVA ... #management #neurology ... #treatment
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
• Non-contrast CT ... (core, penumbra ... NCCT or • MRI brain ... Defined if 1) CT ... diagnosis #checklist #neurology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... thrombosis and/or blood-brain ... Puncture, EEG Treatment ... prevention (statin for CVA ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology
Evolution of stroke on CT and MRI. 

Day 1: NCHCT demonstrates obscure left insular cortex. No
Evolution of stroke on CT ... obscure left insular cortex ... #Stroke #CVA #MRI ... Progression #Timeline #Neurology ... #Radiology #Findings
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
parietal lobes of the brain ... may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... narrowing on MRA/CTA ... diagnosis #management #neurology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
nasopharyngeal CA ... MRI brain and C-spine ... imaging after treatment ... Nate Warner - @NateWarnerMD ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... ruled out • Brain ... MRI: Check for brain ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology