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Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... masses and lymphadenitis ... cause unknown) ... #Differential #
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... with vascular causes ... Méniére's disease ... Hearing loss. ... Vertigo #Algorithm #differential
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... fever • Weight loss ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... endocrinology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
sudden, transient loss ... structural heart disease ... determining if loss ... syncope (ruling out differential ... orthostatic vital sign
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease ... fat-pad edema with loss ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... diagnosis: • Sinding-Larsen-Johansson ... clinical #Radiology #diagnosis
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Caused by: Tropheryma ... Signs: 1. ... Weight loss (90% ... positive T. whipplei test
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Vertigo - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Meniere's Disease ... neurologic symptoms/signs ... Cerebellopontine Angle
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
(Romberg's sign ... Proprioceptive loss ... Observe when patient closes ... with eyes open and ... #neurology #diagnosis
Chronic Vision Loss by Anatomic Location - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cornea:
 • Keratoconus
 • Stromal Scaring
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Chronic Vision Loss ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Cotton wool spots ... Glaucoma (Open-Angle ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Allopecia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Examination: • Signs ... • Pull test ... texture at bald spots