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Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... funduscopy or papilledema ... pupil with third nerve ... various types • Extraocular ... #headache #signs
Enlarged optic nerve sheath diameter and crescent sign in 30 yo female patient reporting 3 months
Enlarged optic nerve ... diameter and crescent sign ... @SAlerhand #Papilledema ... Hypertension #Ocular #POCUS ... Ultrasound #crescent #sign
Papilledema on Ocular POCUS

Eye, linear probe, optic nerve (ON) elevation >0.6 mm into globe (crescent sign)
POCUS Eye, linear ... probe, optic nerve ... globe (crescent sign ... Suggestive of raised intracranial ... #Ocular #POCUS
Papilledema on Ocular POCUS

This 27yo female presents with an intractable headache. Which of the following do
POCUS This 27yo ... with Idiopathic Intracranial ... ultrasound demonstrated signs ... of increased intracranial ... #POCUS #IIH #clinical
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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progressively worse, papilledema ... • Meningeal signs ... Systemic symptoms and signs ... AACG) • Benign intracranial
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
- increased intracranial ... dependent position, papilledema ... thrombophilia, neurologic signs ... - idiopathic intracranial
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
inner retinal nerve ... arterioles causes optic nerve ... disc edema. -> Papilledema ... ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs
Lumbar Puncture
Indications: Infection, Inflammation, Other
Contraindications: Coagulopathy, Thrombocytopenia, Anticoagulants, Skin Infection at puncture site, Increased Intracranial Pressure
When
site, Increased Intracranial ... Focal neurological signs ... Immunosuppression, Papilledema
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
eye including intraocular ... - Impinges on nerves ... ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
hypertension and signs ... hemorrhages or papilledema ... renal bruit or signs ... disorders: Increased intracranial