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Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
cortical brain lesions ... or neglect, Agraphaesthesia ... Cortex #Cortical #Lesion ... Localization #Symptoms #Signs ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Differential Diagnosis of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
 - TIA/stroke 
 - Seizure 
 - Hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia
Differential Diagnosis ... - TIA/stroke ... migraine - Mass lesion ... Mimics #CVA #TIA #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
Stroke Evaluation ... loss • Eyes: vision ... Hemorrhagic Stroke ... Algorithm #diagnosis #differential ... #neurology #CVA
Parinaud's Syndrome
What?
 - Impaired upgaze
 - Light-near dissociation
 - Convergence retraction nystagmus
 - Eyelid retraction (Collier's
retraction (Collier's sign ... - Pineal region ... → "setting sun sign ... Vascular disease (stroke ... diagnosis #pineal #neurology
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Drift Testing for Stroke ... extensor weakness - Sign ... Upper motor neuron lesion ... Drift #Testing #Stroke ... physicalexam #diagnosis #neurology
stroke

#stroke #neurology #differential  #medstudent #CEM
stroke #stroke ... #neurology #differential
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
Ring-Enhancing Lesions ... - Differential ... usually multiple lesions ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #neurology
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Forced flexion of the neck elicits a reflex flexion of the hips. It
Brudzinski's Sign ... Meningitis Forced flexion ... elicits a reflex flexion ... #Brudzinskis #Signs ... Clinical #Video #neurology
Stroke Etiologies
Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH)
Ischemic
 - Large Vessel Atherosclerosis
 - Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm,
Stroke Etiologies ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... - Strong Medicine ... #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Facial Weakness - Differential ... Most commonly stroke ... involved = Peripheral lesion ... Facial #Weakness #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology