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Parinaud's syndrome
What?
 • Light-near dissociation (tectal pupils)
 • Convergence retraction nystagmus
 • Eyelid retraction (Collier's sign)
Convergence retraction nystagmus ... tumors • Multiple sclerosis ... • Vascular disease ... Dorsal midbrain and ... Parinauds #syndrome #neurology
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
unidirectonal nystagmus ... • Meniere's Disease ... symptoms/signs, ... bidirectional nystagmus ... • Multiple sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Incontinence • VISUAL: Nystagmus ... Signs and symptoms ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Seesaw nystagmus 
-> eye move in an opposed vertical fashion (one goes up while the other
mesodiencephalic disease ... chiasm, multiple sclerosis ... Video by Kathleen ... ophthalmology #clinical #video ... #eye #ocular #PhysicalExam
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment ... Ulcers: • Treatment ... • Azathioprine and ... refractory lesions Ocular ... #management #pharmacology
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
vestibular neuritis • Nystagmus ... tinnitus (Méniére's disease ... multiple sclerosis ... diagnosis #findings #signs ... symptoms #comparison #neurology
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
in someone who had ... Even with macular ... disease, may consider ... #COVID19 #Pharmacology ... #Table #Management
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
Algorithm for the Management ... Seizures The management ... continuous vital sign ... Pharmacologic treatment ... #Emergency #Neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... course of the disease ... diagnosis column Treatment ... #neurology #diagnosis ... #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms