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Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
disease • Myasthenia ... - Hypo- or hyperthyroidism ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis ... #differential # ... causes #neurology
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Neurocognitive Disorders ... Endocrine: Hypo/hyperthyroidism ... #dementia #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Diagnosis Algorithm ... deficiency • Hypothyroidism ... Paraneoplastic disorder ... CognitiveImpairment #Dementia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Erectile Dysfunction: Pathogenesis

Erectile Dysfunction - Persistent or recurrent inability to achieve an erection sufficient to achieve
psychological disorder ... Erectile Dysfunction Neurologic ... and rigidity Endocrinologic ... #Dysfunction #Pathophysiology ... #Urology #Diagnosis
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
, Seizure disorders ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... , PRES Pathophysiology ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology ... #management #treatment
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Diagnosis Approach ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... : Hypothyroidism ... Renal parenchymal disease ... Neurologic disorders
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Tubulointerstitial renal disease ... ) • Endocrine disorders ... hormone secretion, Hyperthyroidism ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential ... Treponema, Listeria, TB ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... #diagnosis #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... #management #neurology ... #differential
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management ... Person Syndrome Pathophysiology ... limb or joint disorders ... #Management #treatment ... #neurology