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Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
Approach to Headaches ... - Differential ... papilledema • Horner syndrome ... lyme • Altered mental ... #Differential #
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Etiologies • Nonfocal mental ... poisoning • Mental ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... symptoms #clues #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
(75% or more): Genital ... CNS symptoms (headache ... following: • Genital ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Diagnosis: • Genital
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
characterized by: • Headache ... Seizures • Altered mental ... status • Headache ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Reversible course Differential
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes of Headache ... Immunocompromised state - General ... usual or customary headache ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... signs #symptoms #differential
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... - Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Nerve V: • TMJ syndrome ... following symptoms: headache ... the tragus to differentiate
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Symptoms: Fever, headache ... , altered mental ... CNS #Infections #differential ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... cough, myalgias, headache ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
direct effects: Headache ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... Differential Diagnosis ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... Endocrinology #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Vasculitis Differential ... 50 years • New headache ... Progressive symptoms of headache ... Recurrent oral and/or genital