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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Meniere's Disease ... /signs, bidirectional ... Infection • Meningitis ... • Cerebellar Hemorrhage
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
brief interval symptom ... ): • Aseptic meningitis ... • Pulmonary hemorrhage ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis ... #Illness #Signs
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
arteritis (GCA) 1) Is ... with splinter hemorrhages ... Doppler US : halo sign ... #Rheumatology #Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
nerves -> Afferent pupillary ... thrombosis -> Meningitis ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage ... - (Neisseria meningitidis ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... endocrinology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Autonomic symptoms ... meningeal irritation signs ... Non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage ... #ophthalmology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Sclerosis (MS) is ... neurodegenerative disease ... ophthalmoplegia • Afferent pupillary ... Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... Signs and symptoms
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
lesions, aseptic meningitis ... ), MCC CNS symptoms ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Highest incidence is ... Méniére's disease ... Cerebellar hemorrhage ... varying neurologic signs ... #differential #diagnosis
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... of Tuberculous Meningitis ... thrombosis, or hemorrhagic ... ADEM Tuberculous Meningitis ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis