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Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Weakness That May Mimic ... or peripheral neurologic ... • Electrolyte disorders ... #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #neurology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - ... Differential Diagnosis ... CNS abscess • Neurologic ... Sclerosis, Conversion Disorder ... #CVA #Differential
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Extraocular Movement Disorders ... Extraocular #Movement #Disorders ... #Localization #ophthalmology ... #neurology #differential
Imaging Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic Brain Disorders

Thalami, Mammillary Bodies and Tectum: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Dentate Nuclei: Metronidazole,
Metabolic Brain Disorders ... ATL With Posterior ... Metabolic #Brain #Disorders ... #Clinical #Differential ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Neurology
Causes of Anterior Uveitis - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Uveitis - 90% of cases of Uveitis
 • Inflammation
Anterior Uveitis - Differential ... anterior uveitis • Posterior-choroid ... 30% of cases • Mimics ... Anterior #Uveitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #ophthalmology
Differential Considerations for a Seizure or Seizure-like Event
The following diagnoses may have presentations that can be
Differential Considerations ... Cardiogenic syncope NEUROLOGIC ... migraine - Movement disorders ... Cataplexy #Seizure #mimics ... diagnosis #neurology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... without headache • Disorder ... Ocular inflammatory disorder ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #Neurology
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... Ophthalmic: • Posterior ... Occipital lobe disorders ... #Floaters #Differential ... Diagnosis #Ocular #ophthalmology
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
hypomagnesemia), Eating disorders ... Bartter's syndrome (mimics ... Gitelman's syndrome (mimics ... Hypokalemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Vascular disorders ... Occlusion of posterior ... with significant neurologic ... Vertigo #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology