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Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
medical problem or symptoms ... Motivation is primary gain ... • Pain Disorder ... - Pain; psychological ... Conversion Disorder - Neurologic
3 Stages of Lyme Disease 
Early Lyme Disease 
 - Erythema migrans 
 - Constitutional symptoms
Stages of Lyme Disease ... Constitutional symptoms ... Gastrointestinal symptoms ... Cutaneous - Neurologic ... - Neurologic
Parkinson's Disease - Progression Timeline
 - Prodromal Parkinson disease
 - Early-stage Parkinson disease
 - Mid-stage Parkinson
Parkinson's Disease ... Prodromal Parkinson disease ... #Parkinsons #Disease ... Progression #Timeline #symptoms ... #diagnosis #neurology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Most common symptoms ... - Bone symptoms ... - Pain -> RUQ ... granulamatous disease ... - Infiltrative diseases
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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paresthetica • Symptoms ... 3-6 months of symptom ... intervertebral disc disease ... absent: lower back pain ... Raise Test - Pain
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
laughter and crying; Diseases ... Sclerosis (ALS) (*main ... ), Alzheimer's Disease ... Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Méniére's disease ... with significant neurologic ... course of the disease ... Disease onset usually ... attacks with varying neurologic
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
unilateral flank pain ... nephrolithiasis • Symptoms ... → Refer to Nephrology ... and referral to Urology ... Algorithm #Workup #urology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... and less common diseases ... polychondritis • Behcet disease ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Scotoma, Ocular pain ... /pain upon eye movement ... mainly AQP4-lgG disease ... Manifestations #diagnosis #neurology ... #symptoms #signs