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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... basal ganglia, CNS ... symptoms (headache ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Algorithm Red ... lyme • Altered mental ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... brain lesion • CNS ... #Algorithm #neurology
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Further Workup • CNS ... symptoms? ... Returning Traveler’ algorithm ... Test for the respective ... thin smear • Signs
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
hypertension - CNS ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... signs/symptoms ... findings - idiopathic ... postpartum #Diagnosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... signs below the ... - Sarcoidosis, Behcet ... #neurology #differential ... #algorithm
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... Arboviruses: - West ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... Acute meningeal signs ... #neurology #meningitis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... #management #neurology