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Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
CNS: parietal lobe ... (Many causes!) ... * (most common cause ... Wonderland #Syndrome #diagnosis
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Disease Upper Lobe ... Disease Lower Lobe ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #pulmonary
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Right Lower Lobe ... • Left Lower Lobe ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... Therefore, conditions caused ... pulmonary apices caused ... Diseases With Upper Lobe ... #differential #diagnosis
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... infection - Lower lobe ... Pain #Pediatrics #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
the most common cause ... dominant occipital lobe ... dominant occipital lobe ... ) • occipital lobe ... clinical #neurology #diagnosis
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... otalgia Most Common Causes ... externa Mechanical Causes ... sparing the ear lobes ... #differential #diagnosis
Neuro-OphthaImoIogy - Visual Field Defects - Localization Map
 - Optic Nerve Lesion (Monocular vision loss)
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Right Parietal Lobe ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Anatomy #Causes
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
is thought to cause ... (i.e. frontal lobes ... is thought to cause ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
involving a segment or lobe ... WHAT ARE COMMON CAUSES ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #diagnosis ... #differential #causes