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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Thrombocytopenia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Aplastic Anemia • Toxic ... Non-lmmune: • HELLP Syndrome ... #Causes #Hematology
Fever and Rash - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Viral: Measles, Infectious Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute HIV,
Fever and Rash - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Rickettsial diseases, Toxic ... shock syndrome, ... #Diagnosis #dermatology
Anisocoria Evaluation Flow Chart - Differential Diagnosis
1. Check pupillary reaction to light 
2. Measure pupil size.
Evaluation Flow Chart - Differential ... Diagnosis 1. ... - Horner's Syndrome ... Dilatation - Adie's Tonic ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Holmes-Adie Syndrome ... Young females Differential ... Diagnosis: • CN ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #ophthalmology
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Diagnosis Algorithm ... (dry skin) • Atopic ... Myelodisplastic syndrome ... #generalized #dermatology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
One-and-a-half Syndrome ... #Localization #ophthalmology ... #neurology #differential ... #diagnosis #ocular
Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis - Causative Medications 
and Level of Suspicion 

High Risk:
Antigout:
Stevens Johnson Syndrome ... and Toxic Epidermal ... , piroxicam #Differential ... Epidermal #Necrolysis #Dermatology ... #Diagnosis
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in Wonderland Syndrome ... Retina • Systemic (toxic ... Alice #Wonderland #Syndrome ... #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
- Sarcoidosis Toxic ... disease (Budd-Chiari syndrome ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Hepatology #Cirrhosis