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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... with vascular causes ... positional episodes caused ... disease • Tinnitus ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Algorithm
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
syphilis) Meaning: Positive ... sign) → Proprioceptive ... Observe when patient closes ... • Cerebellar disease ... #neurology #diagnosis
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Management Caused ... Symptoms and Signs ... T. whipplei test ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Causes of Cystic ... Polycystic Kidney Disease ... Carcinoma - No signs ... #RenalMass #Nephrology ... #Causes
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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encephalitis, West ... Miller-Fisher GBS; Positive ... - Progressive multifocal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Neurology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Studies in Rheumatic Diseases ... ; if positive, test ... factor (RF) and cyclic ... - Positive in ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Positive Throckmorton sign in a case of chronic osteomyelitis of the left hip. X-ray findings:
1) complete
Positive Throckmorton ... sign in a case ... femoral head 2) lytic ... of unilateral disease ... #Clinical #Radiology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Skin lesions • Positive ... diagnosis #management #signs
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Optica (NMO) - Clinical ... involvement: Intractable nausea ... complications (AQP4-positive ... Manifestations #diagnosis #neurology ... #symptoms #signs
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
Causes of Dysarthria ... , harsh voice, Positive ... Disorder Extra-Pyramidal ... #Dysarthria #Neurology ... #Causes