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Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... HTN, Cerebral Amyloid ... Moyamoya, Blood Disorders ... #management #neurology
Workup of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
High or Normal PTH:
 • Hyperparathyroidism: Parathyroid adenoma, Parathyroid hyperplasia,
Hypercalcemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... VitD: Multiple Myeloma ... Drugs, Endocrine disorders ... #Workup #nephrology
Causes of Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension:
 • Essential Hypertension (Aneurysm)
 • Drugs (Cocaine,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Amphetamines) Vessel Disease ... : • Amyloid Angiopathy ... Hemorrhage #ICH #Stroke ... #CVA #Neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Impairment: • Acute stroke ... /amyloid • Infectious ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Symptoms and signs ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... reflexes: Areflexia ... #diagnosis #neurology ... #algorithm
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
Diagnosis Algorithm ... hyperactive gag reflex ... Internal Capsule Strokes ... Paraneoplastic Disorder ... #Dysarthria #Neurology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... PCR + 20-90%, normal ... Cardiomyopathy: Conduction disorders ... mural thrombi (→stroke
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
may arise from disease ... its surrounding myelin ... form part of the differential ... positive Babinski reflex ... of the foot is stroked
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Spasticity - Reflexes ... • Bilateral signs ... Sjogren's • CSF: - Abnormal ... vaccination - Myelin ... #differential