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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
vasoconstriction syndrome ... Toxoplasmosis, Neurocysticercosis ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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PARASITIC - Neurocysticercosis ... polychondritis - Sjogren's syndrome ... - Bickerstaff syndrome ... opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... Parasitic • Neurocysticercosis ... causes #radiology #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Toxoplasmosis, Neurocysticercosis ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
Central Cord Syndromes
 - Anterior Cord Syndrome
 - Central Cord Syndrome
 - Brown Sequard Syndrome

#CentralCord #Syndromes
Central Cord Syndromes ... Anterior Cord Syndrome ... - Central Cord Syndrome ... Brown Sequard Syndrome ... #BrownSequard #Neurology
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
and Nephrotic Syndromes ... Nephritic syndrome ... Nephrotic syndrome ... Classification #Nephrology ... Recommended Text: Nephrology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
Disseminated Neurocysticercosis on Skull XRay. 

One can appreciate calcified lessons in the Chest wall in CXR
Disseminated Neurocysticercosis ... Positive serology ... #Disseminated #Neurocysticercosis
Nephritic vs Nephrotic Syndrome

Step 1: If the patient has hematuria and/or proteinuria, think about nephrotic/nephritic syndromes.
Step
Nephritic vs Nephrotic Syndrome ... nephrotic/nephritic syndromes ... Nephritic #Nephrotic #Syndrome ... Comparison #Algorithm #Nephrology
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ... Baylisascaris • Neurocysticercosis ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome