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SNOOP mnemonic may catch potentially life-threatening headaches
Systemic signs and disorders
Neurologic symptoms
Onset new or changed & patient
life-threatening headaches ... Systemic signs ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #headache ... #redflag #dangerous
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Meningeal signs ... Systemic symptoms and signs ... angle closure glaucoma
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
angle closure glaucoma ... thrombophilia, neurologic signs ... distribution, eyelid ... postpartum #Diagnosis ... #Deadly #Differential
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... meningeal irritation signs ... angle-closure glaucoma ... diagnosis #ophthalmology
Retinoblastoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Sporadic mutation -> One allele of RB1 tumor suppressor gene
Retinoblastoma Signs ... - Retinal detachment ... • Secondary glaucoma ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... angle closure glaucoma ... #signs #symptoms ... #clues #differential ... #diagnosis
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Red Eye - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... lid or lashes Dangerous ... neuritis • Retinal detachment ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
fungal infection Glaucoma—acute ... History of previous glaucoma ... #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential ... #emergency #diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... claudication, headaches ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... GCA #Temporal #Signs
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
CNS symptoms (headache ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Diagnosis: • Genital ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... #management #signs