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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Focal: Simple, Complex ... Tumor, Traumatic brain ... Encephalitis, Brain ... #neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
lesions • 80% with lung ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
Physical exam (complete ... NCCT or • MRI brain ... Evaluate underlying cause ... Ruled out other causes ... diagnosis #checklist #neurology
Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
presents with complex ... Anxiety Disorder - Focus ... Dysmorphic Disorder - Focus ... Multiple symptoms; long ... Conversion Disorder - Neurologic
Complex Pleural Effusion caused by Esophageal Perforation
So much pathology for one lung. Esophageal perforation leading to
Complex Pleural ... Effusion caused ... pathology for one lung ... #Perforation #lung ... #pocus #clinical
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome - brain ... - small cell lung ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Neurology
Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
POCUS When your ... patient has 3 courses ... Lung U/S shows complex ... #Empyema #POCUS ... #complex #effusion
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... Pulmonary teaching case ... removed chest drain ... on POCUS - What ... respiratory #Chest #Lung
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
documented to be a complete ... cell/white cell casts ... plexus, or sclera), lungs ... Nephrocalcinosis causes ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
• Infectious causes ... ruled out • Brain ... MRI: Check for brain ... virus - Herpes simplex ... diagnosis #management #neurology