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Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Encephalopathy - Differential ... Acute: - Primary Neurologic ... (brain tumors, paraneoplastic ... syndromes), Inflammatory ... Encephalopathy #Differential
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... secondary amyloid), Paraneoplastic ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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- Bickerstaff syndrome ... Sarcoidosis NEOPLASTIC/PARANEOPLASTIC ... opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... • Acute stroke syndromes ... • Neoplastic: Paraneoplastic ... #Weakness #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... may precede the neurologic ... Reversible course Differential ... Seizures, Stroke, Paraneoplastic ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Thymic tumors - Paraneoplastic ... thyroid, Sjogren syndrome ... “dropping head syndrome ... life-threatening Differential ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Summary Table of Paraneoplastic Syndromes

#Diagnosis #Oncology #Paraneoplastic #Syndromes #Table
Summary Table of Paraneoplastic ... Syndromes #Diagnosis ... #Oncology #Paraneoplastic ... #Syndromes #Table
Paraneoplastic Syndromes

#Diagnosis #Oncology #Paraneoplastic #Syndromes #RebelEM
Paraneoplastic Syndromes ... Diagnosis #Oncology #Paraneoplastic ... #Syndromes #RebelEM
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Demyelinating Diseases - Differential ... MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic ... Demyelinating #Diseases #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Encephalitis Differential Diagnosis by Location

 • White Matter: PML, ADEM
 • Limbic System: HSV1, HSV6, Treponema
Encephalitis Differential ... Treponema pallidum, Paraneoplastic ... , Enterovirus, Paraneoplastic ... #Encephalitis #Differential ... Location #Tropism #neurology