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Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... (brain tumors, paraneoplastic ... Endocrinopathy, Malignancy, Autoimmune ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Toxoplasmosis AUTOIMMUNE ... Sarcoidosis NEOPLASTIC/PARANEOPLASTIC ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
Causes of Myoclonus ... OMS, Neoplasia, autoinmune ... and paraneoplastic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Downbeat Nystagmus on Physical Exam

65 year old female with new walking difficulty and dizziness. Why downbeat
corrective movement causes ... pathologies like autoimmune ... /paraneoplastic
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
/Sepsis/Shock, Autoimmune ... Seizures, Stroke, Paraneoplastic ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause
Encephalitis Differential Diagnosis by Location

 • White Matter: PML, ADEM
 • Limbic System: HSV1, HSV6, Treponema
Treponema pallidum, Paraneoplastic ... , Autoimmune encephalitis ... , Enterovirus, Paraneoplastic ... , Autoimmune
Causes of Leukocytosis and Leukopenia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Eosinophilia (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia > 1500):
Causes of Leukocytosis ... Infection, Malignancy, Autimmune ... Infections, Drugs, Autoimmune ... Infection, Malignancy, Autoimmune ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Autoimmune:
 • Isolated
 • Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome 1
 •
Causes of Adrenal ... Diagnosis Algorithm Autoimmune ... Polyglandular autoimmune ... Polyglandular autoimrnune ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Hemolysis Classification - Intrinsic and Extrinsic Causes

Commentary: Another way to think of immune hemolysis would be
and Extrinsic Causes ... hemolysis would be autoimmune ... (most of the causes ... already listed) and alloimmune ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Summary Table of Paraneoplastic Syndromes

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