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Epilepsy Seizure Types - Generalized vs Focal

Generalized Seizures
 - Absence seizures 
 - Myoclonic seizures
Generalized Seizures - Absence ... Seizures #Types #Classification ... #Neurology #Differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
pulmonary disease, and ocular ... ulcers, cutaneous, ocular ... Syndrome: - Ocular ... neuropathy • Absent ... #rheumatology #classification
Renal involvement in 35% of mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis 
Associated with : 
 • Absence of skin
cryoglobulinemia vasculitis ... Associated with : • Absence ... skin lesions • Absence ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis ... Cryoglobulinemic #Nephrology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
• Generalized: Absence ... malformation, Aneurysm, Vasculitis ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Kidney Injury - Classification ... - Small vessel vasculitis ... Kidney #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
neuropathy • Absent ... affects the skin, neurologic ... cognitive impairment, neurologic ... ulcers, cutaneous, ocular ... Cogan syndrome: Ocular
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Neurogenic Ptosis - Neurologic ... lens wearing • Ocular ... Congenital Ptosis - Absence ... Syndrome #Ptosis #neurology ... ophthalmology #ocular
Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2020 ACR-EULAR Classification
≥ 6 of 10 points = definite RA
Joint Involvement:
Arthritis - 2020 ACR-EULAR ... Classification ... joint) - 5 points Serology ... Arthritis #diagnosis #EULAR ... #Classification
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, small-vessel vasculitis ... ulceration • Ocular ... panuveitis, retinal vasculitis ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... MCC-small vessel vasculitis
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
prognosis • Nodular ... - 5% RS cells absent ... • Classic - Nodular ... Lymphoproliferative #Disorders #Classification