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Algorithm for evaluating multiple ring-enhancing lesions in immunocompetent (HIV negative)

#ringenhancing #lesions #cns #brain #diagnosis #differential #algorithm
#lesions #cns #brain ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #causes ... #radiology #neurology
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
Balance loss • Eyes ... speech • Time is brain ... Management #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #differential # ... neurology #CVA
MAGIC DR – a handy mnemonic used to remember the potential causes of a cerebral ring
MAGIC DR – a handy ... the potential causes ... Radiation necrosis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Mnemonic ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in size (micro and ... (Many causes!) ... encephalitis) • Brain ... Wonderland #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #neurology #differential
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
episodes usually cause ... Strokes, Traumatic Brain ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology ... #differential # ... diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
affecting the brain ... , eye, and ear ... Inflammatory causes ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Causes of Hemiplegia ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... sensory loss Brain ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
- Inability to differentiate ... right and left, ... ), Traumatic Brain ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology ... #diagnosis
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
that information and ... Syndrome, Traumatic Brain ... Confabulation #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology