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Differential diagnosis for toxic/metabolic encephalopathies - Patterns on Brain Imaging

Cynthia Czawlytko, MD @drcyncity

#Differential #diagnosis #encephalopathies #encephalopathy
for toxic/metabolic ... encephalopathies #encephalopathy ... #patterns #MRI ... #Neurology #pathology ... #diseases #radiology
Altered Mental Status - Encephalopathy Differential Diagnosis Framework - MINT

M - Metabolic
I - Infection
N - Neurologic
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Altered Mental Status ... - Encephalopathy ... - MINT M - Metabolic ... Infection N - Neurologic ... ASanchez_PS #AMS
Imaging Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic Brain Disorders

Thalami, Mammillary Bodies and Tectum: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Dentate Nuclei: Metronidazole,
Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic ... Brain Disorders ... Pons: ODS #MRI ... #Clinical #Differential ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Neurology
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Diagnosis • Neurologic ... Encephalitis • Metabolic ... Uremia, Hepatic encephalopathy ... deficiency, Thyroid disease ... #Status #AMS #Differential
MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic for Altered Mental Status (Delirium)
 - Metabolic (hypercalcemia, hyponatremia)
 - Oxygen (hypoxia)
Mnemonic for Altered Mental ... (Delirium) - Metabolic ... #MentalStatus #AMS ... #encephalopathy ... #differential #
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Seizures • Altered mental ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Reversible course Differential ... Drug toxicity, Metabolic
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease ... Toxins (heavy metals ... Malnutrition, Metabolic ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
affecting the brain ... attributable to central ... is important, as ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
asthma • Pleural disease ... opioids, OHS, toxic metabolic ... encephalopathy, ... e.g., GBS, MG, ALS ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... nervous system: Brain ... • Infectious: Brain ... EMG) studies • MRI ... #Diagnosis #neurology