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

Cynthia Czawlytko, MD @drcyncity

#Differential #diagnosis #encephalopathies #encephalopathy
Differential diagnosis ... - Patterns on Brain ... encephalopathy #Brain ... patterns #MRI #Neurology ... pathology #diseases #radiology
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
Finger agnosia - Inability ... to differentiate ... cause), Traumatic Brain ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology ... #diagnosis
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
Extreme emotional lability ... Strokes, Traumatic Brain ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology ... #differential # ... diagnosis
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
The Dementia Umbrella

Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a collection of symptoms that are caused
affecting the brain ... behavior and the ability ... day tasks, and brain ... Dementia #Umbrella #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Types
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tumor, Traumatic brain ... Encephalitis, Brain ... #Causes #neurology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - Differential ... Diagnosis - MINT ... Todd Paralysis), Brain ... #Diagnosis #MINT ... #Mnemonic #neurology
BEHIND - Stroke Mimics Mnemonic
Brain: Mass, Hemorrhage, Contusion
Epilepsy: Post Ictal State, 
Hyponatremia, Hypogycemia
Intoxication, Infection
Neuro: Migraine, Multiple
Mimics Mnemonic Brain ... Mnemonic #CVA #Neurology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Differential Diagnosis for ST Segment Elevations
 - ACUTE STEMI 
 - PULMONARY EMBOLISM 
 - LBBB
Differential Diagnosis ... - TRAUMATIC BRAIN ... STElevation #STEMI #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
MRI Brain Sequence Comparison: T1 vs T2 vs FLAIR
T1:
 - CSF is Dark
 - Grey Matter
MRI Brain Sequence ... T2 #FLAIR #MRI #Brain ... Comparison #clinical #radiology ... #diagnosis #neurology