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Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Benign paroxysmal positional ... - Vestibular Nerve ... Vestibulocochlear Nerve ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Serotonin Syndrome
 - Rapid onset 
 - Combination of 2+ serotonin agonists 
Mental status changes:
Serotonin Syndrome ... serotonin agonists Mental ... speech Autonomic instability ... > upper) - Tremor ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
- Differential Diagnosis ... Forehead Sparing = Central ... (2% of facial nerve ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Algorithm showing a stepwise approach to the assessment and investigation of a possible neuropathy. CIDP, chronic
Guillain-Barré syndrome ... neuropathy with liability ... palsies; NCS, nerve ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Vertigo Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Vertigo: Symptom of illusory movement because of asymmetry in the vestibular
Vertigo Differential Diagnosis ... and Management ... labyrinth, vestibular nerve ... , or central vestibular ... #neurology #Differential
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
Gerstmann Syndrome ... Finger agnosia - Inability ... Brain Injury, Tumor ... neudrawlogy #Gerstmann #Syndrome ... #neurology #diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... • Motor Nerves ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - Diagnosis
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is an idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic medications classically characterized
- Diagnosis Neuroleptic ... and autonomic instability ... rigidity" +/- tremor ... C - Autonomic instability ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework If Altered Mental ... Oculomotor (3rd cranial nerve ... hemorrhage, SAH, tumor ... #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
- Differential Diagnosis ... lesions of the central ... system: Brain tumor ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology