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Causes of Primary Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unilateral
 • Migraine (Throbbing/Pulsating)
Bilateral
 • Tension/Stress Headache (Tightening, Band-Like,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Neuralgia (Shooting, stabbing ... Headache • Primary Stabbing ... Primary #Headaches #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
difference between standing ... Cerebellar disease: standing ... Rombergs #Test #neurology ... #diagnosis #proprioception
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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balanced when standing ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology #management
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
4 weeks after starting ... Worsening of previous neurologic ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis ... differential #TB #neurology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
ribbon-like GBM staining ... cytoplasmic neutrophilic staining ... perinuclear cytoplasmic staining ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Internal Hemorrhoids - Classification
Grade l: 
 • 1st-degree or primary hemorrhoids - normal or near-normal
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prolapses only with straining ... dentate line with straining ... • Itching, staining ... grading #grades #diagnosis
Parkinsonian Gait 

Parkinson's gait is very characteristic: Standing, the patient tends to tilt the trunk forward,
characteristic: Standing ... difficulties in starting ... Parkinsons #Gait #Neurology
Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
Consider (re-) starting ... Consider (re-) starting ... Consider (re-) starting ... Consider (re-)starting ... #Stroke #CVA #neurology
Spectrum of Glomerular Diseases
Nephrotic - Mechanism:
 • Injury to podocytes
 • Changed architecture: Scanning. Deposition of
architecture: Scanning ... differential #spectrum #diagnosis ... #nephrology #nephritic
Glitter Cells on Urine Microscopy
Glitter cells in the urine are viable and pale staining WBCs with
viable and pale staining ... Microscopy #clinical #nephrology