66 results
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 ... imaging #patterns #MRI ... #Neurology #pathology
MRI Brain Sequence Comparison: T1 vs T2 vs FLAIR
T1:
 - CSF is Dark
 - Grey Matter
MRI Brain Sequence ... T1 #T2 #FLAIR #MRI ... #Brain #Comparison ... #clinical #radiology ... #diagnosis #neurology
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... AVM, Aneurysm, Brain ... #Stroke #CVA #Differential ... Algorithm #management #neurology ... #treatment
Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
worsening or clinical ... transformation by brain ... CT or MRI within ... CT or MRI within ... #Stroke #CVA #neurology
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
Management Algorithm Clinical ... speech • Time is brain ... Algorithm #diagnosis #differential ... #neurology #CVA
Imaging Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic Brain Disorders

Thalami, Mammillary Bodies and Tectum: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Dentate Nuclei: Metronidazole,
and Metabolic Brain ... Pons: ODS #MRI ... #Disorders #Clinical ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Neurology
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Once pseudohypokalemia is ruled out, causes of hypokalemia can be
Hypokalemia - Differential ... of hypokalemia can ... Bucket with the drain ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... Causes #workup #nephrology
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
What?
 • Unilateral orbital/retrobulbar pain
 • Paresis of the cranial nerves Ill, IV, VI
 •
oculosympathetic fibers can ... fissure or orbit (MRI ... ) Treatment: • ... Syndrome #TolosaHunt #neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Compatible syndrome + MRI ... skin lesions, LAD ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain ... #differential # ... causes #radiology #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
affecting the brain ... CNS) involvement can ... diagnosis and treatment ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential