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Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... encephalitis, SAH, subdural ... closure glaucoma • Loss ... #symptoms #clues ... #differential #
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Anterior ischemic ... 1) Is visual loss ... caused by AION? ... Doppler US : halo sign ... #Rheumatology #Ophthalmology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... the following symptoms ... malaise, weight loss ... (subdural hematoma ... • Associated symptoms
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... Herniated disc - Hematoma ... Lower motor neuron symptoms ... Upper motor neuron symptoms ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
• Significant cause ... most frequent cause ... damage & blindness Signs ... sparring) • Loss ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Red Eye - Differential ... like the sclera, anterior ... closure glaucoma Anterior ... Unilateral or bilateral symptoms ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Causes of Peripheral ... Short-lived (typically less ... Occlusion of posterior inferior ... varying neurologic signs ... #differential #
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
postauricular crease • Inferior ... , nausea, vomiting ... , epidural, or subdural ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... and middle-aged Subdural ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
Mediastinal Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Anterior ... Thymic neoplasm • Teratoma ... Mediastinal Mass Symptoms ... Unexplained weight loss