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Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Approach to Headaches ... - Differential ... Neurological deficits • Temporal ... meningitis) • Temporal ... #Differential #
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
With Different Headache ... encephalitis • Tender temporal ... arteries - Temporal ... ), IIH #headache ... symptoms #clues #differential
Benign Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperplasia - Often Bilateral
 • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
 • ACTH
Adrenal Mass - Differential ... Hypertension, Headache ... AdrenalMass #Benign #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Endocrinology
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
Dangerous Causes of Headache ... vision, red eye - temporal ... arteritis: elderly, temporal ... #Diagnosis #Headache ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
Adrenal Mass - Differential ... Hypertension, Headache ... AdrenalMass #Malignant #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Endocrinology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... presentation, temporal ... Symptoms: Fever, headache ... - Inferomedial temporal ... CNS #Infections #differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
GCA versus Temporal ... very remarkable w/differential ... hand, classic temporal ... claudication, headaches ... Role of temporal
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes of Headache ... immunization Temporal ... usual or customary headache ... examination #headache ... signs #symptoms #differential
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... with onset of a headache ... hypotension - bilateral temporary ... #Floaters #Differential
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... Inflammatory process Temporal ... following symptoms: headache ... the tragus to differentiate ... Otolaryngology #differential