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Epilepsy Seizure Types - Generalized vs Focal

Generalized Seizures
 - Absence seizures 
 - Myoclonic seizures
Myoclonic seizures - Tonic ... seizures - Tonic-clonic ... seizures - Atonic ... Classification #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Primary Epileptic Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Focal - Non-Dyscognitive - Features of
 • Aura
Epileptic Seizures - Differential ... • Absence • Atonic ... • Clonic • Tonic ... • Tonic-Clonic ... Seizures #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Absence, Myoclonic, Tonic ... , Clonic, Atonic ... , Tonic-clonic Provoked ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential
Anisocoria Evaluation Flow Chart - Differential Diagnosis
1. Check pupillary reaction to light 
2. Measure pupil size.
Evaluation Flow Chart - Differential ... Dilatation - Adie's Tonic ... Evaluation #Algorithm #Differential
Pupillary Abnormalities  Overview
 - Unequal Pupils (anisocoria)
 - Tonic pupil (Adie's pupil)
 - OculomotorNerve (CN
anisocoria) - Tonic ... Abnormalities #Differential
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Pupillary Defects - Differential ... pilocarpine • Tonic ... Pupils #Defects #Differential
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Young females Differential ... Other causes of tonic
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential ... glaucoma, Adie's tonic ... Mydriasis #Miosis #differential
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Related Infections - Differential ... Clostridium tetani - Tonic ... Soil #Infections #differential
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
 •
• Eclampsia: Tonic-clonic ... obstetrics #cardiology #differential