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Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
Nystagmus: Usually torsional ... BPPV; horizontal-torsional ... spontaneous and purely torsional ... Central #Vertigo #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Pelvic Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Gynecologic:
• Genitourinary (Infection, Stone)
• Gastrointestinal (Appendicitis, Gastroenteritis, Diverticulitis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... abscess** • Torsion ... inflammatory disease • Torsion ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Scrotal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Sudden Onset
 • Testicular Torsion
 • Torsion
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Testicular Torsion ... • Torsion of ... #Differential #Diagnosis
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
Men: testicular torsion ... Women: ovarian torsion ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Cyst • Ovarian Torsion ... Cyst • Ovarian Torsion ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pseudobladder of large Ovarian Cyst in Torsion on POCUS - Sagittal View

Young female with sudden pelvic
Ovarian Cyst in Torsion ... Diagnosis/differential ... Ovarian torsion. ... think ovarian torsion ... Ovarian #Cyst #Torsion
Left testicular torsion - midline transverse view demonstrating absent flow #Clinical #Diagnosis #EM #Radiology #POCUS #Testicular
Left testicular torsion ... flow #Clinical #Diagnosis ... POCUS #Testicular #Torsion
Epiploic Appendagitis
Epiploic appendages = Small fat-filled pouches of visceral peritoneum that hang from teniae coli
 •
appendage due to torsion ... 7% of patients diagnosed ... #Appendagitis #diagnosis
Etiology of Splenic Infarction:
 • Hypercoagulability: Factor V Leiden, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Malignancy
 • Embolic disease: Atrial
compression • Splenic Torsion ... #differential #diagnosis
The whirlpool sign of acute testicular torsion. Always nice to clinch the diagnosis.

Dr. Howard T Heller
acute testicular torsion ... to clinch the diagnosis ... whirlpool #sign #torsion