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Differential diagnosis for toxic/metabolic encephalopathies - Patterns on Brain Imaging

Cynthia Czawlytko, MD @drcyncity

#Differential #diagnosis #encephalopathies #encephalopathy
Differential diagnosis ... #Differential #diagnosis ... imaging #patterns #MRI ... Neurology #pathology #diseases ... #radiology
Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
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EKG Findings Causes ... Granulomatous disease ... Hypercalcemia #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
3 ECG patterns for Acute Occlusion MI (OMI) without meeting ST elevation criteria
 • Posterior MI
Acute Occlusion MI ... meeting ST elevation criteria ... • Posterior MI ... STEMI #equivalent #diagnosis ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
MAGIC DR – a handy mnemonic used to remember the potential causes of a cerebral ring
the potential causes ... Demyelinating disease ... eg. tumefactive MS ... Radiation necrosis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Mnemonic
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
- MSK Radiology ... • MRI is more sensitive ... patella #clinical #mri ... #clinical #Radiology ... #diagnosis #msk
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... Compatible syndrome + MRI ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #radiology
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gouty Arthritis) - MSK ... Radiology Imaging ... diffuse chondral disease ... #clinical #Radiology ... #diagnosis #msk
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
compliance), ECG: electrocardiogram ... , MI: mitral inflow ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Classification #Grades #Criteria
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
this interesting case ... Diagnosis was made ... by radiology, which ... #Diagnosis #MRI ... #Clinical #Radiology