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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Tumor, Traumatic brain ... Encephalitis, Brain ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
Lazarus Sign / Reflex in Brain Death - Head Flexion

The presence of this complex spinal reflex
Sign / Reflex in Brain ... doesn't exclude the brain ... reflex movement in brain-dead ... not through the brain ... #video #clinical
Ataxic gait (Spino-cerebellar ataxia)

#Ataxic #gait disorders occur due to dysfunction of the #cerebellum, the part of
the part of the brain ... Typical causes of ... #clinical #video ... #neurology #Spinocerebellar
Lazarus Sign / Reflex in Brain Death - Head Turn

The presence of this complex spinal reflex
Sign / Reflex in Brain ... doesn't exclude the brain ... reflex movement in brain-dead ... not through the brain ... #video #clinical
Algorithm for evaluating multiple ring-enhancing lesions in immunocompetent (HIV negative)

#ringenhancing #lesions #cns #brain #diagnosis #differential #algorithm
#lesions #cns #brain ... differential #algorithm #causes ... #radiology #neurology
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... Hyperacute: - Primary Neurologic ... Acute: - Primary Neurologic ... Neoplasm-related (brain ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
The rationale for aggressive treatment of generalized status epilepticus was described previously here.  In short,
epilepticus which may cause ... permanent brain ... Aside from the brain ... epilepticus may cause ... #Management #Neurology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
(Many causes!) ... * (most common cause ... encephalitis) • Brain ... Syndrome #diagnosis #neurology
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
nerve) Palsy: • Brain ... no neurological cause ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
episodes usually cause ... Sclerosis (ALS) (*main cause ... Strokes, Traumatic Brain ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology