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Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Differential Diagnosis ... Tumor, Traumatic ... #Mimics #CVA #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MINT ... #Mnemonic #neurology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Hyperreflexia: • Delayed finding ... finding in spinal ... Hyperreflexia: • Hypocalcemia ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #neurology
Progression of Imaging Findings in Acute Stroke - Timeline
Onset → Hours → Days → Weeks →
Progression of Imaging Findings ... CBarreraMD #CVA ... #Timeline #diagnosis ... #Progression #radiology ... #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... : • Vascular: Stroke ... • Structural: Tumor ... Hypomagnesemia, Hypocalcemia ... #neurology
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
brain w/o contrast ... Evaluate underlying cause ... #stroke #workup ... #diagnosis #checklist ... #neurology
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... AVM, Aneurysm, Brain ... Tumor, Cerebral ... #CVA #Differential ... #management #neurology
Timeline for Progression of T2WI and DWI Findings in Acute Stroke
 - In the acute phase
in Acute Stroke ... - DWI in brain ... #Stroke #CVA #MRI ... Progression #Timeline #Neurology ... #Radiology #Findings
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
encephalitis) • Brain ... lesions (e.g. stroke ... , tumor) • Epilepsy ... Wonderland #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #neurology #differential
Evolution of stroke on CT and MRI. 

Day 1: NCHCT demonstrates obscure left insular cortex. No
Evolution of stroke ... on CT and MRI. ... #Stroke #CVA #MRI ... Progression #Timeline #Neurology ... #Radiology #Findings
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
Findings in Stroke ... #Progression #Stroke ... #CVA #Clinical ... #Radiology #Interpretation ... #Findings #Neurology