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Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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- Differential Diagnosis ... a mass as the cause ... Migraine is a diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Neuro-OphthaImoIogy - Visual Field Defects - Localization Map
 - Optic Nerve Lesion (Monocular vision loss)
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Neuro-OphthaImoIogy ... Pituitary/metastatic tumor ... glioma • Aneurysm ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Anatomy #Causes
Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
Important Causes ... Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn ... URGENT: Brainstem tumor ... #differential #diagnosis ... #ophthalmology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... did not yield a diagnosis ... Recurrent: Consider tumor ... aortic aneurysms ... #Differential #Diagnosis
rather easy case : 74 yrs old patient, febrile epigastric pain. Gallblader with tiny lithiasis, sludge,
rather easy case ... Gallblader with ... echographic Murphy sign ... Diagnosis of cholecystitis ... PhilippeLeConte #Clinical #POCUS
AAA Rupture on Abdominal POCUS

Elderly female with back pain and hypotension.  While sensitivity of ultrasound
AAA Rupture on Abdominal ... POCUS Elderly ... direct detection of signs ... high, in this case ... #AAA #Aortic #Aneurysm
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... , mass effect (aneurysm ... bleed, abscess, or tumor ... #headache #signs ... #differential #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
coronary artery aneurysms ... interferon alfa, or tumor ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... #management #signs
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
without warning signs ... and no apparent focus ... the following signs ... Intense abdominal ... classification #diagnosis
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
and biologics (tumor ... 85%) - Colicky abdominal ... periumbilical region), nausea ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms