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Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Intracranial tumor ... Infection, Compression Tumor ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology #sparing
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
 •
Causes of Approach ... Clinical Exam ... • Stroke • Tumor ... • Ischemia • Tumor ... #diagnosis #workup
Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
 •
Causes of Peripheral ... Spondylosis • Tumor ... • Trauma • Tumor ... • Diabetes • Tumor ... Weakness #Sensory #Neurology
Causes of Scrotal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Sudden Onset
 • Testicular Torsion
 • Torsion
Causes of Scrotal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Traumatic/Reactive Tumor ... - Solid = Tumor ... ScrotalMass #Testicular #Urology
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Disorders (Reversible Causes ... , Intracranial tumor ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
- Differential Diagnosis ... hemorrhage, SAH, tumor ... no neurological cause ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Renin secreting tumor ... Differential #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Workup ... #Nephrology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Structural: Tumor ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
(Many causes!) ... * (most common cause ... (e.g. stroke, tumor ... Wonderland #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #neurology #differential
Testicular Mass on POCUS
20 y/o Man. 2 weeks right testicular pain. No inflammatory signs. Testicular tumor
Testicular tumor ... Urgent referral to urology ... Testicular #Mass #tumor ... #POCUS #clinical ... #scrotal #ultrasound