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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
• Meniere's Disease ... symptoms/signs, ... • Multiple sclerosis ... Glomus Tumors - Vascular ... #Differential #
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Multi-system autoimmune disease ... skin thickening Signs ... and Symptoms: ... ), PAH (pulmonary ... myositis overlap • Vascular
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... /SYMPTOMS: • CENTRAL ... Signs and symptoms ... objective evidence of neurologic ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Mediastinal Causes: - Vascular ... • Trauma - Neurologic ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Differential #
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
: • Multiple Sclerosis ... Neuro Behcets Vascular ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... diagnosis #causes #radiology ... #neurology
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Pathologic: • Valvular ... regurgitation - aortic sclerosis ... - Chronic pulmonary ... diseases • Arteriovenous
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Méniére's disease ... Vascular disorders ... Multiple sclerosis ... signs or symptoms ... Vertigo #Causes #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... and signs below ... Vascular/Blockage ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... course of the disease ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... conditions listed in differential ... #neurology #diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ocular: Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, Episcleritis, Scleritis, Scleromalacia perforans
 • Pulmonary:
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Signs ... and Symptoms • ... Episcleritis, Scleritis ... Scleromalacia perforans • Pulmonary ... Arthritis #RA #Signs