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Effects of Strokes by Location - Anterior vs Posterior Localization

Anterior Circulation 
 - MCA 
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Circulation - MCA ... Territory #Symptoms #Signs ... Localization #Effects #Neurology ... #Diagnosis #Table ... Review in Clinical Neurology
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign ... Courvoisier-Terrier Sign ... subclinical, episodes of cholecytitis ... then unable to distend ... CourvoisierTerrier #diagnosis
Gangrenous cholecystitis with sloughed, intraluminal membranes on POCUS
Worsening RUQ pain/fever. Ill-appearing, low BP. WBC 22.4K. POCUS
Diagnosis? ... Diagnosis: Gangrenous ... GB massively distended ... US Murphy's sign ... #gallbladder #distended
Clinical Features and Vascular Territories of Stroke
Anterior circulation—anterior cerebral artery (ACA) - Contralateral leg weakness
Anterior circulation—middle
aphasia (left MCA ... apraxia (right MCA ... without cortical signs ... #Stroke #CVA #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Extension of wrist & MCP ... adduction) OK Sign ... UpperExtremities #diagnosis ... #neurology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
- Differential Diagnosis ... Encephalitis: MCC ... Acute meningeal signs ... culture or by serology ... #neurology #meningitis
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
Tonic-Clonic (grand mal ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Signs
rather easy case : 74 yrs old patient, febrile epigastric pain. Gallblader with tiny lithiasis, sludge,
echographic Murphy sign ... Diagnosis of cholecystitis ... PhilippeLeConte #Clinical #POCUS ... Gallbladder #LongAxis #Cholecystitis
Stone in Neck (SIN) Sign of Acute Cholecystitis

Always eval the GB neck - impacted stone-in-neck (SIN)
in Neck (SIN) Sign ... of Acute Cholecystitis ... stone-in-neck (SIN) is a sign ... ppv of 93% in diagnosing ... Cholelithiasis #POCUS
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Behcet #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #signs