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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
toxo IgG • CNS PCR ... Syphilis • Pyogenic Abscess ... #Brain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
- Differential ... Diagnosis • Infections ... : Cerebral abscess ... Diagnosis #neurology ... #radiology
Algorithm for evaluating multiple ring-enhancing lesions in immunocompetent (HIV negative)

#ringenhancing #lesions #cns #brain #diagnosis #differential #algorithm
Algorithm for evaluating ... ring-enhancing lesions ... #cns #brain #diagnosis ... #differential # ... #radiology #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Abscess, Toxoplasmosis ... Neurocysticercosis, PML ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
MAGIC DR – a handy mnemonic used to remember the potential causes of a cerebral ring
Metastasis A – Abscess ... Radiation necrosis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Mnemonic ... MAGICDR #DRMAGIC #Differential ... #Brain
MRI Brain Sequence Comparison: T1 vs T2 vs FLAIR
T1:
 - CSF is Dark
 - Grey Matter
MRI Brain Sequence ... Devpriyo Pal @drdevrad ... T2 #FLAIR #MRI #Brain ... Comparison #clinical #radiology ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Neoplastic Abscess ... • Neoplastic Abscess ... stem Lesion Brain ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cerebellar / Brainstem Abscess ... Space-Occupying Lesion ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... sensory loss Brain ... Unilateral Spinal Cord Lesions ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Space-occupying brain ... lesion • CNS ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #neurology #PHANTOMS