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Causes of Headache - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary: Tension, Migraine, Cluster
Extracranial: Medications, Sinusitis, TMJ disorder, Cervicogenic, Glaucoma,
Causes of Headache ... - Differential ... Glaucoma, Giant cell arteritis ... Hypertension, Stroke, Venous ... , Aneurysm, Hemorrhage
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... dissection • Cerebral venous ... thrombosis • ... ) • Temporal arteritis
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
- Temporal arteritis ... thrombosis • ... , mass effect (aneurysm ... thrombosis • ... #differential #
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Pituitary Apoplexy, Venous ... Thrombosis, Giant ... Cell Arteritis, ... #causes #primary
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... ICH, Cerebral venous ... thrombosis, Congenital ... malformation, Aneurysm
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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Cranial symptoms (Headache ... inflammation - Venous ... /arterial thrombosis ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #Table
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... PCKD, known berry aneurysm ... temporal (giant cell) arteritis ... history - cerebral venous ... sinus thrombosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
CNS symptoms (headache ... also involved), Venous ... syndrome, dural sinus thrombosis ... coronary artery aneurysms ... Behcet disease) Differential
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... immunization Temporal arteritis ... Obesity Cerebral venous ... sinus thrombosis ... SAH or cerebral aneurysm
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
condition that causes ... thickening can cause ... vision changes, headaches ... • Rheumatoid arthritis ... thrombosis CT