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Enlarged optic nerve sheath diameter and crescent sign in 30 yo female patient reporting 3 months
reporting 3 months of headaches ... @SAlerhand #Papilledema ... #IIH #Idiopathic ... #Hypertension #Ocular ... #POCUS #Clinical
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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progressively worse, papilledema ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... and signs (e.g. ... Space-occupying brain lesion ... ) • Temporal arteritis
Papilledema on Ocular POCUS

This 27yo female presents with an intractable headache. Which of the following do
Papilledema on Ocular ... an intractable headache ... ultrasound demonstrated signs ... #Papilledema #Ocular ... #POCUS #IIH #clinical
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... - Temporal arteritis ... funduscopy or papilledema ... ), IIH #headache ... #signs #symptoms
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Complications Signs ... Headache (usually ... artery tender, nodular ... claudication) - Vision ... Complications #Signs
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... (headache and diplopia ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
mydriasis, miosis • Tension-type ... symptoms - Miosis ... meningeal irritation signs ... glaucoma - Ocular ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
Dangerous Causes of Headache ... dependent position, papilledema ... temporal (giant cell) arteritis ... shoulder girdle symptoms ... thrombophilia, neurologic signs
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... claudication, headaches ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... GCA #Temporal #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... purpura: Strong sign ... 50 years • New headache ... • Progressive symptoms ... of headache, cognitive