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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
vomiting, auditory symptoms ... oscillopsia) • Otitis Media ... Dysfunction - Imbalance, neurologic ... symptoms/signs, ... #Neurology #Differential
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
Paresthesia of 5th and medial ... awakening • Medial ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #msk
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo ... • Frequency of symptoms ... symptoms • Head ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis #neurology ... #comparison
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
Peripheral and Central Vertigo ... PERIPHERAL VERTIGO ... BPPV); worsens vertigo ... findings #signs #symptoms ... #comparison #neurology
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... tears of gluteus medius ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology ... #causes #symptoms ... signs #diagnosis #msk
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
Chronic Otitis Media ... Inferior through medial ... vomiting, dizziness, vertigo ... #Mastoiditis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Syndromes #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs/symptoms ... Blood cultures/serology ... : Serial negative ... Blood cultures/serology ... #Endocarditis #comparison
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Seizures • Altered mental ... may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Cholesteatoma (of middle ear): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Congenital trapping of keratinizing epithelium in middle
• Acute otitis media ... Chronic otitis media ... Labyrinthine fistula • Vertigo ... Cholesteatoma #MiddleEar #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs