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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
unidirectonal nystagmus ... • Meniere's Disease ... oscillopsia) • Otitis Media ... symptoms/signs, ... • Multiple sclerosis
Seesaw Nystagmus 

Sawtooth or seesaw nystagmus is an unusual but characteristic type of nystagmus. Typically there
nucleus of the medial ... injury to the vertical ... vestibulo-ocular ... stroke, multiple sclerosis ... The video was provided
Seesaw nystagmus 
-> eye move in an opposed vertical fashion (one goes up while the other
in an opposed vertical ... mesodiencephalic disease ... chiasm, multiple sclerosis ... Video by Kathleen ... #eye #ocular #PhysicalExam
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... MUSCULOSKELETAL:, Spasm ... Incontinence • VISUAL: Nystagmus ... objective evidence of neurologic ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
tinnitus (Méniére's disease ... and multiple sclerosis ... : Purely vertical ... findings #signs #symptoms ... #comparison #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Medium and large ... Reactive arthritis,ervical ... management #signs #symptoms
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Pathophysiology ... Presentation: - Disease ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... failure Diagnosis - Medical ... #neurology #diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... , particularly scleritis ... primary condition MEDIUM ... affects the skin, neurologic ... • Progressive symptoms
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Pericarditis • Sclerosing ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular