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Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... lyme • Altered mental ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... and signs (e.g.
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
incidentally during medical ... glucocorticoid treatment ... organ-specific signs ... Disorders #Algorithm #Differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... poisoning • Mental ... #signs #symptoms ... #clues #differential ... #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
(headache and diplopia ... Medium and large ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Involves large and medium ... very remarkable w/differential ... claudication, headaches ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Coltivirus Symptoms ... : • Headache ... influenzae Symptoms ... Acute meningeal signs ... rigidity) • Altered mental
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Antimicrobial treatment ... , altered mental ... CNS #Infections #differential
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
and Signs: 50% ... triad: episodic headache ... • Headache → ... temperature >40C), mental ... and signs: •
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
characterized by: • Headache ... status • Headache ... Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... epilepticus Treatment
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
↑ AST/ALT • Treatment ... tenderness Treatment ... #differential # ... endocrinology #signs ... #symptoms #thyroid