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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
- Compatible syndrome ... Syphilis • Pyogenic Abscess ... #Brain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
MAGIC DR – a handy mnemonic used to remember the potential causes of a cerebral ring
MAGIC DR – a handy ... Metastasis A – Abscess ... Radiation necrosis #Diagnosis ... MAGICDR #DRMAGIC #Differential ... #Brain
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Abscess, Toxoplasmosis ... #Causes #neurology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - Differential ... Diagnosis - MINT ... Lactic Acidosis and ... neuronitis, CNS abscess ... • Neurologic:
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay -
sequestrum, cloaca, and ... intracortical Brodie abscess ... #Bone #Tumors #Diagnosis ... #Bony #Differential ... Radiology #XRay #msk
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... nervous system: Brain ... abscess • Toxic ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in size (micro and ... encephalitis) • Brain ... lesions (e.g. stroke ... #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Differential Diagnosis of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
 - TIA/stroke 
 - Seizure 
 - Hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia
Differential Diagnosis ... Ischemic Attack and ... migraine - Mass lesion ... (tumor. abscess ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
 • 2 or more attacks, 2 or more lesions
McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis ... in space in the brain ... McDonald #Criteria #Diagnosis ... Multiple #Sclerosis #MS ... #neurology
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
loss below face and ... Brown—Séquard syndrome ... MS: loss of proprioception ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Review in Clinical Neurology