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Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
- Differential ... papilledema • Horner syndrome ... • Meningeal signs ... lesion • CNS infection ... #Differential #
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Pressure: • Headache ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... Overproduction #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... CNS symptoms (headache ... syndrome (Clinical ... disease) Differential ... #management #signs
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... nephrotic/nephritic syndrome ... especially knees and ankles ... HenochScholeinPurpura #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
of sinus or ear infection ... Glaucoma—acute angle ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
by: • Headache ... mental status • Headache ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Reversible course Differential ... Diagnosis: • Infection
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... purpura: Strong sign ... 50 years • New headache ... Progressive symptoms of headache ... vasculitis • Behcet
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... • Symptoms and signs ... Infections: - ... - Sarcoidosis, Behcet ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... direct effects: Headache ... Differential Diagnosis ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Bilateral signs ... Neurosarcoidosis - MCTD - Bechet ... management #neurology #differential