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Vertigo Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Vertigo: Symptom of illusory movement because of asymmetry in the vestibular
Vertigo Differential ... Diagnosis and Management ... Algorithm Vertigo ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm #neurology
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Central Causes of Vertigo ... fistula, Cogan's syndrome ... Wallenberg syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Lateral Medullary Syndrome - Wallenberg's Syndrome
Acute continuous vertigo due to Posterior Circulation Stroke (usually Posterior Inferior
- Wallenberg's Syndrome ... Acute continuous vertigo ... Nausea/vomiting/vertigo ... #Wallenbergs #neurology ... #diagnosis
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
(Wallenberg's syndrome ... with significant neurologic ... Syndrome usually ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
HINTS Exam - Distinguishing Central from Peripheral Vertigo
 • Head Impulse: Head thrust 10° with eyes
from Peripheral Vertigo ... TylerLarsenMD #HINTS #physicalexam ... Central #Peripheral #Vertigo ... #diagnosis #neurology
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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Dizziness and Vertigo ... consciousness Vertigo ... #Dizziness #Vertigo ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology #management
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Vomiting Serotonin Syndrome ... Abnormalities: Ocular ... Insomnia, Fatigue, Vertigo ... SideEffects #Psychiatry #Diagnosis
Parinaud's Syndrome
What?
 - Impaired upgaze
 - Light-near dissociation
 - Convergence retraction nystagmus
 - Eyelid retraction (Collier's
Parinaud's Syndrome ... upgaze - Light-near ... gabifpucci #Parinauds #Syndrome ... #diagnosis #pineal ... #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... brain, eye, and ear ... important, as early diagnosis ... #neurology #inflammatory ... #differential #diagnosis
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
6mm); • Light-near ... Holmes-Adie Syndrome ... females Differential Diagnosis ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology