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Differential diagnosis for toxic/metabolic encephalopathies - Patterns on Brain Imaging

Cynthia Czawlytko, MD @drcyncity

#Differential #diagnosis #encephalopathies #encephalopathy
Differential diagnosis ... - Patterns on Brain ... encephalopathy #Brain ... patterns #MRI #Neurology ... pathology #diseases #radiology
Algorithm for evaluating multiple ring-enhancing lesions in immunocompetent (HIV negative)

#ringenhancing #lesions #cns #brain #diagnosis #differential #algorithm
#lesions #cns #brain ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #causes ... #radiology #neurology
Uveitis - Definition, Causes and SUN Classification

Inflammation of the iris, ciliary body, vitreous, retina and/or choroid
Incidence
/year per 100,000 ... inhabitants 3rd leading cause ... retinal ischemia Causes ... Classification #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... Tumor, Traumatic brain ... Encephalitis, Brain ... #neurology
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Once pseudohypokalemia is ruled out, causes of hypokalemia can be
Causes of Hypokalemia ... - Differential ... Bucket with the drain ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... #workup #nephrology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
6mm); • Light-near ... Young females Differential ... dissociation • Other causes ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #ophthalmology
MAGIC DR – a handy mnemonic used to remember the potential causes of a cerebral ring
the potential causes ... necrosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... MAGICDR #DRMAGIC #Differential ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
Dilated Pupil - Differential ... nerve) Palsy: • Brain ... no neurological cause ... Dilated #Pupil #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
(Many causes!) ... * (most common cause ... encephalitis) • Brain ... Syndrome #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
) - Differential ... Otitis externa - Caused ... vision or black spots ... the tragus to differentiate ... Otolaryngology #differential