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Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
Approach to Headaches ... - Differential ... thunderclap) of worst headache ... Space-occupying brain ... MatthewHoMD #Headache
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
Photophobia and Headache ... - Differential ... photophobia and headache ... : • Traumatic brain ... meningeal irritation signs
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache ... autoantibodies that will cause ... thrombosis and/or blood-brain ... Puncture, EEG Treatment ... #neurology #rheumatology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
affecting the brain ... diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... polychondritis • Behcet ... #inflammatory #differential
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
condition that causes ... spinal cord and brain ... thickening can cause ... vision changes, headaches ... polychondritis • Behçet
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
symptoms (headache ... disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... azathioprine #Behcet ... diagnosis #management #signs
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Symptoms: Fever, headache ... Symptoms: Fever, headache ... • Symptoms: Headache
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
characterized by: • Headache ... parietal lobes of the brain ... mental status • Headache ... Reversible course Differential ... • Treatment of
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Symptoms: • Headache ... features include - Headache ... Meningitis: • Headache ... Acute meningeal signs ... #diagnosis #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... • Bilateral signs ... ruled out • Brain ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #differential