Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 β€’ CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 β€’ CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy ... Trochlear) Nerve palsy ... #Localization #ophthalmology ... #neurology #differential ... #diagnosis #ocular
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Facial Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... of facial nerve palsy ... (70-75%), Infection ... #Causes #neurology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 β€’ Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - Differential ... Diagnosis - MINT ... Hypercarbia β€’ Infectious ... : Bell's palsy ( ... #Mnemonic #neurology
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 β€’ Intraorbital meningioma 
 β€’ Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... Microvascular disease Infectious ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 β€’ Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 β€’ Light-near dissociaton;
Young females Differential ... Diagnosis: β€’ CN ... Ill Palsy - ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #ophthalmology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 β€’ Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
 β€’
Generalized Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Generalized #Weakness #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ring Completeness
 β€’ Incomplete: Demyelinating Disease
 β€’ Complete (MAGIC):
Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Glioblastoma - Infection ... Enhancing #Lesions #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 β€’ Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
 β€’
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential ... Diagnosis β€’ Inflammatory ... nodosa, SLE β€’ Infectious ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 β€’ Central or peripheral neurologic disease
or peripheral neurologic ... Sarcoidosis β€’ Infections ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis ... #differential # ... causes #neurology
Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 β€’ C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 β€’ P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
Glomerulonephritis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Mediated: β€’ ↓C3: Infection-Related ... Glomerulonephritis #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology