Differential Diagnoses in Neurology
Although long lists of differential diagnoses are usually unhelpful in clinical neurology, certain signs and symptoms suggest a list of diagnoses. This chapter includes selected topics that are not specifically mentioned in the text but have been found to be useful.
Amnesia, acute: Head injury, postictal amnesia, transient global amnesia, encephalitis, intoxications (e.g., alcohol), basilar migraine, Wernicke encephalopathy, psychiatric.
Brachial plexus lesions: Idiopathic brachial plexitis, tumor infiltration, trauma, radiation plexopathy, postinjection, polyarteritis nodosa, lupus, Lyme disease.
Choreoathetosis: Huntington disease, Sydenham chorea, birth control pills, pregnancy associated (chorea gravidarum), stroke—basal ganglia, lupus, cerebral palsy, carbon monoxide, Sinemet, other dopamine agonists, Wilson disease.
Cranial nerve palsies: Cavernous sinus lesion, base-of-skull disorders, meningeal disorders, idiopathic cranial neuropathy, intrinsic brainstem lesions, vasculitis, carotid dissection, myasthenia gravis.Related posts:
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