Dizziness: Differential Diagnosis

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SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY • Supplies: most of the cerebellar cortex. • Occlusion of this vessel is the most common cause of cerebellar infarction, • CLIN: • gait ataxia, headache, • nausea, vomiting, dizziness, • ipsilateral clumsiness, dysarthria. • ipsilateral gaze paresis and/or nystagmus toward the side of the infarction; • Cerebellar edema formation can obstruct the fourth ventricle, producing hydrocephalus, and can result in herniation of the cerebellum either upward across the tentorium or downward through the foramen magnum. • *also think anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) and posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA)
MAJOR DEPRESSION • DIFFERENTIAL DX • Bereavement • Adjustment Disorder with depressed mood • Alcohol Dependence • Cocaine / Amphetamine Dependence • Personality Disorder • Somatization Disorder • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) • Panic Disorder • TREATMENT • Regardless of the cause (or the explainability) patients who meet criteria for a major depressive episode should receive antidepressant therapy
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Page 3 and 4: DIZZINESS Vestibular Non Vestibular
Page 5 and 6: CENTRAL VERTIGO Causes • Stroke a
Page 7 and 8: VESTIBULAR OCULAR REFLEX • NORMAL
Page 9 and 10: VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS • DEF: •
Page 11 and 12: BENIGN POSITIONAL VERTIGO Treatment
Page 13 and 14: MENIERE’S S DISEASE • This clin
Page 15 and 16: MIGRAINE HEADACHES Specifically “
Page 17 and 18: MIGRAINE HEADACHE Treatment • Pro
Page 19 and 20: Seizures Classifications • Partia
Page 21 and 22: SEIZURE MEDICAL THERAPY • Selecti
Page 23 and 24: HEARING LOSS - 8th Nerve • Etiol:
Page 25 and 26: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS • Clin • Ons
Page 27 and 28: • TIA - TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
Page 29 and 30: BLOOD FLOW TO THE HEAD
Page 31: • Blood Cross-section section of
Page 35 and 36: PANIC DISORDER • Age of onset •
Page 37 and 38: OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER - DIF
Page 39 and 40: Neuropathies “dizziness” is act
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