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Differential Diagnosis Flashcards

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DDx for adult infratentorial mass

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MHAMS

Mets, hemangioblastoma, astrocytoma, medulloblastoma, subependymoma

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DDx for adult supratentorial mass

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MANOL

Mets, astrocytoma, central neurocytoma, oligodendroglioma, lymphoma

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DDx for pediatric supratentorial neoplasms

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GPEC

Glioma, PNET, ependymoma, choroid plexux tumors

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DDx for pediatric infratentorial neoplasms

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AMG ERC

Astrocytoma (pilocytic), medulloblastoma, ependymoma (floor of 4th vent), atypical rhabdoid teratoid tumor, choroid plexus papilloma

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DDx for superficial gliomas

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DNET, ganglioglioma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

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DDx for adult suprasellar mass

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Adenoma, meningioma, aneurysm

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DDx for pediatric suprasellar mass

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Craniopharyngioma, Rathke’s cleft cyst, glioma, hypothalamic harmatoma, germinoma, LCH

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DDx for infundibular mass

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MD GELS

Mets, dermoid, germinoma, EG, lymphoma, sarcoma

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DDx for infundibular cyst

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Rathke cleft cyst

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DDx for pineal region mass

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GTP

Germinoma, teratoma, pineal parenchymal tumors, pineoblastoma, pineocytoma, vein of Galen aneurysm

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DDx for CP angle tumors

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SAME

Schwannoma, arachnoid cyst, meningioma, epidermoid

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DDx for septum pellucidum region tumors

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Central neurocytoma, supependymoma,

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DDx for lateral ventricle mass, anterior

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Subependymoma, central neurocytoma, subependymal giant cell tumor, ependymoma, astrocytoma

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DDx for lateral ventricle mass, posterior

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Choroid plexus tumors, meningioma, mets

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DDx for third ventricle cyst

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Colloid cyst

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DDx for fourth ventricle mass

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Ependymoma, subependymoma, choroid plexus tumors

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DDx for cystic mass with nodule

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PGP H

Pilocytic astrocytoma, ganglioglioma, pleomorphic astrocytoma, hemangioblastoma

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DDx for ependymal enhancement

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CMV, lymphoma

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DDx for pediatric parenchymal calcifications

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CMV (periventricular), toxoplasmosis (diffuse)

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DDx for leptomeningeal enhancement

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Bacterial, carcinomatosis, lymphoma

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DDx for thick parenchymal enhancement

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SICI

Sarcoid, intracranial hypotension, carcinomatosis, infection

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DDx for basilar meningitis

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TB, fungal

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DDx for bilateral basal ganglia abnormality

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NH4

NF1, hepatic encephalopathy, hyperalimentation, hyper/hypo/pseudohypothyroidism), hypoxia/anoxia

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DDx for hypoxia

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Acute, CO, toxins, enzyme deficiencies

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25
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DDx for caudate atrophy

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Huntington’s

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26
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DDx for basal ganglia calfications

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HIV, calcium-phosphate metabolism

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DDx for abnormal ventricles

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Max hydrocephalus, hydranencephaly, holoprosencephaly

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DDx for intraparenchymal hemorrhage

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AHA MPH

AVM, HTN hemorrhage, amyloid angiopathy, mets, primary neoplasms, herpes

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DDx for adult diffuse white matter disease

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HB RT

HIV, Binswenger, radiation, toluene

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DDx for pediatric diffuse white matter disease

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Adrenoleukodystrophy, dysmyelinating disease

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DDx for discreet white matter lesions

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HIMA LV

HTN, ischemia, MS, ADEM, lyme disease, vasculitides

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DDx for PRES

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Eclampsia, cyclosporine, HUS

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DDx for U fiber T1 hyperintensities

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DDx for fetal hydrocephalus

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ABCD

Aqueductal stenosis, bleed, Chiari II, Dandy-Walker

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DDx for adult hydrocephalus

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MBM

Meningitis, bleed, mass

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DDx for multiple masses

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D MAT

Demyelinating lesions, mets, abscesses, TB

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DDx for corpus callosum mass

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GBM, lymphoma

38
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DDx for pontine T2 hyperintensities

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Central pontine myelinolysis, infarct (check basilar artery)

39
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DDx for posterior fossa cysts

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Dandy-Walker, mega cisterna magna, arachnoid cyst

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DDx for elongated superior cerebellar peduncles

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Vermian agenesis

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DDx for restricted diffusion

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I EAB

Infarct, epidermoid, abscess, blood when bright on T1, glioma, meningioma, lymphoma

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DDx for congenital developmental spinal lesions

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NADEL AC

Neurenteric cyst, arachnoid cyst, dermoid/epidermoid, lipoma, AVM, cavernoma

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DDx for spinal infection/inflammation/trauma

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SAMMAH

Sarcoid, arachnoiditis, meningitis, myelitis, abscess, hematoma

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DDx for tumors of the spine

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EHA MSN Mets Lymp

Ependymoma, hemangioblastoma, astrocytoma, meningioma, Schwannoma, neurofibroma

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DDx for diffuse intramedullary high T2 signal in the spine

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Myelitis, glioma

46
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DDx for central owl sign in the spine

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Infarct, west nile virus

47
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DDx for extradural processes in the spine

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DSL

Disk disease, synovial cyst, lipomatosis

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DDx for extradural bone lesions in the spine

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COOMAG

Chordoma, osteosarcoma, osteoblastoma, myeloma, aneurysmal bone cyst, giant cell tumor

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DDx for multiple cerebellar and cord lesions

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Hemangioblastoma (VHL), mets

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DDx for leptomeningeal enhancement

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Meningitis, mets, lymphoma

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DDx for gray matter involvement

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Ischemia, viral

52
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DDx for multiple cord masses

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Sarcoid, MS, lymphoma, mets, hemangioblastoma

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DDx for long tract involement

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ALS, GBS, B12 def

54
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DDx for basal ganglia calcifications

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Senescent, phosphate and calcium, post-inflammatory, HIV in utero, Fahr disease

55
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DDx for suprasellar cyst

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Ependymal, arachnoid, colloid, epidermoid, cysticercosis, cystic craniopharyngioma

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DDx for large ventricles

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Alobar holoprosencephaly, hydrocephalus, hydranencephaly

57
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DDx for pituitary stalk thickening

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LCH, germinoma, infection, lymphoproliferative disorders, sarcoidosis

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DDx for cystic mass with enhancing mural nodule

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Pilocytic astrocytoma, hemangioblastoma, mets

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DDx for central hyperintensity of the cord

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Hydromyelia, syringomyelia, syringobulbia

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DDx for posterior column disease

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B12 def, nitrous oxide abuse

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DDx for convexity SAH

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Venous thrombosis, dural AVF, amyloid angiopathy, aneurysm

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DDx for supratentorial, intra-axial tumors

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Primary: glioma (astrocytoma, GBM, oligodendrioglioma, ependymoma, DNET/PNET, lymphoma)

Secondary: intraparenchymal mets

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DDx for supratentorial, extra-axial tumors

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Primary: meningioma, pituitary adenoma, epidermoid, dermoid, bone tumors

Secondary: leptomengingeal mets

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DDx for intratentorial, intra-axial tumors

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Primary: astrocytoma, medulloblastoma (PNET), ependymoma, brainstem glioma, hemangioblastoma

Secondary: intraparenchymal mets

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DDx for intratentorial, extra-axial tumors

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Primary: schwannoma, meningioma, (epi)dermoid, chordoma

Secondary: leptomeningeal mets

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DDx for superficial tumor with homogenous enhancement

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Meningioma, lymphoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, mes

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DDx for a cyst with enhancing mural nodule

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Pilocytic astrocytoma, hemangioblasotma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, ganglioglioma

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