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Stiff Neck
Leo Leonidas MD, FAAP
7/2/2002
Warning: This section is for my medical students. If you are a "worrier" type or a very anxious parent, please talk to your clinician about your child's problem or symptoms, rather than reading this differential diagnosis.
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INFECTIONS
1. Meningitis
2. Encephalitis
3. Cervical adenitis
4. Pneumonia
5. Retropharyngeal abscess
6. Epiglottitis
7. Guillain barre Synd
8. Acute Cerebellar Atxia
9. Cervical Spine osteomylitis
10. Diskitis
11. Poliomylitis
12. Tetanus
13. Brain Abscess
14. Trichinois
15. Epidural Abscess
16. Other Common Infections
Tonsillitis
Otitis media
Pyelonephritis
Mumps
Hepatitis
Shigellosis
Scarlet fever
Infectious Mono
Cat Scratch dis
Roseola
Typhoid fever
Herpes Zoster
17. Less Common Infections
Lyme dis
Leptospirosis
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
Cryptococcosis
Chagas Dis
Malaria
18. Dental abscess
19. Posinfectious Encephalomyelitis
Vascular Abnormalities
1. Subarachnoid bleed
2. Cerebral Aneurysms
3. Malformation of great
Cerebral Vein
4. Primary Intracranial
Thrombosis
Neoplasm
1. Meningeal leukemia
2. Posterior fossa tumor
3. Brain Stem Tumor
4. Tumors of the third
Ventricle
5. Osteoid Osteoma
6. Eosinophilic Granuloma
Bony or Muscular Disorder
1. Subluxation, Dislocation,
Fracture
2. Vertebral anomalies
3. Myositis & Fibromyositis
4. Basilar Impression
Metabolic Disorders
1. Infantile Gaucher disease
2. Maple Syrup Urine disease
3. Kernicterus
Intoxications
1. Phenothizines
2. Strychnine
3. Lead
4. Methanol
5. Hypervitaminosis a
Others
1. Kawasaki
2. Intussuception
3. Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
4. Black Widow Spider Bite
5. Scorpion Sting
6. Paroxysmal Torticollis
End
INFECTIONS
1. Meningitis
2. Encephalitis
3. Cervical adenitis
4. Pneumonia
5. Retropharyngeal abscess
6. Epiglottitis
7. Guillain barre Synd
8. Acute Cerebellar Atxia
9. Cervical Spine osteomylitis
10. Diskitis
11. Poliomylitis
12. Tetanus
13. Brain Abscess
14. Trichinois
15. Epidural Abscess
16. Other Common Infections
Tonsillitis
Otitis media
Pyelonephritis
Mumps
Hepatitis
Shigellosis
Scarlet fever
Infectious Mono
Cat Scratch dis
Roseola
Typhoid fever
Herpes Zoster
17. Less Common Infections
Lyme dis
Leptospirosis
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
Cryptococcosis
Chagas Dis
Malaria
18. Dental abscess
19. Posinfectious Encephalomyelitis
Vascular Abnormalities
1. Subarachnoid bleed
2. Cerebral Aneurysms
3. Malformation of great
Cerebral Vein
4. Primary Intracranial
Thrombosis
Neoplasm
1. Meningeal leukemia
2. Posterior fossa tumor
3. Brain Stem Tumor
4. Tumors of the third
Ventricle
5. Osteoid Osteoma
6. Eosinophilic Granuloma
Bony or Muscular Disorder
1. Subluxation, Dislocation,
Fracture
2. Vertebral anomalies
3. Myositis & Fibromyositis
4. Basilar Impression
Metabolic Disorders
1. Infantile Gaucher disease
2. Maple Syrup Urine disease
3. Kernicterus
Intoxications
1. Phenothizines
2. Strychnine
3. Lead
4. Methanol
5. Hypervitaminosis a
Others
1. Kawasaki
2. Intussuception
3. Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
4. Black Widow Spider Bite
5. Scorpion Sting
6. Paroxysmal Torticollis
End
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