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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Skin lesions • Positive ... , AS Treatment: ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Studies in Rheumatic Diseases ... (ANA) test; if positive ... - Positive in ... as many as 20% ... ANA and RF (if clinical
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
is important, as ... • Lyme disease ... MRI lesions and clinical ... consistent with MS ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Brandt Daroff Exercise for Treatment of BPPV
This maneuver resembles the Semont maneuver. Also, this maneuver is
and prescribed as ... upright, seated position ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... #instructions #clinical ... #physicalexam #management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
HIV-AIDS Preventing Clinical ... and tested positive ... duration same as ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
should be based on clinical ... status, and focal neurologic ... Demyelinating disease ... symptoms such as ... and <25% culture positive
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... vasculitis vs infection ... pain that worsens as ... Biopsies remain positive
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
cytokines, such as ... fever syndromes Clinical ... Fever is the main clinical ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Diagnosis: • Based on clinical ... antibodies - MuSK-positive ... - Improves clinical ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
super-antigen mediated disease ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential