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Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in size (micro and ... • CNS: parietal ... common cause) • Infection ... • Epilepsy • Psychiatric ... Syndrome #diagnosis #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... HIV-Associated CNS ... should be based on clinical ... , limb ataxia, gait ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Headache Etiologies and Associated Spectrum of Severity of Disease by System
Critical, Emergent and Non-Emergent Causes
CNS, neurologic,
Disease by System Critical ... Causes CNS, neurologic ... vascular disease Ocular ... Musculoskeletal Allergy Infectious ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
by culture or serology ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... Diagnosis: • Serology
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
infects the CNS ... mononuclear cells in the CNS ... : The clinical ... dysfunction like gait ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology