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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... Compatible syndrome + MRI ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain ... #causes #radiology ... #neurology
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... : - MRI is modality ... #Management #Summary
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Listeriosis Summary ... food, salad bar Clinical ... Infection) • MRI ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Listeriosis Summary ... food, salad bar Clinical ... Infection) • MRI ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
this interesting case ... Diagnosis was made ... testing and expedite treatment ... #Diagnosis #MRI ... #Clinical #Radiology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus (SLE) Clinical ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... autoantibodies that will cause ... thrombosis and/or blood-brain ... #management #treatment
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
heart valves • MRI ... brain for cerebral ... in up to 30% of cases ... often seen • MRI ... - Infectious Diseases
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Summary • Epidemiology ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... #Management #Summary
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain ... and treatment can ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... lesions and clinical ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Summary Definition ... Alteration in brain ... of neurologic/cognitive ... over course of disease ... #Management #treatment