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Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
(eg Parkinson, Multiple ... Risk factors: age ... Treatment: anticholinergics ... pleurothotonus #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
young adults (mean age ... - Young adults aged ... • Or brainstem syndromes ... Sclerosis Treatment ... #treatment #MS
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
One and a Half Syndrome ... , strokes, and multiple ... the hospital, diagnosed ... #PhysicalExam # ... ophthalmology #neurology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
Overwhelming clinical syndrome ... < 3 months of age ... associated with multiple ... Hemophagocytosis in bone ... • Bicytopenia Treatment
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Epidemiology: - Bimodal age ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... immunologic assay - MuSK ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
million - rare • Age ... autoimmune response gone ... Parkinson's disease, Multiple ... Treatment: • ... #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
Differential Diagnosis ... decreased rectal tone ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
patient of advanced age ... Syndrome usually ... Multiple sclerosis ... usually between ages ... #differential #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
inflammation of multiple ... to 40 years of age ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... and nephrotic syndrome ... Thus, multiple ... granuIomas on skin, bone ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis