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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
organ damage Clinical ... Thromboembolism (7%) • CNS ... variants of both • Acral ... Treat primary cause ... #treatment #management
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
anywhere in the CNS ... syndromes are clinically ... acetylcholine (Ach ... very different clinical ... cord, peripheral nerve
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Parotid swelling CNS ... nervous system (CNS ... myelopathy, cranial nerve ... • 8%-27% for CNS ... phenomenon (16%) MSK
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
: ○ Cranial nerves ... of the auditory nerve ... (CN 8) ... cause unknown) ... Noise trauma ○ MS
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... nervous system (CNS ... (WFS1), optic atrophy ... MRI lesions and clinical ... consistent with MS
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides ... disseminated disease • Clinical ... tissue, skeleton, CNS ... Diagnosis • Management ... months by Fatima Al
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
10-33% develop MS ... that results in CNS ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... brain and/or optic nerve ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
DEMYELINATING DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

What Are Demyelinating Diseases?
• Conditions that damage myelin, the protective
nervous system (CNS ... • Clinical Types ... - Symptom management ... autoimmune/infectious causes ... diseases #neurology #CNS