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Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
(CN7) Palsy Presentation ... - Atypical Clinical ... bilateral, non-CN7 ... MRI+gad (stroke, CN7 ... sarcoid or other CNS
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... , palsy of the abducens ... nerve, and impaired
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
ducts Clinical ... Parotid swelling CNS ... nervous system (CNS ... • 8%-27% for CNS ... phenomenon (16%) MSK
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
organ damage Clinical ... Thromboembolism (7%) • CNS ... + Bleeding Treatment ... Treat primary cause ... #treatment #management
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
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
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... brain and/or optic nerve ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
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 ... diagnosis and treatment ... MRI lesions and clinical ... consistent with MS
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
disseminated disease • Clinical ... involvement in >95% of cases ... tissue, skeleton, CNS ... Diagnosis • Management ... months by Fatima Al
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
increase in CD4+ cells ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... pleural effusions, CNS ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management