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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... matter, spinal cord ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... objective evidence of neurologic ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS ... vori Infectious Diseases ... #treatment #fungal
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... • Bilateral signs ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Tongue Fasciculations in Kennedy's Disease

A man in his 40’s with progressive nasal twang, dysphagia and weakness
pectoral crease (sign ... Treatment is symptomatic ... #clinical #video ... #physicalexam # ... neurology
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
tissue, skeleton, CNS ... meninges and spinal cord ... - Mild pulmonary ... disease: no treatment ... #summary #fungal
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
Quick Facts on Histoplasma capsulatum:
 • Dimorphic fungi, in yeast phase within the body
 •
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis ... • Dimorphic fungi ... common endemic fungal ... , PCR Treatment ... capsulatum #diagnosis #management
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... multiple spinal cord ... diagnosis column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
• Dimorphic fungus ... • The fungus ... camping) The Disease ... : • Pulmonary ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... #Diagnosis #Management