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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... shows a small, stable ... #differential #causes
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... - Clinical Presentation ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Diagnosis: • ... Treatment: •
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease caused ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
infections are caused ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS ... #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
consistent with a diagnosis ... the apex of the lung ... or induced by treatment ... Horners #Syndrome #clinical ... ophthalmology #physicalexam
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... salivary ducts Clinical ... neuropathy, transverse myelitis ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
disease of unknown cause ... CLINICAL: • Physical ... based on clinical ... TREATMENT: • The ... mainstay of treatment
Trigger Finger - Stenosing flexor tendon tenosynovitis

There is a change in the slip between the tendon
The diagnosis is ... clinical, and can ... of non-surgical treatment ... Treatment can be ... #physicalexam #
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Valley Fever) - Diagnosis ... spherules in the lungs ... nervous system (CNS ... TREATMENT: Clinically ... #Management #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... change in the lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases