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Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
disturbances, facial ... • Transverse myelitis ... pain • Extra-CNS ... Manifestations #diagnosis #neurology ... #symptoms #signs
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... nervous system (CNS ... #neurology #inflammatory ... #differential #
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... pulmonary etc) • CNS ... • Acute stroke syndromes ... #Weakness #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... (CES) is usually ... • Transverse myelitis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... neurologic complaints ... neurologic abnormalities ... #Infections #differential ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... basal ganglia, CNS ... symptoms (headache ... Behcet disease) Differential ... management #signs #symptoms
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... nervous system (CNS ... #neurology #noninflammatory ... #differential #
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
regardless of symptoms ... pp65 antigenemia test ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... Encephalitis, Myelitis ... AIDS #diagnosis #differential
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... papilledema • Horner syndrome ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... brain lesion • CNS ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology