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Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
Differential diagnosis ... Multiple Sclerosis: CNS ... paralysis but spares ...  West Nile virus ...  Transverse myelitis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... basal ganglia, CNS ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Behcet disease) Differential ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Agglutinin Syndrome (CAS ... Viral Infection Clinical ... younger pts) Differential ... Test: Donath-Landsteiner ... test #cold #
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Myelitis - Clinical ... Myelitis Diagnosis ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... management #neurology #differential
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
the Fingers Clinically ... include diabetes, anemia ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Signs ... #PhysicalExam #
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... and CNS • Headache ... neuropathy • Transverse ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
the Journal of Clinical ... reasoning during clinical ... of unnecessary diagnostic ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis
Intermittent Bilateral Exophthalmos (Alternating Exophthalmos and Enophthalmos) on Physical Exam

Observing this patient in silence for a
Patient underwent a diagnostic ... Differentials for ... Alternating #Bilateral #clinical ... #video #ophthalmology ... #physicalexam #
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... systemic complaints- anemia ... the “Chewing gum test ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology