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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
bacterial, fungal, parasitic ... toxoplasmosis: usually multiple ... Demyelinating Disease: Multiple ... sclerosis • Radiation ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Multiple Sclerosis ... McDonald diagnostic criteria ... 85% of pts) → Enter ... objective evidence of neurologic ... #management #neurology
McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
 • 2 or more attacks, 2 or more lesions
for Diagnosis of Multiple ... Sclerosis • 2 ... #Diagnosis #Multiple ... #Sclerosis #MS ... #neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Immunocompetent Multiple ... 100), 25% with multiple ... • Nocardia • Parasitic ... Sclerosis and other ... causes #radiology #neurology
Onchocerciasis “River Blindness”: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
Vectorial Transmission
-> Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic helminth, matures in to
Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic ... Microfilariae enter ... Corneal opacity (sclerosing ... RiverBlindness #pathophysiology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Pathophysiology ... brainstem and multiple ... diagnosis: months - Criteria ... : El Escorial criteria ... #neurology #diagnosis
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
Trypomastigotes multiply ... trypomastigotes in the vector ... Epimastigotes multiply ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
trypomastigotes enter ... 3) Amastigotes multiply ... in midgut 7) Multiply ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Demyelinating: - Multiple ... sclerosis - Transverse ... Mumps, WNV - Parasite ... Scleroderma, Systemic sclerosis ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
, strokes, and multiple ... sclerosis. ... Bennett & Bloom Eye Center ... ophthalmology #neurology