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CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache ... Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... thrombosis and/or blood-brain ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology ... #rheumatology #
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Pathophysiology ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
characterized by: • Headache ... parietal lobes of the brain ... mental status • Headache ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... ruled out • Brain ... MRI: Check for brain ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
cough, chills, headache ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... by culture or serology ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... Diagnosis: • Serology