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Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... Actinomyces, Blastomyces dermatitidis ... Inflammatory: ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... #Syndrome #Differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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/ AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Tuberculous Meningitis ... Demyelinating disease caused ... #diagnosis #AIDS
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Syndromes - Non-inflammatory ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... Carcinomatous meningitis ... MRI lesions and clinical ... noninflammatory #differential
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
can become pro-inflammatory ... - Causes progressive ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... conditions listed in differential ... motor neurons - IV
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
syphilis, and HIV ... injury - Multiple sclerosis ... involved) - Tendon reflex ... in deep tendon reflexes ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... Syndrome: - Ocular inflammatory ... such as systemic lupus ... , particularly scleritis ... Cryoglobulins • HIV
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Overview Focal inflammatory ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... simplex virus, HIV ... #differential