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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
splenomegaly Other infections ... cryptococcus, and aspergillus ... multiple lesions Infectious ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... causes #radiology #neurology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... : Disease process ... Post-infectious ... GN, Lupus Acute ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease ... #Infections #differential ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... Complex: Systemic lupus ... allopurinol), Infection ... testing: anti-ANCA ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Mucorales, Blastomyces dermatidis ... invasive fungal infection ... cut-offs defined in clinical ... BAL GM does not differentiate ... colonization vs invasive disease
Headache Etiologies and Associated Spectrum of Severity of Disease by System
Critical, Emergent and Non-Emergent Causes
CNS, neurologic,
by System Critical ... Non-Emergent Causes CNS ... Musculoskeletal Allergy Infectious ... headache #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
nervous system (CNS ... • Lyme disease ... MRI lesions and clinical ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
dysfunction, muscle wasting ... lesion Pott's Disease ... or abruptly • CN ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential ... #TB #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... Infections: - ... Coccidioides, Aspergillus ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
the spinal cord resulting ... that results in CNS ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential