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Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
Pseudobulbar Affect ... (ALS) (*main cause ... Strokes, Traumatic Brain ... #neurology #differential ... #diagnosis
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
lung nodules, may also ... : • Multiple Sclerosis ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain ... #differential # ... #radiology #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
affecting the brain ... is important, as ... disease • Multiple sclerosis ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... conditions listed in differential ... #neurology #diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Paraneoplastic effects ... life-threatening Differential ... Myotonic dystrophy - Brain ... Generalized fatigue - ALS ... #management #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... CNS #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #AIDS ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
preferentially affects ... ruled out • Brain ... MRI: Check for brain ... #management #neurology ... #differential
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Pericarditis • Sclerosing ... Surgical removal of affected ... transplantation • MCC ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... organism from affected
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... • Traumatic Brain ... Dementias: May also ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Seizure #Elderly #Neurology
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
Oxygenation of the Brain ... neuron disease (ALS ... - Multiple sclerosis ... #Differential # ... Evaluation #Geriatrics #Neurology