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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary ... Orange or Hep C Clinical ... Physical Exam/Signs ... cells can indicate disease ... • Richter’s Syndrome
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... and Management Summary ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology
Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Signs:
 • hyperCalcemia 28% (bone demineralization)
 • Renal disease 48%
and Management Summary ... Clinical Signs ... demineralization) • Renal disease ... plasma clonal cell ... is also >100 CMC
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... AIDP that presents ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... management #treatment #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... should be based on clinical ... status, and focal neurologic ... Demyelinating disease ... differential #diagnosis #AIDS
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Renal Cell Carcinoma ... and Management Summary ... Clinical features ... Budd Chiari syndrome ... Hb levels and CBC
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... →Activation of CD8 ... accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... management #treatment #summary
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary ... neurodegenerative disease ... • Or brainstem syndromes ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management Summary ... Pathophysiology ... Clinical Manifestations ... Baclofen • Severe Disease ... Management #treatment #neurology