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KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS)

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong  via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious Diseases
Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome ... #ID #Infectious ... #Differential #Ddx ... #Diagnosis #KSHV ... #HHV #KICS #Kaposi
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Etiology: Idiopathic, HSV ... most common. ... : HZV (Ramsay-Hunt ... ), HIV, Lyme, GBS ... endemic area) ± HIV
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... DDX - Other causes ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... , HIV) • Glucocorticoid
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
seen in several common ... and less common ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... MRI lesions and clinical ... #neurology #noninflammatory
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... syphilis, and HIV ... anesthesia (more commonly ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Common organisms ... : • Most common ... immunodeficiency virus (HIV ... #neurology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Nodosa: • PAN most commonly ... affects the skin, neurologic ... HTN • Check: HBV ... drug exposure or Dx
Rickettsialpox Eschar

40 homeless male from NY admitted with fever, chills, headache, myalgias. Diagnosis?
Rickettsialpox R akari classic
Diagnosis? ... lymph nodes are common ... : serology; pcr ... , hsv, Queensland ... Eschar #rakari #clinical
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Cryptococcal meningitis, hiv ... DDX Tb meningitis ... sign on mri) HIV-infected ... T2 #MRI #Brain #clinical ... #radiology