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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
• Wide based gait ... Strychnine poisoning, Parkinson's ... disease, Multiple ... Baclofen • Severe Disease ... Management #treatment #neurology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... affects the skin, neurologic ... cognitive impairment, neurologic ... , and ocular inflammation ... #Rheumatology
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
- Ocular syphilis ... have positive serology ... tabes dorsalis, gait ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis ... of Infectious Diseases
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
• Heavy Chain disease ... et diutinum Neurologic ... Sneddon-Wilkinson disease ... Paraproteinemias #Hematology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome Diagnosis ... gland) biopsy • Ocular ... RTA, TYPE I RTA Diagnosis ... lubricants • Pharmacologic ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... : • Serology for
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
Cataracts - Macular ... - Stroke - Parkinson ... range of motion, gait ... Recurrent #Falls #Diagnosis ... Evaluation #Geriatrics #Neurology