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Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
stiffness, rigidity, spasm ... emotional upset • Spasms ... death - diaphragm spasm ... of superimposed spasms ... #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Clonus, Babinski’s sign ... • Lhermitte’s sign ... pupillary defect SIGNS ... MUSCULOSKELETAL:, Spasm ... Signs and symptoms
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
hearing loss, spasm ... ophthalmoplegia), systemic signs ... presentation • Lyme Serology ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Neurology
Clinical Feature of Hypomagnesemia and Magnesium Deficiency
 • Electrolyte Disturbance: Hypokalemia, Hypocalcemia
 • Neuromuscular and central
system: Carpopedal spasm ... Atherosclerotic vascular disease ... Chronic fatigue syndrome ... Hypomagnesemia #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #Treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... tests in Behcet syndrome ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... diagnosis #management #signs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
injury → mucous stasis ... Connective tissue diseases ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... Nasal polyps and signs ... mycobacteria Treatment
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Symptoms and signs ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polycystic Kidney Disease ... Hippel-Lindau Syndrome ... Carcinoma - No signs ... Cystic #RenalMass #Nephrology