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Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Algorithm Forehead ... (70-75%), Infection ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology #sparing
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... Nerve (CN7) Palsy ... endemic area) ± HIV ... inflammatory cause ... #Treatment #Neurology
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
CN IV (Trochlear ... Skew Deviation Casey ... ophthalmology #neurology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #ocular
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... hearing loss, palsy ... Infections in HIV ... #CNS #Infections
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Algorithm Clinical ... • CN VI palsy ... Ill palsy ... • Neurologic ... #Algorithm #Causes
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
pulmonary diseases in HIV ... /AIDS Patients ... /Masses: M.tuberculosis ... tuberculosis Infectious ... #differential #diagnosis
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
(IRIS): • In HIV ... neurological symptoms • Caused ... and not direct infection ... or abruptly • CN ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Pinpoint ... ITP - APLS - HIT ... #Algorithm #Causes
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... response preceding infection ... Campylobacter jejuni - HIV ... all extremity, facial ... management #treatment #neurology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... pleural effusions, CNS ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular