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Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Algorithm Forehead ... - Unilateral: Bell's ... #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 ... inflammatory cause ... #Palsy #Diagnosis ... #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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Diagnosis Framework ... per μL • Diagnosis ... neurologic complaints ... Demyelinating disease caused ... hearing loss, palsy
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
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
deficiency) • HIT ... Treat primary cause ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... #causes #treatment ... #management #hematology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
lacrimal glands: • Focal ... gland) biopsy • Ocular ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... TYPE IV RTA, TYPE ... #Management
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... gastroenterologists, and social ... motor neurons - IV ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Pleocytosis > 100 cells ... • Infectious causes ... simplex virus, HIV ... #management #neurology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
increase in CD4+ cells ... pleural effusions, CNS ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... #Management