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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 ā€¢ Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 ā€¢ Other
splenomegaly Other infections ... multiple lesions Infectious ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 ā€¢ Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 ā€¢ Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 ā€¢
lumbar spine ā€¢ MCC ... equina syndrome (CES ... - Emergency Causes ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 ā€¢
CNS Infection in ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease caused ... #Infections #differential
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     ā€¢ Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Infarction ā€¢ Stable ... ā€¢ Trauma - Neurologic ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Headache Etiologies and Associated Spectrum of Severity of Disease by System
Critical, Emergent and Non-Emergent Causes
CNS, neurologic,
Disease by System Critical ... CNS, neurologic ... Musculoskeletal Allergy Infectious ... disease Pulmonary ... #differential #
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... ā€¢ Common clinical ... Singh @rav7ks #CNS ... #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... nervous system (CNS ... MRI lesions and clinical ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 ā€¢ Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lymphadenopathy, pulmonary ... neurological symptoms ā€¢ Caused ... or abruptly ā€¢ CN ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential ... #TB #neurology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... (AG) = {Na - (Cl ... Classicallyā€¯ noted with pulmonary ... acidosis: - CNS ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... Infarction - Infection ... involvement Cauda ... syndromes #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology