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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... artery aneurysms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Reversible course Differential ... epilepticus Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... involve the temporal artery ... very remarkable w/differential ... Role of temporal artery ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... revealed only after ... Antimicrobial treatment ... subcortical white matter ... CNS #Infections #differential
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... cath if acute coronary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Superficial temporal artery ... disturbance • Temp. artery ... affects the skin, neurologic ... node syndrome • Coronary
Neurosarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Treatment
 • 5 to 40% of sarcoidosis, Heterogeneous, often inaugural
 • Central
Diagnosis and Treatment ... neurosarcoidosis: Clinical, CSF ... , Exclusion of Differential ... #management #neurology ... #rheumatology
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
primary lesions - differential ... pruritus • Hematologic ... and especially after ... #Pruritus #Treatment ... #Nephrology #CKD