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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... 4) progressive muscular ... failure Diagnosis - Medical ... diagnosis column Treatment ... #Sclerosis #neurology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Clinical Pearls ... • Neurologic ... suggest a mass as ... depress when looking medially
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... headache, altered mental ... status, and focal neurologic ... Demyelinating disease caused
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Medium and large ... also involved), ... Treatment: • Oral ... diagnosis #management #signs
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... edema visualized as ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of ... with AEDs until cause
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... • Common clinical ... Acute meningeal signs ... /l is regarded as ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Signs of poor perfusion ... fatigue, altered mental ... Signs of congestion ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Involves large and medium ... Diagnosis = clinical ... systemic sx + signs ... Treatment of GCA
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
purpura: Strong sign ... primary condition MEDIUM ... tract, and often causes ... aneurysms can also ... chorioretinitis, CNS