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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... shows a small, stable ... Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... Imaging: - MRI ... Demyelinating disease ... monoparesis), limb ... #diagnosis #AIDS
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... conditions listed in differential ... Treatment: - Multidisciplinary
Causes of Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Malignancy 
 - Tumor effect* (esp. Gl, lung, lymphoma)
Weight Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Malignancy ... Gl, lung, lymphoma ... ) - Treatment ... Infections: HIV/AIDS
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... Disease by CD4 ... Constitutional symptoms ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... Infections #HIV #AIDS
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
85% • < 50% in chronic ... extrapulmonary disease ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... in the adjacent lung ... mycobacteria Treatment ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
and treatment can ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... consistent with MS ... noninflammatory #differential ... #diagnosis
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
Diagnosis Eosinophilic ... of an affected limb ... the mainstay of treatment ... frequent in men Chronic ... #table #dermatology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... management #neurology #differential