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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... Toxoplasma gondii PCR ... • JC-virus PCR ... effect/Edema • EBV ... Enhancement • PCR
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... virus • CMV • EBV ... Mildly decreased/Normal ... • Common clinical ... Singh @rav7ks #CNS
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... basal ganglia, CNS ... CNS symptoms (headache ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... collaboration • CNS
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
Scleromyxedema (CNS ... +GI+CVS+joints) ... Cryoglobulinemic, Hypo/normo-complementemic ... WAIHA • CAD • PCH ... Evans • ITP • Cl-NH
Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
showed air in the portal ... #Clinical #Derm ... #EM #Radiology # ... Pneumatosis #CT #NEJM
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
Early and Late Clinical ... Localized • EM ... days-weeks after EM ... lymphocytic meningitis, CN ... impairment - Normal
Kaposi’s Sarcoma of the Oral Cavity - Physical examination revealed multiple, firm, nontender, violaceous plaques of
Sarcoma of the Oral ... #Clinical #HONC ... Kaposisarcoma #Oral ... #Palate #HIV #NEJM
Burkitt-Like Lymphoma with 11q Aberration
Clinical
 • Provisional entity
 • Comprises a group of lymphomas that morphologically
11q Aberration Clinical ... • More often nodal ... disease without CNS ... or BM involvement ... • Similar clinical
Acute Varicocele Revealing Renal Cancer - Examination of the scrotum revealed an enlarged varicose vein along
Panel B, arrows) #Clinical ... #Honc #RCC #Varicocele ... #Scrotal #NEJM
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Donath-Landsteiner Antibodies[PCH ... Agglutinin Syndrome (CAS ... Viral Infection Clinical ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... Hemoglobinuria (PCH