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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... + MRI lesions + ... lung nodules, may also ... #differential # ... causes #radiology #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain ... nervous system (CNS ... (WFS1), optic atrophy ... lesions and clinical ... #differential #
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Autoimmune (SLE/APLS ... heart valves • MRI ... brain for cerebral ... often seen • MRI ... #Endocarditis #comparison
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
and infects the CNS ... Diagnosis: MRI ... syndrome of HAD ... reversible • HAND is also ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
see right sided atrophy ... He also had some ... MRI brain and C-spine ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
of the clinical ... muscles, muscle atrophy ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... conditions listed in differential ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
anywhere in the CNS ... from the brain ... form part of the differential ... LMN syndromes are ... very different clinical
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... • Common clinical ... stain: Previous antibiotics ... /l is regarded as ... Singh @rav7ks #CNS
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
parietal lobes of the brain ... may precede the neurologic ... edema visualized as ... Reversible course Differential ... parietal lobes of the brain
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... tested and if negative ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential