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Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
meninges in spinal cord ... Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis ... #differential # ... TB #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... spinalcord #disorders #diagnosis ... #neurology #differential
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... Clinical Pearls ... • Neurologic ... symptoms suggest ... a mass as the cause
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... such as double ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... weeks for most OI
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... Lower motor neuron symptoms ... Upper motor neuron symptoms ... syndromes #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
affecting the brain, eye ... is important, as ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential ... #diagnosis
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Diagnosis Framework ... : CHF, valves, COPD ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... Polyneuropathy, ALS ... #neurology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... Circulatory Symptoms ... symptoms - most ... younger pts) Differential ... Disorders Such As
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Weakness • Spinal Cord ... Motor Nerves: ALS ... heavy metals), Critical ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
) of the right eye ... consistent with a diagnosis ... decompress the spinal cord ... Horners #Syndrome #clinical ... #physicalexam #neurology