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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Diagnosis Framework ... • IRIS might ... on clinical presentation ... Demyelinating disease caused ... patients with IRIS
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... sarcoid or other CNS ... inflammatory cause ... tears oint + TAPE eye
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Algorithm Clinical ... • Neurologic ... symptoms suggest ... a mass as the cause ... Cranial Nerve IV
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
meninges in spinal cord ... Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS ... ): • In HIV+, usually ... • Caused by immune ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
• 10-20% of HIV-infected ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... pleural effusions, CNS ... weeks for most OI
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain, Eye ... nervous system (CNS ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... MRI lesions and clinical ... #Syndromes #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... syphilis, and HIV ... Lower motor neuron symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
that had been fluctuating ... shows only abduction ... the hospital, diagnosed ... and started on IV ... ophthalmology #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... simplex virus, HIV ... #management #neurology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... Herpesviruses (MCC: HSV ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... • Common clinical ... #neurology #meningitis