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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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/ AIDS - Differential ... • IRIS might ... should be based on clinical ... patients with IRIS ... #AIDS #opportunistic
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... Neuropathy • Eye ... Retinitis (Most common cause ... #AIDS #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... weeks for most OI
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... syphilis, and HIV ... unilateral) #SpinalCord ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
: Clinical findings ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... , HIV, CMV, HTLV ... #spinal #cord #spinalcord ... #neurology #differential
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
ring-enhanced lesion ... Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS ... ): • In HIV+, usually ... • Caused by immune ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain, Eye ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... LHON) plus MRI lesions ... and clinical consistent ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... (Ramsay-Hunt), HIV ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... CNS inflammatory cause ... tears oint + TAPE eye
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
results from a lesion ... The most common causes ... the hospital, diagnosed ... and started on IV ... ophthalmology #neurology