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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
increase in CD4+ cells ... such as double ... weeks for most OI ... #IRIS #Immune ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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• IRIS might ... Antimicrobial treatment ... required until immune ... status, and focal neurologic ... patients with IRIS
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Release from blast cells ... Diagnosis: >3 symptoms ... • Steroids: IV ... #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
: Inflammatory eye ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Treatment: • Oral ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology #
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
mutations) • Immune ... - HIV • Immune ... aplastic anemia Treatment ... • Improve the symptoms ... #diagnosis #management
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Arthralgias • Eye ... • Progressive symptoms ... vasculitis • Behcet ... aneurysms can also ... Differential #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
are the immune ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... diagnosis column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... simplex virus, HIV ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential