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Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Motor dysfunction: myoclonic ... seizure, primitive ... incontinence, apraxia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
complaints or seizures ... Demyelinating disease caused ... monoparesis), limb ataxia ... , gait ataxia, and ... aphasia, and/or seizures
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... neuropathies (ataxia ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... CNS inflammatory cause ... within 4m #Bells
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
high WBC count cause ... Dehydration • Symptoms ... Lysis of tumor cells ... dysrhythmias, seizures ... TLS #diagnosis #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... tissue: Epithelioid cells ... presentations: epileptic seizure ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Signs #Symptoms
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Framework and Management ... Summary Causes ... exertion/training - Seizures ... : • Triad of symptoms ... #causes #treatment
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) Summary
Pathogen: Larval stage of Taenia solium
Infection: Ingesting undercooked pork containing cysticerci in muscle tissue.
prior to onset of symptoms ... infiltrated with host cells ... calcifications cause ... seizures. ... Taenia #solium #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
increase in CD4+ cells ... Confusion, visual symptoms ... blindness, or gait ataxia ... unintentional weight loss, nausea ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
presyncope, exertional symptoms ... Retinopathy • Clues ... - Stroke - Seizure ... : Ataxia, dysmetria ... Differential #Evaluation #Geriatrics
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

High mortality without prompt recognition and management. HLH is a critical diagnostic consideration in
recognition and management ... hyperinflammatory syndrome caused ... (often termed MAS-HLH ... Common Signs and Symptoms ... and CD8+ T cells