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Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Stiff Person Syndrome ... Syndrome Pathophysiology ... Syndrome - Diagnosis ... Syndrome Treatment ... #treatment #neurology
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... e.g. fractured long ... Trauma to Vessel (dislocation ... Marfan's Syndrome ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... Fracture • Hip dislocation ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology ... symptoms #signs #diagnosis ... #msk
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... Albuminocytologic dissociation ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... pts) → Enter a period ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... #management #neurology ... #treatment #MS
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... cases per 1,000 person-years ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... granulomas within the lungs ... anterior/posterior MSK
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... albuminocytologic dissociation ... the underlying pathophysiology ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
five to ten-year period ... monophasic Pathophysiology ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
muscle aches, joint ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... change in the lungs ... : • Serology for ... nails, bronchi, lungs