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Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Limited - CREST:
 • Calcinosis
 • Raynaud phenomenon
 • Esophageal dysmotility
 • Sclerodactyly
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Systemic Sclerosis ... #Systemic #Sclerosis ... Scleroderma #diagnosis #signs
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Systemic Sclerosis ... cutaneous systemic sclerosis ... Diffuse systemic sclerosis ... trunk • Systemic Sclerosis ... #Systemic #Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Multiple Sclerosis ... Summary Multiple Sclerosis ... life Multiple Sclerosis ... Balo’s concentric Sclerosis ... #Multiple #sclerosis
ANA Patterns and Associated Rheumatic Diseases:
 • Homogeneous: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Mixed connective tissue disease
/DM), Systemic sclerosis ... Diffuse systemic sclerosis ... Limited systemic sclerosis ... SLE), Systemic sclerosis ... rheumatology #diagnosis #differential
Painful Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis 
 • Acute Angle Glaucoma
 • Iritis
 • Scleritis
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Painful Red Eye - Differential ... • Iritis • Scleritis ... Painful #RedEye #Differential
Dysphagia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Structural
 • Tumors
 • Zenker's Diverticulum
 • Foreign Bodv
Neuromuscular Toxic/Metabolic
 • Myasthenia
Dysphagia Differential ... Accident • MuItiple Sclerosis ... Amvotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ... #Dysphagia #Differential
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ... Injury, Multiple Sclerosis ... Affect #neurology #differential
Parinaud's Syndrome
What?
 - Impaired upgaze
 - Light-near dissociation
 - Convergence retraction nystagmus
 - Eyelid retraction (Collier's
retraction (Collier's sign ... tumors - Multiple Sclerosis ... → "setting sun sign
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex) in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis

The Hoffmann's reflex test itself
Positive Hoffmann's sign ... with Multiple Sclerosis ... are not useful signs ... to cerebellar signs ... Clinical #Video #Signs
BEHIND - Stroke Mimics Mnemonic
Brain: Mass, Hemorrhage, Contusion
Epilepsy: Post Ictal State, 
Hyponatremia, Hypogycemia
Intoxication, Infection
Neuro: Migraine, Multiple
Migraine, Multiple Sclerosis ... Neurology #Diagnosis #Differential