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Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Nerve (CN7) Palsy ... - Atypical Clinical ... bilateral, non-CN7 ... MRI+gad (stroke, CN7 ... sarcoid or other CNS
PUNISH Mnemonic - Indications for Head CT before Lumbar Puncture (LP)

P - Papilledema
U - Unconsciousness
N -
Immunocompromised (HIV ... H - History of CNS ... disease (mass, ... #Puncture #LP #Neurology ... #Management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... CNS Opportunistic ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease ... hearing loss, palsy
Indications for Head CT before LP:
 • Age > 60
 • Immunocompromise (e.g., HIV)
 • History
Immunocompromise (e.g., HIV ... nervous system (CNS ... ) disease • Recent ... mental status • Focal ... none of the above clinical
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
peripheral 12th nerve palsy ... progressive posterior head ... CN VII (facial weakness ... “mee-mee-mee;” CN ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... simplex virus, HIV ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management