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Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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DDX: • Epstein-Barr ... can be detected ... ) Treatment: ... disease progression ... #HIV #diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
BEE Syndromes - ... Non-inflammatory Causes ... and less common diseases ... and treatment can ... consistent with MS
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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- Emergency Causes ... cord • Guillain-Barre ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... decompression #CaudaEquina ... #causes #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... and sensitive tests ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #Syndrome #diagnosis
Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The iliotibial band (ITB) is thickened with
- MSK Radiology ... Case description ... • Treatment: Conservative ... Findings of chronic disease ... #Radiology #diagnosis
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome ... Noise trauma ○ MS ... Labyrinthitis ○ Epstein-Barr ... ○ Lyme disease
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
6th Decades (can be ... Diagnosis: • Dry ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
presentations and disease ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... tests before beginning ... treatment. ... - Compartment syndrome
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
super-antigen mediated disease ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
responsible for most cases ... Albuminuria, nephrotic syndrome ... ulcerated • MSK ... uncommon, gummas have been ... Syphilis #stages #diagnosis