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Algorithm for evaluating multiple ring-enhancing lesions in immunocompetent (HIV negative)

#ringenhancing #lesions #cns #brain #diagnosis #differential #algorithm
Algorithm for evaluating ... ring-enhancing lesions ... #cns #brain #diagnosis ... #causes #radiology ... #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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status, and focal neurologic ... parietal - Size lesions ... punched-out" cystic lesions ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... basal ganglia, CNS ... symptoms (headache ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
cord neurological lesion ... the site of a lesion ... #spinal #cord #spinalcord ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... Space-occupying brain lesion ... • CNS infection ... #neurology #PHANTOMS
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... papulo-ulcerative lesion ... children; No evident lesion ... eye; unilateral symptoms ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management ... Algorithm for patients ... significant LMCA lesion ... with a stable symptom ... #Algorithm #Cardiology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... compressive cord lesion ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
Diagnosis and Management ... commercially • Serology ... Similar lesions ... Sporotrichosis - Symptoms ... schenckii #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
by culture or serology ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management