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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... + MRI lesions + ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... • Weakness: Starts ... axonal form • MRI ... management #treatment #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
pulmonary etc) • CNS ... nervous system: Brain ... endocrine: Vitamin B12 deficiency ... EMG) studies • MRI ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... affecting the Brain ... nervous system (CNS ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... #neurology #noninflammatory
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
condition that causes ... spinal cord and brain ... thickening can cause ... sagging syndrome ... Pachymeningitis #HP #Neurology
Leigh Syndrome 
History: 19-month-old girl with hypotonia, developmental 
delay, failure to thrive, and bilateral optic disc
Leigh Syndrome ... was a complex I deficiency ... #Clinical #MRI ... #Brain #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
(CES) is usually ... - Emergency Causes ... cord • Guillain-Barre ... Imaging studies: • MRI ... #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... ruled out • Brain ... brain and/or optic ... • Nutritional Deficiency ... diagnosis #management #neurology
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
The most common causes ... MRI was ordered ... diagnosed with MS, and started ... #PhysicalExam # ... ophthalmology #neurology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
“mee-mee-mee;” CN ... MRI brain and C-spine ... feasible and he was started ... Fasciculations #PhysicalExam ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology