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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Pericarditis, myocarditis ... in Behcet syndrome ... disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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encephalitis, West ... /VASCULITIS - Behcet ... (bulbar symptoms ... - brain stem encephalitis ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential
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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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... • Provocative Tests ... Imaging studies: • MRI ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #differential #
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... infarction • Stress ... fragment • Other: Myocarditis ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
bone marrow or stem ... Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... Neurosarcoidosis - MCTD - Bechet ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... management #neurology #differential