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Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... dystrophy - Brain stem ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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encephalitis, West ... symptoms similar to myasthenia ... - brain stem encephalitis ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
arthritis, Churg-Strauss ... syndrome, Kawasaki's ... polymyositis, myasthenia ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Pericarditis, myocarditis ... is a skin prick test ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
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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• Provocative Tests ... Imaging studies: • MRI ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... bone marrow or stem ... Reversible course Differential ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
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