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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... (CAS): - Due ... Viral Infection Clinical ... ) Differential ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus ... name comes from its ... System Atrophy) - can ... pleurothotonus #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... Erythematosus (SLE) Clinical ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... Lumbar Puncture, EEG ... #neurology #rheumatology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Weakness: Starts in legs ... Reflexes: Arms or legs ... Paresthesias: Hands
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
nervous system (CNS ... ) involvement can ... MRI lesions and clinical ... #neurology #noninflammatory ... #differential #
Leg Asterixis on Physical Exam

Asterixis can be seen in peripheral neuropathies also! Check out this leg
Leg Asterixis on ... Exam Asterixis can ... Guillain Barre syndrome ... #Asterixis #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... (Clinical Dx). ... prick test that can ... Behcet disease) Differential ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... FLARE) (85% of pts ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Spinal cord lesions can ... spinal cord lesions can ... multiradicular pain - Leg ... #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Alien Limb Syndrome on Physical Exam

Elderly lady with Parkinsonism (PSP) c/o left leg rising up spontaneously
Alien Limb Syndrome ... Alien hand >>> leg ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video ... #leg #neurology