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Trypanosoma cruzi Reactivation in the Brain- ...Magnetic resonance images of the brain showed a mass measuring
Reactivation in the Brain ... images of the brain ... kinetoplasts (masses ... #clinical #NEJM ... #MRI #radiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular MRI ... Clinical • ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... #Management #Cardiology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... Compatible syndrome + MRI ... lesions • 80% with lung ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #radiology
Leigh Syndrome 
History: 19-month-old girl with hypotonia, developmental 
delay, failure to thrive, and bilateral optic disc
patterns (this case ... Leigh #Syndrome #Clinical ... #MRI #Brain #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Causes include: ... pulmonary edema • Bowel ... Transfusion-related acute lung ... #cardiology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
alterations, and bowel ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... - Autonomic: Bowel ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... #management #neurology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... support for patients clinically ... #management #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... similar where Cardiology ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical
Bilateral Vestibular Schwannomas in Neurofibromatosis Type 2- ...Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain performed after the
imaging of the brain ... angles, and severe brain-stem ... type 2, which is caused ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #MRI
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
Biopsy of the lung ... patient received a diagnosis ... bacterial infection caused ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #