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Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... compression by fractured ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... #neurology #differential
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
meninges in spinal cord ... lesion Pott's Disease ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis ... #differential # ... TB #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... Lower motor neuron symptoms ... Vertebral burst fracture ... syndromes #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Clinical Pearls ... • Neurologic ... symptoms suggest ... Cataract/Lens Dislocation ... Orbital Floor Fracture
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... is the defining feature ... Inflammatory eye disease ... or serologies + symptoms ... #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... matter, spinal cord ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #management #signs
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... #management #neurology ... #differential
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Coccidioidomycosis ... • Clinical presentation ... self-limiting respiratory symptoms ... meninges and spinal cord ... • Management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease ... Aspergillosis • Coccidioidomycosis ... CNS #Infections #differential
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... Progressive MS (Spinal cord ... #management #neurology