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HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
posterior fossa ... : The clinical ... ataxia ... Treatment: • HAART ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology
Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
A left posterior ... common cause, leading ... angular gyrus Clinical ... #Agraphia #clinical ... #neurology #diagnosis
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Clinical Presentation ... ecchymoses, mucosal bleeding ... - HIV • Immune ... immunodeficiency virus (HIV ... Treatment:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... neuropathies (ataxia ... (Ramsay-Hunt), HIV ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Neurology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
of progressive posterior ... imaging after treatment ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... HypoglossalNerve #CNXII #CN12 ... #Neurology #Deficit
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... focal neurologic ... , gait ataxia, and ... focal neurologic
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Campylobacter jejuni - HIV ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Paresthesias: Hands ... #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... HIV) - Vitamin ... the lesion Posterior ... - Friedreich ataxia ... involved & the posterior
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Abscess - Diagnosis and ... • Large volume feeding ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... hemorrhage • Treatment
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Chagas disease) Clinical ... secondary causes leading ... Three clinical features ... Treatment options ... #gastroenterology