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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Diagnosis should be based ... on clinical presentation ... Imaging: - MRI ... Demyelinating disease caused ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... middle ear/skull base ... atypical symptoms): MRI ... CNS inflammatory cause ... #Treatment #Neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
• Infiltrating base ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... lesions and clinical ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... axonal form • MRI ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Dysphagia • GI ... Sclerosis Diagnosis - Based ... resonance imaging [MRI ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

This 81 yo male was referred to our
to our for an evaluation ... The MRI findings ... the condition, case ... Ophthalmicus #HZO #clinical ... #physicalexam #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... cord compression (MRI ... • Infectious causes ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... conditions listed in differential ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management