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3 Stages of Lyme Disease 
Early Lyme Disease 
 - Erythema migrans 
 - Constitutional symptoms
Lyme Disease - Erythema ... Constitutional symptoms ... Gastrointestinal symptoms ... Cutaneous - Neurologic ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... status, and focal neurologic ... Imaging: - MRI ... #differential #diagnosis
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... , Sjogrens Diagnosis ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... ): MRI+gad (stroke ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
CNS Ring-Enhancing ... Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... Compatible syndrome + MRI ... #differential #diagnosis ... causes #radiology #neurology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Pregnancy • CNS ... infection Diagnosis ... disease) • CSF (CNS ... Infection) • MRI ... / CT if focal symptoms
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Pregnancy • CNS ... infection Diagnosis ... disease) • CSF (CNS ... Infection) • MRI ... / CT if focal symptoms
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
acneiform lesions, erythema ... like lesions, erythema ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... symptoms (headache ... management #signs #symptoms
McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
 • 2 or more attacks, 2 or more lesions
McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis ... implicating a different CNS ... implicating a different CNS ... McDonald #Criteria #Diagnosis ... Sclerosis #MS #neurology
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
- Differential Diagnosis ... cause different symptoms ... Neurosyphilis • CNS ... of patients MRI ... Pachymeningitis #HP #Neurology
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
What?
 • Unilateral orbital/retrobulbar pain
 • Paresis of the cranial nerves Ill, IV, VI
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fissure or orbit (MRI ... resolution of the symptoms ... Syndrome #TolosaHunt #neurology ... #diagnosis