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Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Borrelia (Lyme Disease ... /VASCULITIS - Behcet ... symptoms similar to myasthenia ... degeneration - opsoclonus-myoclonus ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... : Inflammatory eye ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Genital ulcers • Eye ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
an autoimmune disease ... Symptomatic treatment Of ocular ... more advanced disease ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Neurogenic Ptosis - Neurologic ... disease affecting ... retraction of one eye ... contralateral eye ... Syndrome #Ptosis #neurology
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
desaturation, Scotoma, Ocular ... pain/pain upon eye ... mainly AQP4-lgG disease ... Sjögren syndrome, Myasthenia ... Manifestations #diagnosis #neurology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Arthralgias • Eye ... affects the skin, neurologic ... cognitive impairment, neurologic ... vasculitis • Behcet ... Cogan syndrome: Ocular
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
chondritis • Ocular ... vessels (aorta) • Eyes ... Sarcoidosis • Behcet ... disease • Infections ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management