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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Clinical Features ... demyelination features ... axonal form • MRI ... management #treatment #neurology
Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Cognitive Impairment - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Paraneoplastic disorder ... CognitiveImpairment #Dementia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... heavy metals), Critical ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Imaging Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic Brain Disorders

Thalami, Mammillary Bodies and Tectum: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Dentate Nuclei: Metronidazole,
Metabolic Brain Disorders ... Pons: ODS #MRI ... Metabolic #Brain #Disorders ... #Clinical #Differential ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... • The cardinal features ... demyelinating or axonal • MRI ... - Spinal MRI may ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Focal inflammatory disorder ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Alterations: - Sensory features ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... compression by fractured ... #diagnosis #neurology ... #algorithm
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
impairment, Mood disorder ... resonance imaging [MRI ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... diagnosis #management #neurology
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 ... Suspect in movement disorders ... Imaging: - MRI ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... lesions and clinical ... consistent with MS ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential