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Kaposi Sarcoma Herpes Virus (KSHV)

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Differential
Herpes Virus (KSHV ... #Differential #Ddx ... #Diagnosis #KSHV ... #HHV #lymphoproliferative
HHV8/KSHV-reIated diseases: From Cellular Proliferation to Hyperinflammation
Kaposi sarcoma (KS):
 • Target organs: Ubiquitous (cutaneous and mucosal
HHV8/KSHV-reIated ... Light chain: - HHV8 ... features: Effusion, B symptoms ... de Fremont #HHV8 ... comparison #diagnosis #kshv
KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS)

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong  via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious Diseases
KSHV Inflammatory ... #Differential #Ddx ... #Diagnosis #KSHV ... #HHV #KICS #Kaposi
KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS)
Working Case Definition for KICS: Requires at least 2 clinical manifestations (from
KSHV Inflammatory ... Symptoms: Fatigue ... Cachexia, Respiratory symptoms ... 3) Evidence of KSHV ... diagnosis #management #hhv8
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
with no early symptoms ... Physical Exam/Signs ... Scoring system: DDX ... Contamination, colitis DDX
Borderline Personality Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Behavioral Traits:
 • Unstable Relationships - Alternating extremes of idealization
severe dissociative symptoms ... Empty feeling Dx ... the above with symptoms ... Psychiatry #Criteria #Signs ... #Symptoms #Mnemonic
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
ophthalmoplegia), systemic signs ... nerve ischemia • DDx ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CMV • EBV • HHV6 ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... influenzae Symptoms ... Acute meningeal signs
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Episcleritis Signs ... and Symptoms: ... development of skin symptoms ... DDX: - Pyoderma
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... syndrome (Clinical Dx ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology