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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... spondyloarthritis • Ocular ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
desaturation, Scotoma, Ocular ... mainly AQP4-lgG disease ... (AQP4-lgG disease ... pain • Extra-CNS ... Manifestations #diagnosis #neurology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
CN III palsy 2. ... Neurogenic Ptosis - Neurologic ... disease affecting ... lens wearing • Ocular ... #Ptosis #neurology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
affects the skin, neurologic ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... cognitive impairment, neurologic ... gut involvement, abdominal ... chorioretinitis, CNS
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome ... SLE • Mikulicz syndrome ... enlargement Sjogren's Syndrome ... gland) biopsy • Ocular ... #Sjogrens #Syndrome
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... , weight loss, abdominal ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... : CNS manifestations ... • Tumor lysis syndrome
Oculomasticatory Myorhythmia

Pendular vergence oscillations of the eyes + concurrent contractions of the masticatory muscles.  It's
for Whipple's disease ... with CNS involvement ... Whipples #clinical #video ... #neurology #ocular
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
• Heavy Chain disease ... et diutinum Neurologic ... Scleromyxedema (CNS ... Hypergammaglobulinemic macular ... Sneddon-Wilkinson disease
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
Neurosyphilis • CNS ... polychondritis • Behçet disease ... Rosai-Dorfman disease ... brain sagging syndrome ... Pachymeningitis #HP #Neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Compartment syndrome ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... kidney tubular cells ... of underlying disease ... causes #treatment #nephrology