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Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... (ESR or sed rate ... vasculitis vs infection ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Hyperreflexia develops later ... causes need to ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... the underlying pathophysiology ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
by culture or serology ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... shock • Mortality rate ... Meningitis, septic arthritis ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management