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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) - Pathophysiology
Risk factors:
 - Low CD4 count
 - Disseminated OI
 -
Inflammatory Syndrome ... (IRIS) - Pathophysiology ... duration or OI treatment ... #Syndrome #IRIS ... #AIDS
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory ... Causes Immune-mediated ... and treatment can ... Non-inflammatory ... Infectious • Syphilis
Bile Duct Paucity - Differential Diagnosis
 • Genetic: Alagille syndrome, Trisomy 21, Williams syndrome, Peroxisomal disorders
- Differential Diagnosis ... rubella, Congenital syphilis ... • Immune / Inflammatory ... Biliary atresia (late ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome ... of HIV/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... progression of cirrhosis ... #Syndrome #Differential
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... : • Immune response ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #treatment #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... the underlying pathophysiology ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... cells are the immune ... can become pro-inflammatory ... features developing later ... column Treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Overview Focal inflammatory ... monophasic Pathophysiology ... activation of an immune ... Hyperreflexia develops later ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
and lung cancer, inflammatory ... bronchiectasis, and syphilis ... disease, usually cirrhosis ... seen in Reiter's syndrome ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... , neutropenia, cirrhosis ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... shock • Mortality rate