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Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... in literature (NEJM ... (Cornelia NEJM ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
fasciculus), which causes ... The most common causes ... Three weeks later ... #video #ophthalmology ... #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... sequences improve sensitivity ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
combination of the clinical ... lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... - Causes progressive ... features developing later ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Hyperreflexia develops later ... • Infectious causes ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Bitot's Spots- A 4-year-old boy was brought by his father to the ophthalmology clinic with a
father to the ophthalmology ... clinic with a 1 ... deficiency can also cause ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #ophth #bitot
Lichen Planus- ...On examination, numerous purple papules were noted on the anterior surface of the forearms
Although the cause ... treated, and the later ... more extensive cases ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #lichen #
Woltman's sign of hypothyroidism- ...At the time of presentation, a physical examination was notable for the
deep-tendon reflex, is a neurologic ... One month later, ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #Woltmans
Uremic Frost in End-Stage Renal Disease- A 39-year-old man with end-stage renal disease presented to the
with anorexia, nausea ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #renal #urology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
antigen assay has a sensitivity ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... shock • Mortality rate