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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
PCR 50% sensitive ... splenomegaly Other infections ... multiple lesions Infectious ... Inflammatory: ... Lesions #Brain #differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... should be based on clinical ... required until immune ... Demyelinating disease ... #Infections #differential
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Syndromes - Non-inflammatory ... Causes Immune-mediated ... nervous system (CNS ... MRI lesions and clinical ... noninflammatory #differential
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Agglutinin Syndrome (CAS ... Clinical Presentation ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... younger pts) Differential ... Hemoglobinuria (PCH
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Overview Focal inflammatory ... that results in CNS ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Diagnostic Criteria ... management #neurology #differential
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... virus • CMV • EBV ... • Common clinical ... Develops in the immune ... #Infections #differential
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Vasculitis Differential ... pain and GN Anti-GBM ... chorioretinitis, CNS ... syndrome: Ocular inflammatory
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... specific diagnostic criteria ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... pleural effusions, CNS
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... photosensitivity, inflammatory ... permanent alopecia Differential ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... context of primary immune
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
infection • Family ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... Erythema nodosum • Immune ... number of sites of disease ... through Ann Arbor criteria