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Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Recognition of giant cell ... disorder of the optic nerve ... Clinical manifestations ... #Rheumatology # ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL ... Lymphocytes • Median ... immunophenotype Clinical ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology ... #hemeonc #diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
(GCA) Giant cell ... with systemic, neurologic ... Involves large and medium ... Diagnosis = clinical ... them, but urgent rheumatology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Clinical ... • Neurologic ... symptoms suggest ... depress when looking medially
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... may precede the neurologic ... PRES-Associated Clinical ... Neurological symptoms ... #management #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... should be based on clinical ... headache, altered mental ... of the abducens nerve
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Elevated ESR and CRP GCA ... develop in pts with GCA ... primary condition MEDIUM ... muscle weakness • Nerves ... #Rheumatology
Neurosarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Treatment
 • 5 to 40% of sarcoidosis, Heterogeneous, often inaugural
 • Central
neuropathy, Cranial nerves ... (ll, V, VII), Polyneuropathies ... neurosarcoidosis: Clinical ... Treatment #management #neurology ... #rheumatology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
Median age 50- ... plasmacytoma) Clinical ... + diff • CMP, Ca ... Prognosis: • Median ... #Workup #Hematology
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
disease-associated symptoms ... Because the median ... age at diagnosis ... importance of clinical ... #algorithm #hematology