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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
manifestations- Pneumonitis ... Compatible syndrome + MRI ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Imaging: - MRI ... , limb ataxia, gait ... #differential #
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Ill (Oculomotor ... IV (Trochlear) ... Skew Deviation Casey ... ophthalmology #neurology ... #differential #
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... (Ramsay-Hunt), HIV ... atypical symptoms): MRI ... inflammatory cause ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
Dropped Foot Gait - Paralysis of Dorsal Flexion of the Foot.
When trying to walk the tip
avoid this, he raises ... peroneal nerve, which causes ... the thigh on the hip ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
impairment • Mild ... and infects the CNS ... Diagnosis: MRI ... dysfunction like gait ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
Double Vision - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Clinical ... • Neurologic ... a mass as the cause ... Cranial Nerve IV
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential ... pneumonia (PJP), MAI ... Lymphadenopathy, CNS ... factor • May cause ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
nervous system (CNS ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... lesions and clinical ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
This 28 year old ... the follow up video ... MRI was ordered ... and started on IV ... #neurology