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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Compatible syndrome + MRI ... : • Multiple Sclerosis ... #Brain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
 • 2 or more attacks, 2 or more lesions
attacks, 2 or more lesions ... more attacks, 1 lesion ... • 1 attack, 2 lesions ... • 1 attack, 1 lesion ... on 2 or more T2 lesions
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Lesions of the Spinal ... lesions can result ... cord lesions can ... lesions depends ... spinal cord lesion
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion ... the site of a lesion ... Corticospinal Tract Lesions ... Causes: 1. ... 5 levels below lesion
Tinnitus - Subjective (heard only by patient) - 90% - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unilateral On Audiogram -
Audiogram - Perform MRI ... to rule out RC Lesion ... Acoustic Neuroma • Lesion ... • Brainstem Lesion ... Hearing Loss: • Lesion
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Causes of Pediatric ... Constipation - Differential ... Disease • Spinal Cord ... Lesions • Myotonia ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... lesion • Bilateral ... less swollen - Lesion ... or optic nerve lesions ... #differential
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... Central: Stroke, CNS ... lesion Presyncope ... Cerebellar/Posterior Cords ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ... Differential diagnosis ... : CNS demyelination ... hyperreflexia, multiple lesions ... lesion on MRI
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
2-hyperintense lesion ... This lesion displays ... surrounding the lesion ... • The lesion is ... ordered if the lesion