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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Compatible syndrome + MRI ... lesions + toxo ... #Brain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion ... ) - MSK Radiology ... : • FOPE lesions ... (save $$) Differential ... Periphyseal #Edema #lesion
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 ... Multiple Sclerosis: CNS ... hyperreflexia, multiple lesions ... hyperreflexia, spinal cord lesion
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
Tetanus Toxin -> Spores ... metabolites induce injury ... lymph -> Koplik's spots ... persists as skin lesions ... #Immunization #peds
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Imaging: - MRI ... parietal - Size lesions ... Demyelinating disease caused ... Enhancement: multifocal lesions ... punched-out" cystic lesions
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
Humeral Avulsion of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)
 • Imaging Findings:
 • Large defect of the
HAGL) can be a cause ... WITHOUT Bankart lesion ... Differential diagnosis ... Reverse HAGL (RHAGL) lesion ... shoulder #clinical #mri
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... compressive cord lesion ... less swollen - Lesion ... or optic nerve lesions ... #differential
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
nervous system (CNS ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... lesions and clinical ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential
Prior anterior glenohumeral joint dislocation with Hill-Sachs fracture and Perthes lesion
Imaging Findings:
 • The arrow is
fracture and Perthes lesion ... This is a Perthes lesion ... stripping → Perthes lesion ... INSTABILITY • GLAD lesion ... fracture #Perthes #lesion