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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Leukemia - Summary Cancer ... adults in the west ... microglobulin Treatment ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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encephalitis, West ... lung cancer - ... lymphoma OTHERS - Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Neurology
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Syndrome Acute ... Labs: • CD4+ T-cell ... 14%), in which case ... Phase: • The short ... ) Treatment:
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
of breath • Neurologic ... • Dyspnea at rest ... Hyperuricemia • Acute ... decreased urine output ... differential #diagnosis #cancer
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Autoimmune disease, Cancer ... , ADEM, Acute toxic ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... • Weakness: Starts ... variants: (1) acute ... #neurology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
the critically ill ... or diagnostic tests ... - Low cardiac output ... - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... soles in 50% of cases ... manifestations including acute ... and nephrotic syndrome ... have positive serology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... (GBS) Acute autoimmune ... and sensitive tests ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... diagnosis #management #neurology