BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction with symptoms attributable to central nervous system (CNS) involvement can be seen in several common and less common diseases. Prompt recognition of an underlying autoimmune basis to these conditions is important, as early diagnosis and treatment can prevent permanent disability.

Inflammatory causes:
• Susac syndrome
• Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease
• Cogan syndrome
• Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
• MOG antibody-associated demyelination
• Antiphospholipid syndrome
• Sjögren syndrome
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Relapsing polychondritis
• Behcet disease
• Multiple sclerosis
• Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
• ANCA-associated vasculitides
• Neurosarcoidosis

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Ravi Singh K @rav7ks · 6 months ago
Academic Hospitalist and Program Director @SinaiBmoreIMRes, Medicine clerkship director GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences RMC at Sinai, Clinical reasoning,Simulation and POCUS enthusiast - https://twitter.com/rav7ks
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