Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... or peripheral neurologic ... disease • Myasthenia ... Sarcoidosis • Infections ... #neurology
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE •
Demyelinating Diseases ... nodosa, SLE • Infectious ... Demyelinating #Diseases ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia") • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor • Infection:
Disorders (Reversible Causes ... Intracranial tumor • Infection ... , Whipple's disease ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Adult-onset Still disease ... Treatment: •
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group < 5%
Non-HCV infectious ... vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes ... cryoglobulinemia vasculitis Clinical ... neuropathy Treatment ... with refractory disease
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. Vibrio vulnificus part of
Vulnificus skin infection ... chronic liver disease ... Diseases Fellowship ... rash #cellulitis #dermatology ... #legs #clinical
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions: • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100) • Other
lymphoproliferative disease ... splenomegaly Other infections ... multiple lesions Infectious ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
Kerion Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
purulent nodules Caused ... fungal ringworm infection ... mentagrophytes) Clinical ... Lymphadenopathy Treatment ... Griseofulvin #Kerion #Dermatology
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Differential Diagnosis • Neurologic ... deficiency, Thyroid disease ... • Infectious: ... Recreational drugs, Toxic ingestions ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification Prerenal: • Dehydration • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver failure
• Glomerular disease ... - Post-infectious ... tubular necrosis (causes ... Urinary tract infection ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
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