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Good Morning #MedTwitter #neurotwitter #MedEd #Neurotwt #Neuroresidents #NeuroOphthalmology #Neuroimmunology #twittorial. Let's have a quick review on #OpticNeuritis and #NMO - Grab a #coffee and let's Start!
1/ Classic #opticneuritis is characterized by a sub-acute loss of vision in one Eye, with central #scotoma, pain on #eyemovement, positive #RAPD
- Fundus exam is usually normal
- Age range 15-45 years
- Fundus exam is usually normal
- Age range 15-45 years
2/Talking about #MOGAntibodies:
- More frequent in #pediatric population, Associated with #ADEM
- #MOG IgG serum titers depend on disease activity and is mainly from extrathecal origin, enters #CNS from systemic circulation and reaches CSF through passive diffusion or broken #BBB
- More frequent in #pediatric population, Associated with #ADEM
- #MOG IgG serum titers depend on disease activity and is mainly from extrathecal origin, enters #CNS from systemic circulation and reaches CSF through passive diffusion or broken #BBB
Let’s do a quick one on #clinicaldecisionmaking and #neuroimaging. See bright spot on MRI T2 Brain just means increased water -could be any insult to the brain - #infection #inflammation #ischemia #neoplasm are the top 4 you gotta have in your brain. Pun intended. #MedTwitter
Then you think - active or inactive process? If it’s actively destroying the BBB, it’ll enhance on contrast enhancement. So get MRI with and without contrast. Why without? T2 shine-through - but that’s for another time. #MedStudentTwitter #neurology #neurologyresident
Now the important question here is what you do - remember that nice poem on #theroadnottaken by #robertfrost? 2 widely diverging choices - to immunosuppress or not to immunosuppress. #tobeornottobe #hamlet #MedTwitter #AcademicTwitter #MedStudentChat
