Clinical Correlations Flashcards
External jugular vein
Act as barometer, indicate impeded blood flow
Infection in pretracheal layer
Can spread to thoracic cavity
Infection in retropharyngeal space
Can spread to posterior/superior mediastinum - esophagus
Abcess posterior to SCM
Dysphagia and dysarthia
Torticollis
Injury to SCM either congenital (tumor) or acquired (childbirth), neck flexed on affected side, chin pointing to opposite
IJV punctue
In lesser supraclavicular triangle, lateral to cc, diagnostic
Subclavian vein puncture
In lesser supraclavicular triangle, central line, careful to avoid pleura
Body of common carotid
Chemoreceptor
Sinus of common carotid
Baroreceptor
Thyroidectomy
Removal of thyroid
Note removing parathyroid - seizures
Remnant of thyroglossal duct
Accessory tissue/pyramidal lobe
Tracheostomy
2-4 ring of trachea
Retract infrahyoid muscles
Inferior thyroid vein, thyroid ima a can be at risk
Treacher Collins Syndrome
1st arch syndrome
Deformed ears, downward slanting
Pierre Robin Sequence
1st arch syndrome
Micrognathia, cleft palate
Branchial cyst
Cervical sinus does not obliterate
Lateral and anterior to SCM
Virchow’s node
Supraclavicular LN, positive Troisier’s sign = metastasis of cancer
Infection in mastoid process
Spreads to sigmoid sinus
Trauma to orbit
Maxillary sinus