Common SURGICAL sign Flashcards

1
Q

Pus or fluid in external ear canal seen through otoscopy conducted with the patient blowing against pinched nose

A

Angel sign

Tympanic membrane perforation

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2
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Bruising over the mastoid process

A

Battle sign

Basal skull fractures

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3
Q

Absent or muffled carotid pulse

A

Berry sign

Advance thyroid malignancy encasing carotid

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4
Q

Pus from mastoiditis escapes into the sternocleidomastoid muscle

A

Bezold abscess

Mastoiditis

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5
Q

Blanching of a purple-red middle ear mass with positive pressure during pneumatic otoscopy

A

Brown sign

Glomus tumor

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6
Q

Hypertension
Bradycardia
Irregular respiration

A

Cushing’s response

Late sign of increased ICP

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7
Q

Bilateral infection of the submandibular space

A

Ludwig angina

Infected 2nd and 3rd mandibular molar teeth

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8
Q

Skin redness overlying the thyroid

A

Maroni sign

Hyperthyroidism

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9
Q

Thinning or loss of the lateral part of the eyebrow

A

Queen Ann Sign

Hypothyroidism

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