Head and Neck Findings Flashcards by Hannah Mikulich | Brainscape

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AC/BC are both decreased in one ear

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Nerve conduction deafness

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BC>AC with Rinne test

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Serous Otitis Media

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Bilateral dilated pupils

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Cocaine, barbiturate or amphetamine abuse

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Bilateral pinpoint pupils

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Heroin use

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Bilateral swollen optic discs(papilledema)

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Raised intracranial pressure; brain tumor

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Blue sclera in infant with many fractures

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Osteogenesis imperfecta

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Blurred margins of the macula or pigmentation

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Macular degeneration

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Copper or silver wiring of retinal arterioles

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Hypertensive retinopathy

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Cupped optic disc

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Chronic glaucoma

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Enlarged tongue (macroglossia)

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Hypothyroidism in infants

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Exophthalmos

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Hyperthyroidism or orbital tumor

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Flame hemorrhages and dots (microaneurysms)

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Diabetic retinopathy

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Foul purulent unilateral nasal discharge

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Sinusitis or foreign body in nose

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Goiter with brittle dry coarse hair

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Myxedema (hypothyroidism)

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Goiter with exophthalmos or tachycardia

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Graves disease

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Gray ring around cornea (arcus senilis)

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Hyperlipidema

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Hears better in one ear with Weber test

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Problem with one of the ears

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Large head in child with open fontanelles

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Hydrocephalus

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Lid lag

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Hyperthyroidism

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Loss of red pupil light reflex

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Cataract or Neuroblastoma

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Loss of outer third of eyebrow

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Hypothyroidism or leprosy

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Midline neck mass moves with tongue

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Thyroglossal cyst

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Midline bony mass in the hard palate

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Torus palatinus

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Mucopurulent discharge from ear

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Otitis media

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Nasal septum perforation

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Cocaine abuse

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Pale conjuctiva

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Anemia

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Periorbital edema

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Cellulitis, cavernous sinus thrombosis

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Painful boil on the margin of the eyelid

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External stye(hordeolum)

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Painful red eye with purulent discharge

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Conjuctivitis

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Painful eye with circumcorneal redness

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Iritis

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Painful red eye with tense eyeball

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Acute glaucoma

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Painless boil on the inside of an eyeball

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Internal stye(chalazion)

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Pain on pulling the ear back and upwards

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Otitis external

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Pale swollen bluish nasal mucosae

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Chronic allergies

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Ptosis: bilateral

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Myasthenia gravies, Lambert Eaton syndrome

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Ptosis: unilateral

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Horner’s syndrome

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Puffy eyelids especially in the mornings

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Renal dysfunction

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Pupil accommodates but does not react to light

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Argyll Robertson pupil (tertiary syphilis)

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Pupil is dilated and reacts poorly to light

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Addie’s pupil

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Pupil is small and constricted (miosis)

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Horner’s syndrome

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Red bulging tympanic membrane

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Otitis media

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Retracted tympanic membrane

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Eustachian tube blockage

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Scales on eyebrows

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Seborrheic dermatitis

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Swollen itching eyelids

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Blepharitis

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Tophus on helix of the ear

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Chronic gout

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Tongue-beef red color

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Vitamin b12 deficiency

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Tongue-magenta color

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Riboflavin deficiency

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Tongue-pale

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Iron deficiency

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Triangular fleshy growth in medial side of sclera

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Pterygium

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Turned in or out lower eye lids

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Entropion or ectropion

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Unilateral swollen tonsil with severe sore throat

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Peritonsillar abscess

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Yellow thickening of the bulbar conjuctiva

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Pinguecula

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Vertigo with hearing loss and tinnitus

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Ménière’s disease

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Xerophthalmia

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Vitamin A deficiency

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Yellow sclera

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Jaundice (icterus) or carotenemia

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Yellow plaque in upper medial eyelid

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Xanthelasma (Hyperlipidemia)

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AC twice as long as BC

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Normal