Surgical Examination Flashcards
1
Q
Look
A
Site Size Shape Surface appearance Colour
2
Q
Feel
A
Consistency Pulsatility Compressibility Fluctuation Mobility - attached to skin or underlying structures Percussion Tenderness Temperature
3
Q
Ganglion
A
Around wrist/dorsum of foot
Along the tendons
4
Q
2nd branchial cleft fistula
A
Pass deep to second arch structures and over 3rd arch structures
From anterior border of SCM
5
Q
Lipoma
A
In any connective tissue
Subcut fat
Often in shoulder, trunk
Dercum’s disease - multiple lipomas
6
Q
Sebaceous cyst
A
Punctum - opening
Attached to skin
Retention cyst of obstructed sebaceous cyst
7
Q
Skin tumour
A
Basal cell carcinoma
- raised rolled edges
- pearly nodules
- telangiectasia
Look for similar lesions
8
Q
Carcinomas that metastasize to bones
A
Thyroid
Breast
9
Q
M
A
123
10
Q
Rheumatoid arthritis findings
A
123
11
Q
Crest syndrome
A
23
12
Q
Henoch Schonlein purpura
A
123
13
Q
Pyoderma gangrenosum
A
123
14
Q
Marjolin’s ulcer
A
Squamous cancer
15
Q
Port wine stain
A
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