Triads

Question 1

What is the Ramsay Hunt syndrome triad?

Answer 1

1) Ipsilateral facial paralysis
2) Otalgia (disproportionate to PE)
3) Vesicles in EAC or on auricle

Question 2

Triad of Horner’s syndrome

Answer 2

1) Ipsilateral ptosis (drooping eye)
2) Miosis (pupil constriction)
3) Anhidrosis (sweat glands do not produce sweat)

Question 3

What is the allergic triad?

Answer 3

1) Allergic rhinitis
2) Asthma
3) Atopic dermatitis

Question 4

Ptosis, meiosis, and anhidrosis are the triad of what?

Answer 4

Horner syndrome

Question 5

What is the classic triad of acute angle-closure glaucoma?

Answer 5

1) Red eye
2) Hazy cornea
3) Fixed, dilated pupil

Question 6

Hematuria, flank pain, palpable mass are a classic triad for what?

Answer 6

Renal cell cancer

Question 7

What is the triad of Achalasia pathology?

Answer 7

1) Incomplete relaxation of LES
2) ↑ LES tone
3) Esophageal aperistalsis

Question 8

What is the Samter Triad?

Answer 8

1) ASA/NSAID sensitivity
2) Nasal polyp
3) Asthma

Question 9

What is the classic “triad” of acute bacterial meningitis?

Answer 9

1) Fever
2) Nuchal rigidity
3) Altered mental status OR headache

Question 10

What is the Virchow triad? [PE pathophys]

Answer 10

1) Circulatory stasis (prolonged immobility, HF)
2) Vessel endothelial injury (trauma, disease, prior DVT)
3) Hypercoagulable state transient or permanent: contraceptives, pregnancy, cancer, genetic

Question 11

Meigs syndrome triad

Answer 11

1) Benign ovarian tumor
2) Ascites
3) Pleural effusion [that resolves after resection of the tumor].