Visible Signs Flashcards
1) grey turners sign
Showing haemmorhage tracking along the falciform ligament
caput medusae
What two organs are enlarged?
1) Liver
2) spleen
xanthelasma = increased lipid concentration
periorbital echymoses = decreased haemostasis
Lower limb petechial rash
Pyoderma gangrenosum
erythema nodosum - seen in IBD
koilinichyia - iron deficiency
leukonychia - decreased albumin
duputryens contracture
Virchows node
spider naevi - increased oestrogen
Rheumatoid arthritis
Horners syndrome - interupption of the facial sympathetic supply e.g. at the brainstem (demyelination, vascular disease); cord (syringo-myelia); thoracic outlet (Pancoasts tumour) or on the sympathetics tripon the internal carotid into the skull
Pupil constriction, sunken eye, ptosis and ipsilateral loss of sweating