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Flexor Tenosynovitis (FTS)

The clinical diagnosis of FTS is made using Kanavel’s Signs:
 - Fusiform swelling.
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Flexor Tenosynovitis ... (FTS) The clinical ... Tenderness over the flexor ... held in slight flexion ... Pickens, MD #Flexor
Posterior Ankle Impingement (Os Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Os trigonum which has marrow
worse upon plantar flexion ... Tenosynovitis flexor ... limits plantar flexion ... OsTrigonum #Syndrome #clinical ... #mri #clinical
A normal plantar reflex response involves toe flexion, or even no movement. A positive test, also
response involves toe flexion ... all other toes flexing ... motor neurone lesion
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
Noncardiogenic pulmonary ... - Cardiogenic pulmonary ... Diaphragmatic pulmonary ... manipulation - CNS lesion ... Polio - PNS lesion
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Forced flexion of the neck elicits a reflex flexion of the hips. It
Meningitis Forced flexion ... elicits a reflex flexion ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical
Brudzinski's sign is a physically demonstrable symptom of meningitis. It is characterized by reflexive flexion of
characterized by reflexive flexion ... following passive neck flexion ... Brudzinskis #sign #clinical
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
following passive neck flexion ... Passive neck flexion ... for the hip/knee flexion ... that hip and knee flexion ... Sign #Meningitis #Clinical
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
-80 degrees of flexion ... enable extension; flexor ... phalanx to enable flexion ... 120 degrees of flexion ... enable extension; flexor
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Fractures • Finger Flexion ... Diaphyseal) • Thumb flexion ... at IP joint & flexion
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
Fistulas • Dieulafoy lesion ... syndrome, Idiopathic pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary