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Terry's Nails

Proximal paleness extending halfway up the nail, often eliminating the lunula. Darker distal band. Seen
advanced age, liver disease ... #Terrys #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #Sign
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer’s Disease ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... chromosome 21) Signs ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia #pathophysiology ... #geriatrics #diagnosis
Lindsay's Nails (Half-and-half Nails)
Distal brown transverse band seen in kidney disease. Caused by increased pigment deposition.

#Lindsays
seen in kidney disease ... #Lindsays #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #HalfAndHalf ... #Sign
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
Brudzinski’s Sign ... While the pathophysiology ... despite severe disease ... #Meningitis #Clinical ... #PhysicalExam #Pediatrics
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
Pathogenesis and clinical ... • Inflammatory Disease ... • Hematologic Disease ... Occlusion #CRAO #pathophysiology ... ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs
Age Related Macular Degeneration: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Photoreceptor atrophy 
-> Extracellular debris (drusen) from RPE atrophy/metabolism
Pathogenesis and clinical ... choroidal bed -> Ischemia ... RPE -> Loss of photo ... Asymptomatic (early disease ... MacularDegeneration #pathophysiology
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
the Fingers Clinically ... hyperthyroidism, peripheral ischemia ... #FingerNails #Nail ... Pathology #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Signs #PhysicalExam