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Instructions on how to perform the swinging light test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/01/05/cmaj.140685

Normal
a relative afferent ... pupillary defect ... bright pen light and ... bright pen light and ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect

This maneuver of intermittent light stimulus is called the alternating light test or
Pupillary Defect ... pupillary defect ... It is a clear sign ... #Pupillary #Defect ... Pupils #MacrusGunn #PhysicalExam
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
Hoffman's sign. ... acts both as an afferent ... and efferent pathway ... #Hoffmanns #Sign ... video #neurology #PhysicalExam
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... Associated With Different ... arteries - Temporal arteritis ... motor or sensory deficit ... #headache #signs
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
: Pathogenesis and ... Impinges on nerves -> Afferent ... pupillary defect ... Corneal drying and ... ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
of giant cell arteritis ... by inflammation and ... field: altitudinal defect ... Increased ESR and ... Doppler US : halo sign
Varicocele: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Primary:
 - Anatomically: the left spermatic vein drains into the left renal
into the left renal ... - Nutcracker Effect ... : The left renal ... blood in left renal ... Pathophysiology #Signs
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
ophthalmoplegia • Afferent ... pupillary defect ... SIGNS/SYMPTOMS ... Signs and symptoms ... Diplopia, Weakness, and
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
: Pathogenesis and ... causing lesions and ... replication causes direct ... Hypertension - Renal ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
antihypertensive agents from different ... signs of end-organ ... eg, presence of renal ... bruit or signs ... Renal parenchymal