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Facial Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Facial Edema

Infectious:
	• Dental abscess
	• Ludwig's angina
	• Vincent's angina
	• Cellulitis
	•
Edema Infectious ... Contact dermatitis (CD ... of the head and neck ... lymphomas • Head and neck ... Differential #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Spurling's Test for Cervical Nerve Root Compression

With the neck in slight extension, ipsilateral flexion and rotation,
Compression With the neck ... rotation, provide an axial ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... orthopedics #sports #neck
Cushing Syndrome - Likelihood Ratios of Physical Exam Findings
Moon facies LR +1.6
Central obesity LR +3.0
Generalized obesity
Findings Moon facies ... 4.5 Red or blue striae ... LR NS Edema LR ... #Ratios #LRs #PhysicalExam
Lancisi's Sign (Tricuspid Regurgitation) in a patient with Atrial Fibrillation

If you went to med school before
a patient with Atrial ... permanent AF, severe TR ... Regurgitation #Atrial ... #Fibrillation #Neck ... #Video #AFib #PhysicalExam
Carotid Blowout Syndrome (CBS) on Physical Examination

Carotid blowout syndrome in a patient with late-stage oral tongue
rare, potentially fatal ... complication of head and neck ... radiotherapy for head and neck ... invasion of the arterial ... clinical #video #PhysicalExam
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
family history, PCKD ... pain involving neck ... symptoms in non-arterial ... distribution, eyelid edema ... Killers #Lethal #Fatal
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
Syndrome: • Facial ... edema • Cough ... paradoxus • Beck ... triad (muffled
Characteristic clinical manifestations of Down syndrome 
 
Typical craniofacial appearance 
 • Round face and flat
anomalies • Short neck ... Risk of atlanto-axial ... Downs #Syndrome #PhysicalExam
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
size, coarsening facial ... decade → peripheral/acral ... Mortality due to CVD ... mixed adenoma, ↓(TFT
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
esp w oliguria / GFR ... - ↓ Effective arterial ... Labs: BMP (Assess GFR ... VBG (acidosis), CK ... caution in HTN & edema