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Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
Nystagmus: Usually torsional ... BPPV; horizontal-torsional ... (vestibular neuritis ... spontaneous and purely torsional ... diagnosis #findings #signs
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo ... with upbeat and torsional ... reproduction of vertigo ... patient with a clinical ... patient with a clinical
Labyrinthitis 
Vestibular neuritis + unilateral hearing loss = Labyrinthitis 
1) Vertigo (severe) 
2) Gait instability 
3)
Labyrinthitis Vestibular ... Labyrinthitis 1) Vertigo ... hearing loss Clinical ... inflammation of vestibular ... Diagnosis #Symptoms #Signs
Whirlpool Sign of Testicular Torsion on Scrotal POCUS
Is that a hurricane? 17 yo with testicular pain
Whirlpool Sign of ... Testicular Torsion ... Testicular torsion ... #Testicular #Torsion ... POCUS #ultrasound #clinical
Left testicular torsion - midline transverse view demonstrating absent flow #Clinical #Diagnosis #EM #Radiology #POCUS #Testicular
Left testicular ... torsion - midline ... demonstrating absent flow #Clinical ... Diagnosis #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #Testicular
The whirlpool sign of acute testicular torsion. Always nice to clinch the diagnosis.

Dr. Howard T Heller
The whirlpool sign ... of acute testicular ... torsion. ... #torsion #testicular ... scrotal #pocus #clinical
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
Halo Sign on Chest ... doi.org/10.1016/j.chest ... .2016.12.033 #Halo #Sign ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
Feeding Vessel Sign ... on Chest CT • ... Feeding #Vessel #Sign ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
On the left we see a chest film with a typical finger-in-glove shadow.
The HRCT shows focal
left we see a chest ... the appropriate clinical ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... FingerInGlove #Sign
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... Interstitial - Reticular ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR