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Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
Dacrocytes (tear ... may be long or short ... each of the above photos ... metaplasia, pernicious anemia ... some hemolytic anemias
Halo Sign in Basal Skull Fracture

Halo of lighter liquid around blood spot on the cloth indicates
Halo Sign in Basal ... liquid around blood spot ... leaking from the ear ... JamesPowellMD #Halo #Sign ... Trauma #Clinical #Photo
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
mucins with reduced tear ... conjunctiva) • Bitot's spots ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Bitot's Spots- A 4-year-old boy was brought by his father to the ophthalmology clinic with a
Bitot's Spots- A ... father to the ophthalmology ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #ophth #bitot ... #spots #Corynebacterium
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... systemic complaints- anemia ... in literature (NEJM ... cases (Cornelia NEJM ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
Koilonychia in Iron-Deficiency Anemia- A 54-year-old woman presented to the primary care clinic with fatigue and
Iron-Deficiency Anemia ... - A 54-year-old ... fatigue and a 7-year ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #koilonychia
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Findings in or Near ... include diabetes, anemia ... nonuniform white spots ... Spots in the pattern ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Signs
Corrigan’s Pulse and Quincke’s Pulse- ...While the patient was sitting upright, the right carotid artery was
diastolic collapse — a sign ... pulsation — a sign ... in the previous year ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #corrigans