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Beck’s triad

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elevated JVP
low BP
muffled heart sounds

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Ring sign CXR

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Aortic dissection

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Thunderclap headache

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SAH

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Swirl sign CT

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Intracerebral haematoma

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Cushing’s reflex

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hypertension
bradycardia
(indicates coning)

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Battle’s sign

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basal skull fracture

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Panda eyes

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basal skull fracture

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Curling’s ulcer

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stress ulcers due to burns

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Cushing’s ulcer

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raised ICP

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J wave ECG

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hypothermia

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beta-2-transferrin assay

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CSF rhinorrhoea

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Wrist drop

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Radial nerve palsy

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Claw hand

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Ulnar nerve palsy

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Froment’s sign to check which nerve

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Adductor pollicis

deep branch of ulnar nerve

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Winged scapula nerve injury

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long thoracic nerve

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Kussmaul’s sign

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increased JVP on inspiration

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Doughnut sign USS

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Intussusception

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Target sign USS

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Intussusception

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U wave ECG

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hypokalaemia

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Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies

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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

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High calcitonin

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Medullary thyroid CA

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Coffee bean sign XR

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Volvulus

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Bird’s beak sign contrast enema

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volvulus

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Pupil down and out

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CN III palsy

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Hyper-segmented neutrophils
Megaloblastic anaemia
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Apple green bifringence on Congo red staining
AA amyloid
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Reed-sternerg cells with bi-lobed nuclei
Hodgkin's lymphoma
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Sagging rope sign
Perthes' disease
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Onion skin reaction
Osteosarcoma/osteomyelitis
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Armpit parasthesia
Intercostobrachial nerve injury
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Halo sign mammogram
Breast cyst
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Double bubble sign AXR
duodenal atresia
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Air fluid level midline shadow in child CXR
Bronchogenic cyst
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Oval fat bodies urine
minimal change disease
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Radioopaque renal stones
calcium oxalate calcium phosphate struvite (slightly)
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Retrograde ejaculation following prostatectomy
bladder neck damage
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Perineum injury + butterfly haematoma
Buck's fascia injury
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Perineum injury + swelling of scrotum during micturition
spongy urethra injury
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Perineum injury + perineal haematoma + bleeding from external urethral meatus + anuria
bulbar urethral injury
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Pelvic injury + high riding prostate on PR
membranous urethral injury
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Clear cells histology
RCC
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Pink serosanguinous fluid through closed abdo wound
abdo wound dehiscence
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Urine muddy brown casts
acute tubular necrosis
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Chvostek's sign
twitching of facial muscle when tapping facial nerve
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Trousseau's sign
spasm of fingers and wrist when sphygmomanometer cuff tightened around arm for 3 mins at 10-20mm Hg higher than SBP
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U waves ECG
Hypokalaemia
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Orphan Annie nuclei histology
Papillary thyroid CA
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Koebner phenomenon
skin lesions appearing at the site of injury
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Neutrophil polymorphs histology
Acute inflammation
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Onion-peel sign XR
Ewing's sarcoma
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Soap bubble XR joint
Osteoclastoma
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Klatskin tumour
hilar cholangiocarcinoma
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apple green bifringence with polarised light histology
amyloidosis
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tortuous corkscrew shaped collateral vessels on angiography
Buergers disease
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Bird's beak Ba swallow
Achalasia
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Corkscrew oesophagus manometry
Diffuse oesophageal spasm
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Rovsing's sign
palpation of LIF causes pain in RIF - appendicitis
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Psoas stretch sign
R thigh passively extended with patient on side with knees extended -- pain = acute retrocaecal appendicitis
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Boas' sign
hyperesthesia beneath right scapula - cholecystitis
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Murphy's sign
catch breath on palpation of lower edge of liver during inspiration - cholecystitis
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Cullen's sign
peri umbilical bruising - pancreatitis/intra abdo haemorrhage
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Grey-Turner's sign
bruising in flanks - pancreatitis/retroperitoneal haemorrhage
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Rigler's sign XR
gas on both sides of bowel wall
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Howell-Jolly bodies blood film
Splenectomy
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Pappenheimer bodies blood film
Splenectomy
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Target cells/poikilocytes blood film
Splenectomy
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Charcot's triad
fever RUQ pain jaundice
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Trousseau's sign
migratory superficial thrombophlebitis
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weakly positively bifringent rhomboid shaped crystals histology
Pseudogout
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PIPJ swelling
Bouchard's nodes
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DIPJ swelling
Heberden's nodes
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strongly negatively bifringent urate crystals histology
gout
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Hill-Sachs defect
anterior shoulder dislocation
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Bankart lesion
anterior shoulder dislocation
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Reed-sternberg cells
Hodgkin's lymphoma
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CD20
B cell lymphoma

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