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1
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What are the ABC’s of melanoma?

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Asymmetric
Border irregularities
Color variation
Diameter >0.6 cm and Dark color

2
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What is the Allen’s test?

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Test for patency of ulnar artery prior to placing a radial arterial line or perform- ing an ABG: Examiner occludes both ulnar and radial arteries with fingers as patient makes fist; patient opens fist while examiner releases ulnar artery occlusion to assess blood flow to hand

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Ballance’s sign

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Constant dullness to percussion in the left flank/LUQ and resonance to percussion in the right flank seen with splenic rupture/hematoma

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Ballance’s Sign

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Constant dullness to percussion in the left flank/LUQ and resonance to percussion in the right flank seen with splenic rupture/hematoma

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Barrett’s Esophagus

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Columnar metaplasia of the distal esophagus (GERD related)

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Battle’s Sign

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Ecchymosis over the mastoid process in patients with basilar skull fractures

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Beck’s Triad

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Seen in patients with cardiac tamponade:

  1. JVD
  2. Decreased or muffled heart sounds
  3. Decreased blood pressure
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Bergman’s Triad

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Seen with fat emboli syndrome:

  1. Mental status changes
  2. Petechiae (often in the axilla/thorax)
  3. Dyspnea
9
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Blumer’s Shelf

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Metastatic disease to the rectouterine (pouch of Douglas) or rectovesical pouch creating a “shelf” that is palpable on rectal examination

10
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Boas’ Sign

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Right subscapular pain resulting from cholelithiasis

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Borchardt’s Triad

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Seen with gastric volvulus:

  1. Emesis followed by retching
  2. Epigastric distention
  3. Failure to pass an NGT
12
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Carcinoid Triad

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Seen with carcinoid syndrome (Think: “FDR”):

  1. Flushing
  2. Diarrhea
  3. Right-sided heart failure
13
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Charcot’s Triad

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Seen with cholangitis:

  1. Fever (chills)
  2. Jaundice
  3. Right upper quadrant pain
14
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Chvostek’s Sign

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Twitching of facial muscles upon tapping the facial nerve in patients with hypocalcemia

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Courvoisier’s Law

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Enlarged nontender gallbladder seen with obstruction of the common bile duct, most commonly with pancreatic cancer Note: not seen with gallstone obstruction because the gallbladder is scarred secondary to chronic cholelithiasis

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Barrett’s esophagus

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Columnar metaplasia of the distal esophagus (GERD related)

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Battle’s sign

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Ecchymosis over the mastoid process in patients with basilar skull fractures

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Beck’s triad

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Seen in patients with cardiac tamponade:

  1. JVD
  2. Decreased or muffled heart sounds
  3. Decreased blood pressure
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Bergman’s triad

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Seen with fat emboli syndrome:

  1. Mental status changes
  2. Petechiae (often in the axilla/thorax)
  3. Dyspnea
20
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Blumer’s shelf

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Metastatic disease to the rectouterine (pouch of Douglas) or rectovesical pouch creating a “shelf” that is palpable on rectal examination

21
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Boas’ sign

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Right subscapular pain resulting from cholelithiasis

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Borchardt’s triad

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Seen with gastric volvulus:

  1. Emesis followed by retching
  2. Epigastric distention
  3. Failure to pass an NGT
23
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Carcinoid triad

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Seen with carcinoid syndrome (Think: “FDR”):

  1. Flushing
  2. Diarrhea
  3. Right-sided heart failure
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Charcot’s triad

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Seen with cholangitis:

  1. Fever (chills)
  2. Jaundice
  3. Right upper quadrant pain
25
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Chvostek’s sign

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Twitching of facial muscles upon tapping the facial nerve in patients with hypocalcemia

26
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Courvoisier’s law

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Enlarged nontender gallbladder seen with obstruction of the common bile duct, most commonly with pancreatic cancer Note: not seen with gallstone obstruction because the gallbladder is scarred secondary to chronic cholelithiasis

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Cullen’s sign

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Bluish discoloration of the periumbilical area due to retroperitoneal hemorrhage tracking around to the anterior abdominal wall through fascial planes (e.g., acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis)

28
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Cushing’s triad

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Signs of increased intracranial pressure:

  1. Hypertension
  2. Bradycardia
  3. Irregular respirations
29
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Dance’s sign

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Empty right lower quadrant in children with ileocecal intussusception

30
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Fothergill’s sign

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Used to differentiate an intra-abdominal mass from one in the abdominal wall; if mass is felt while there is tension on the musculature, then it is in the wall (i.e., sitting halfway upright)

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Fox’s sign

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Ecchymosis of inguinal ligament seen with retroperitoneal bleeding

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Goodsall’s rule

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Anal fistulae course in a straight path anteriorly and a curved path posteriorly from midline (Think of a dog with a straight anterior nose and a curved posterior tail)

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Grey Turner’s sign

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Ecchymosis or discoloration of the flank in patients with retroperitoneal hemorrhage as a result of dissecting blood from the retroperitoneum (Think: TURNer’s = TURN side-to-side = flank)

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Hamman’s sign/crunch

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Crunching sound on auscultation of the heart resulting from emphysematous mediastinum; seen with Boerhaave’s syndrome, pneumomediastinum, etc.

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Homan’s sign

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Calf pain on forced dorsiflexion of the foot in patients with DVT

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Howship-Romberg sign

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Pain along the inner aspect of the thigh; seen with an obturator hernia as the result of nerve compression

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Kehr’s sign

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Severe left shoulder pain in patients with splenic rupture (as a result of referred pain from diaphragmatic irritation)

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Kelly’s sign

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Visible peristalsis of the ureter in response to squeezing or retraction; used to identify the ureter during surgery

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Krukenberg tumor

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Metastatic tumor to the ovary (classically from gastric cancer)

40
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Laplace’s law

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Wall tension = pressure x radius (thus, the colon perforates preferentially at the cecum because of the increased radius and resultant increased wall tension)

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McBurney’s point

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One third the distance from the anterior iliac spine to the umbilicus on a line connecting the two

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McBurney’s sign

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Tenderness at McBurney’s point in patients with appendicitis

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Meckel’s diverticulum rule of 2s

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2% of the population have a Meckel’s diverticulum, 2% of those are symptomatic, and they occur within ~2 feet of the ileocecal valve

44
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Mittelschmerz

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Lower quadrant pain due to ovulation

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Murphy’s sign

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Cessation of inspiration while palpating under the right costal margin; the patient cannot continue to inspire deeply because it brings an inflamed gallbladder under pressure (seen in acute cholecystitis)

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Obturator sign

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Pain upon internal rotation of the leg with the hip and knee flexed; seen in patients with appendicitis/pelvic abscess

47
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Pheochromocytoma SYMPTOMS triad

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Think of the first three letters in the word pheochromocytoma—“P-H-E”:
Palpitations
Headache
Episodic diaphoresis

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Pheochromocytoma rule of 10s

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10% bilateral, 10% malignant, 10% in children, 10% extra-adrenal, 10% have multiple tumors

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Psoas sign

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Pain elicited by extending the hip with the knee in full extension, seen with appendicitis and psoas inflammation

50
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Racoon eyes

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Bilateral black eyes as a result of basilar skull fracture

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Reynold’s pentad

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  1. Fever
  2. Jaundice
  3. Right upper quadrant pain
  4. Mental status changes
  5. Shock/sepsis
    Thus, Charcot’s triad plus #4 and #5; seen
    in patients with suppurative cholangitis
52
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Rovsing’s sign

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Palpation of the left lower quadrant resulting in pain in the right lower quadrant; seen in appendicitis

53
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Saint’s triad

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  1. Cholelithiasis
  2. Hiatal hernia
  3. Diverticular disease
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Silk glove sign

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Indirect hernia sac in the pediatric patient; the sac feels like a finger of a silk glove when rolled under the examining finger

55
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Sister Mary Joseph’s sign

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Metastatic tumor to umbilical lymph node(s)

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Virchow’s node

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Metastatic tumor to left supraclavicular node (classically due to gastric cancer)

57
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Virchow’s triad

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Risk factors for thrombosis:

  1. Stasis
  2. Abnormal endothelium
  3. Hypercoagulability
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Trousseau’s sign

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Carpal spasm after occlusion of blood to the forearm with a BP cuff in patients with hypocalcemia

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Valentino’s sign

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Right lower quadrant pain from a perforated peptic ulcer due to succus/ pus draining into the RLQ

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Westermark’s sign

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Decreased pulmonary vascular markings on CXR in a patient with pulmonary embolus

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Whipple’s triad

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Evidence for insulinoma:
1. Hypoglycemia (50)
2. CNS and vasomotor symptoms
(e.g., syncope, diaphoresis)
3. Relief of symptoms with
administration of glucose