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PDX Definitions
Neck
Question | Answer |
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Tracheal deviation may signify problems in what thorax such as what? | mediastinal mass, ateletasis or a large pneumothorax |
Ipsilateral tracheal deviation signifies what? | atelectasis |
Contralateral tracheal deviation indicates what? | pneumothorax or pleural effusion |
Another term for an enlarged thyroid gland | goiter |
2 nail changes associated with moderate-severe thyroid disease | onychomycosis & acropathy |
Yellowing of the nails that most commonly indicates what but may also suggest what? | onychomycosis; fungal disease; thyroid problems |
Digital clubbing & swelling of digits and toes | Thyroid acropathy |
Tenderness of lymph nodes indicate what? | inflammation |
Hard/fixed lymph nodes indicate what? | malignancy |
Where is the Virchow's node? | left supraclavicular lymph node |
Virchow's node is associated with the presene of what? | abdominal or thoracic neoplasm |
Tonsillar node is often involved in what? | tonsillitis & strep throat |
Bruits of the carotid artery usually follows from what? | cervical disorders such as seizures, HA, stroke syndromes or intracranial mass lesions |
CN 11 is associated with what? | SCM & upper trap strength |
How does one test the CN 11 in the neck? | Muscle testing head rotation and shoulder elevation |