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finding and significance
FInding | Significance |
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AC twice as long as BC with RInne test | Normal hearing |
AC/BC both lessened in 1 ear | Nerve conduction deafness |
BC>AC with RInne test | serous otitis media |
Bilateral dilated pupils | cocaine, barbiturate, amphetamine abuse |
bilateral pin point pupils | heroin abuse |
bilateral swollen optic discs | raised intracranial pressure, brain tumor |
blue sclera | osteogenesis imperfecta |
blurred margins of macula or pigmentation | macular degeneration |
copper or silver wiring of retinal arterioles | hypertensive retinopathy |
cupped optic disc | chronic glaucoma |
enlarged tongue | hypothyroidism in infants |
exopthalmos | hyperthyroidism |
flame hemorrhages | diabetic retinopathy |
foul, purulent unilateral nasal discharge | sinusitis, foreign body |
goiter with brittle, dry, coarse hair | myxedema (hypothyroidism) |
goiter with exophthalmos, tachycardia | Graves (hyperthyroidism) |
gray ring around cornea ( arcus senilis) | hyperlipidemia |
lid lag | hyperthroidism |
large head in child with open fontanelle | hydrocephalus |
loss red pupil light reflex | cataract, neuroblastoma |
loss of outer third eyebrow | hypothyroidism or leprosy |
midline neck mass moves with tongue | thyroglossal cyst |
midline bony mass in hard palate | torus palatines |
mucopurulent discharge from ears | otitis media |
nasal septum perforation | cocaine abuse |
pale conjunctiva | anemia |
periorbital edema | cellulitis, cavernous sinus thrombosis/myxedema |
painful red eye, discharge | conjunctivitis |
painful eye circumcorneal redness | iritis |
bilateral ptosis | myasthenia gravis |
unilateral ptosis | Horner's |
puffy eyelids in the morning | renal dysfunction |
tophus on helix of ear | chronic gout |
beef red tongue | b12 defiicient |
magenta tongue | b2 deficient |
xanthalesma | yellow plaque in upper medial eyelid, hyperlipidemia |