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Tinel’s sign is a way to detect irritated nerves. It is performed by lightly tapping (percussing) over the nerve to elicit a sensation of tingling or pins and needles in […]

A tophus (Latin: stone plural tophi) is a deposit of monosodium urate crystals in people with longstanding high levels of uric acid in the blood. Tophi are pathognomonic for the […]

Opisthotonus or opisthotonos from Greek roots ὄπισθεν opisthen meaning behind and τόνος tonos meaning tension is a state of severe hyperextension and spasticity in which an individual’s head neck and […]

Choreoathetosis is the occurrence of involuntary movements in a combination of chorea (irregular migrating contractions) and athetosis (twisting and writhing).It is caused by many different diseases and agents. It is […]

Cauliflower ear (complication of hematoma auris perichondrial hematoma or traumatic auricular hematoma) is a condition that occurs when the external portion of the ear suffers a blow blood clot or […]

Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) also known as a quinsy or quinsey is a recognized complication of tonsillitis and consists of a collection of pus beside the tonsil in what is referred […]

A port-wine stain or nevus flammeus is almost always a birthmark. It is caused by a vascular anomaly (a capillary malformation in the skin).Port-wine stains ordinarily persist throughout life. The […]

Caput medusae also known as palm tree sign is the appearance of distended and engorged paraumbilical veins which are seen radiating from the umbilicus across the abdomen to join systemic […]

Water intoxication also known as water poisoning or dilutional hyponatremia is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain functions that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is […]

Alveolar hydatid disease (AHD) also known as alveolar echinococcosis alveolar colloid of the liver alveolococcosis multilocular echinococcosis and small fox tapeworm is a form of echinococcosis and is a disease […]