A course of survival for interns and last year medical students. Chapter Four: A List of Important Clinical Entities

A course of survival for interns and last year medical students. Chapter Four: A List of Important Clinical Entities

Every doctor has his or her own list of clinical situations or diseases that are always in their minds, trying to answer quickly and effective in a patient with signs or symptoms compatible with them. Usually, they are important clinical entities located in uncommon places in the body or with a very low prevalence.

Here, I will expose a “personal” list of some pathological pictures which may be interesting  to remember, especially by young doctors.

HEAD&NECK  

1. Intracranial Venous Thrombosis

2. Hypophysitys

3. Vertigo as a cerebrovascular problem

4. Glaucoma

5. Cavum

6. Lethal midline granuloma

7. Hydrocephalus

8. Encephalitis

9. Lymphadenopathy

10. Temporal arteritis

11. Parotid mass

12. Thyroid nodule

13. Jugular thrombosis

13. Submandibular and lingual infection

THORAX

1. Intercostal muscle weakness

2. Tracheomalacia

3. Tracheal estenosis
4. Bronchial foreign body
5. Retrosternal lump
6. Cutaneous herpes
7. Thoracic spinal cord compression
8. Diafragmatic myocardial infarction

ABDOMEN

1. Abdominal wall hernia
2. Urinary bladder retention
3. Subpulmonar effusion
4. Cholecystitis
5. Retrocecal appendicitis
6. Endometriosis
7. Retroperitoneal bleeding
8. Ureteral compression
9. Ectopic pregnancy
10. Perineal infection (Fournier)
11. Celiac disease
12. Abdominal pain and porphyria
13. Anal fistula
14. Diverticulitis

EXTREMITIES

1. Deep Venous Thrombosis
2. Melanoma (nails and plants)
3. Paresis or paralysis (spinal cord compression)
4. Myxedema

Author: Dr. Lorenzo Alonso, MD.

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