Transcript Medical Shorts

MEDICAL SHORTS
Ellie Lightman & Tania Wan
The Shorts station
10 minutes long
Examination or just inspection
Discussion
Topics
• Endocrinology
• Rheumatology
• Dermatology
• Ophthalmology
• Miscellaneous- eponymous conditions
Two formats:
- Get through as many cases as you can
- 2-3 cases, examination/inspection & discussion
The Spiel
1) Describe what you see or find
2) Assimilate findings ‘these are consistent with a
diagnosis of ________’
3) ‘I would also like to look for ___________’
4) Pathology X can be diagnosed using these
investigations:
5) Treatment options are:
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3)
Conservative
Medical
Surgical (if applicable)
Endocrinology
• Acromegaly
Acromegaly
• On inspection, I can see that this gentleman is very tall, with coarse
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facial features, prominent periorbital ridges and large, spade-like
hands
O/E:
Hands- warm & sweaty, doughy consistency, marks from blood
glucose testing (diabetes), carpel tunnel (or scar)
Arms- high blood pressure
Face- macroglossia, prognathism, scar- surgery, tattoo- radiotherapy
These findings are consistent with acromegaly
• I would also like to:
conduct a full CVS examination looking for cardiomegaly, HTN
• History: ask about shoes, rings & hats, ask to see old photos
Acromegaly
• Investigations: Glucose tolerance test, then check GH
levels, MRI brain
Treatment:
Medical:
Surgical:
Radiotherapy
Somatostatin analogues (octreotide)
Pegvisomant (blocks GH receptor)
Dopamine agonists (carbergoline)
Transphenoidal or transfrontal excision
Your turn
Graves’ Disease
On inspection:
Exophthalmos, large mass in neck and pt is inappropriately dressed for
the weather.
I would normally proceed to assess the thyroid status
Hands: temperature, tremor, heart rate, AF
Face: ophthalmoplegia, exophthalmos, lingual thyroid
Neck: goitre, mass moves with swallowing but not tongue protrusion,
check for a retrosternal goitre.
History: I would ask about symptoms e.g. palpitations, heat intolerance,
diarrhoea
Investigations: TFTs, isotope scan
Treatment: medical- carbimazole, PTU, radiothearpy, surgical
Sclerosis
On inspection: skin is taut and shiny, characteristic ‘beaking’ of the
nose, perioral furrowing and microstomia. I also note telangiectasia
around the mouth.
Hands: evidence of sclerodactyly and nodules of calcinosis.
On examination: full hand examination examining for temperature
(Raynaud’s) and function.
I would also like to:
conduct a full respiratory examination looking for interstitial fibrosis,
cardiovascular disease (evidence of pulmonary hypertension)
Full history asking about any swallowing problems (oesophageal
dysmotility), SOB (ILD) and ask how the condition affects the patient’s
life.
Sclerosis
1) Limited systemic (CREST) skin involvement below elbows and knees
2) Diffuse systemic sclerosis (visceral involvement)
Investigations:
Blood tests- anti-nuclear Ab, anti-centromere Ab (limited), anti Scl-70 (diffuse)
Xray hands- calcinosis
Pulmonary fibrosis- CXR, high-resolution CT thorax, lung function tests (restrictive)
Pulmonary hypertension- ECG, ECHO
Renal: urea & electrolytes, urine microscopy
Treatment
Symptomatic: gloves, handwarmers, CCB, ACE-I, prostcyclin inhibitors
Renal protection- ACE-inhibitors to prevent hypertensive crises
Rheumatology
1) Describe what you see
• 2) These findings are consistent with __________
Presenting a hand examination
• Symmetrical deforming polyarthropathy
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Ulnar deviation of MCP joints
Swan neck deformity
Bountonnieres deformity
Z thumb
Rheumatoid nodules
• Scars: carpel tunnel release, joint replacement, tendon transfer
• There are no signs of ACTIVE disease
• Red, swollen, hot, painful hands
• However function is impaired as shown by
• Reduced power grip (squeeze fingers)
• Precision grip (buttons/pick up coin)
• Key grip
• Mention walking aides etc
Rheumatology
• Other manifestations of RA
There are a lot so try to memories 1 or 2 from each system:
• Pulmonary
• Effusions, fibrosing alveolitus, obliterative bronchiolitis, caplan’s
nodules
• Eyes
• Scleritis
• Cardiac
• Pericarditis
• Renal
• Nephrotic sydrome
• Neuro
• Carpel tunnel syndrome
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Haem
• Feltys = RA + splenomegaly + neutropenia
Rheumatology
• Can be diagnosed using
• RhF
• Anti-CCP
• Inflammatory markers eg ESR, CRP
• FBC often have anaemia of chronic disease
• X-ray
Decreased joint space
Soft tissue swelling
Juxta-articular osteopenia (as pannus of inflammation thins it)
Maybe: bony erosions, subluxation
Rheumatology
- Treatment options include:
- Symptomatic relief: NSAIDs
- DMARDs eg methotrexate, sulphasalazine
- Step up therapy = Anti-TNF therapy eg infliximab
Rheumatology
1) Describe what you see
2) These findings are consistent with __________
Asymmetrical polyarthropathy
With distal interphalangeal joint deformity
Heberdens nodes
Bouchards nodes
Atrophy of hand muscles
Can mention crepitation on movement. Restriction of movement.
Do not talk about active disease – is not inflammatory like RA
However function is impaired as shown by
Reduced power grip (squeeze fingers)
Precision grip (buttons/pick up coin)
Key grip
Mention walking aides etc
Rheumatology
• Can be diagnosed using
• X ray
• Joint space narrowing
• Subchondral sclerosis and cysts
• Osteophytes
Rheumatology
- Treatment options include:
- Exercises
- reduce weight
- Analgesia
- intra-articular steroid injections
- joint replacement
Rheumatology
1) Describe what you see
• Question mark posture
• Caused by fixed kyphoscoliosis
• loss of lumbar lordosis
• With extension of cervical spine
2) These findings are consistent with
ankylosing spondylitis
Rheumatology
• Can be diagnosed using..
• Clinical diagnosis
• Schober test: 2 points 15 cm apart on the dorsal spine – expand
less than 5cm on maximal forward flexion
• Limited chest expansion for age and sex
• HLA B27 (90% association)
• X-ray (sacroliitis)
• Treatment
• Physiotherapy
• Analgesia
• Anti-TNF
Rheumatology
• Complications = the 5 A’s
• Anterior uveitis
• Apical lung fibrosis
• Aortic regurgitation
• Atrioventricular nodal heart block
• Arthritis
Dermatology
Psoriasis
On inspection, I can see areas of ‘salmon pink’ plaques
covered with ‘silvery-white’ scaling on the extensor
surfaces.
There are nail changes including: pitting, onycholysis,
subungal hyperkeratosis
These findings are consistent with psoriasis
I would also like to examine the scalp, naval area
• In my history I would ask about any joint pain, impact of
the condition on the patient’s life and their current
treatment
Psoriasis
• 5 main types:
Classic plaque, pustular, guttate, erythrodermic, palmo-plantar
Treatment
1) Topical
CorticosteroidsVitamin D analogues- calcipotriol
Dithranol- stains yellow-brown
Coal tar
2) Light therapy- UVB, PUVA
3) Systemic- methotrexate, acitretin, ciclosporin,
Biologics- etanercept, infliximab
Don’t forget:
Counselling & education
Dermatology
Eczema
On inspection there are erythematous patches of skin with
lichenification (thickened), on the flexor surfaces of the limbs
Evidence of excoriation (scratching)
This is consistent with atopic dermatitis or eczema
Eczema is a primarily a clinical diagnosis. I would like to take a full
history asking about any personal or family history of atopy,
including allergy, asthma and hayfever and I would enquire about
symptoms, predominantly pruritis.
Eczema
Types: Atopic eczema (most common), contact eczema (e.g.nickel)
Treatment:
Topical
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Emollients, soap substitutes
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Topical steroids- hydrocortisone, betamethasone, dermovate
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Calcineurin inhibitors – tacrolimus
Systemic ( for severe or unresponsive eczema)
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Immunosuppresants: oral steroids, ciclosporin, methotrexate
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Phototherapy- UVB or PUVA – psoralen + UVA
Don’t forget- counseling, education, psychological support
Marfan’s
On inspection/examination, I note this lady is very tall, with long limbs and
arachnodactyly (Walker’s/ Steinberg’s sign). She has hyper-mobile joints.
She has a high arched palate and I can see (upwards) lens dislocation.
Chest- pectus excavatum/carinatum defomity of the chest, scars from
pneumothorax, midline sternotomy scar.
Otherwise- aortic incompetence: collapsing pulse, early diastolic murmur, radioradial delay
These findings are consistent with Marfan’s.
Marfan’s
Autosomal dominant, defect in fibrillin-1 gene (Chr 15)
Diagnosis is clinical
Management
Conservative:
Annual echocardiogram to monitor aortic valve/root
Medical: beta blockers- reduce aortic root dilatation
Surgical: aortic valve repair
Ophthalmology
1) Describe what you see
2) These findings are consistent with
Ophthalmology
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Back ground retinopathy
• Microaneuryms
• Blots haemorrhages
• Hard exudes
• Preproliferative
• Cotton wool spots
• Flame haemorrhages
• Venous beading and looping
• Proliferative
• Neovascularisation – can cause vitreous haemorrhage,
tractional retinal detachment and neovascular gluacoma
• Look out for pan-retinal photocoagulation scars
• Diabetic maculopathy
• ‘macular oedema or hard exudates within one
disc space of the fovea’
Ophthalmology
• Can be diagnosed using…..
• Slit lamp examination
• Random/fasting glucose test
Ophthalmology
- Treatment options include:
- Tight glycaemic control
- Treat other RF: hypertension, high cholesterol, smoking
cessation
- Pan-retinal photocoagulation – if have
maculopathy/proliferative/preproliferative retinopathy
Ophthalmology
1) Describe what you see
2) These findings are consistent with __________
Simplified hypertensive retinopathy
Grade 1: Silver wiring = increased
reflectance from thickened arterioles
Grade 2: arteriovenous nipping =
narrowing of veins as arterioles cross them
Grade 3 :cotton wool spots and flame
haemorrhages
Grade 4: papilloedema = blurry indistinct
margin, engorged veins running down onto
Retina, loss of venous pulsation
There may also be hard exudates (macular
Star)
Ophthalmology
• Can be diagnosed using….
• Clinical diagnosis
• BP!
• Treatment options include:
• For grade 3+ use oral anti hypertenisves and monitor BP
Ophthalmology
1) Describe what you see
2) These findings are consistent with __________
Ophthalmology
1) Describe what you see
1) Peripheral bone spicule pigmentation – follows the veins and
spares the macula
2) Optic atrophy – due to neuronal loss
• 2) These findings are consistent with __________
• Retinitis pigmentosa
NB is associated with night vision loss and tunnel vision
Ophthalmology
• Can be diagnosed using….
• Clinical diagnosis
• Treatment options include:
• No treatment although vitamin A may slow disease progression
Miscellaneous
1) Describe what you see
Miscellaneous
1) Describe what you see
1) Cutaneous neurofibromas (2+)
2) Café au lait patches (6+, over 15mm diameter in adults)
3) Axillary freckling
4) Lisch nodules = melanocytic hamartomas of the iris
2) These findings are consistent with __________
neurofibromatosis (type 1)
Clinical diagnosis
Symptomatic treatment – surgery if neurofibromas
compress
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Facial nerve palsy
Most often caused by Bell’s palsy (idopathic-75%)
Unilateral paralysis of facial muscles
Make sure to look behind the ears to distinguish from
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome- HZV reactivation in geniculate
nucleus of the facial nerve
(look for immunosuppression)
Perform relevant cranial nerve examination- look for facial
muscle weakness, hyperacusis (paralysis of stapedius),
Bell’s phenomenon
Bell’s Palsy
Management
Conservative- eye care: drops, tape
Medical: aciclovir (HSV), short course of prednisolone
Reassurance: Usually complete recovery in a few weeks
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