Category: Clinical medicine

Horder's spots

Horder’s spots are reddish macular lesions found on the face in psittacosis They are similar to rose spots seen in typhoid fever Horder’s spots seen in a patient with

Clinical medicine

Nicoladoni-Branham sign – Mechanism

Compression of the artery proximal to an arteriovenous fistula results in reflex bradycardia This phenomenon is known as Nicoladoni-Branham sign Mechanism: AV fistula is a volume overload state

Clinical medicine

Difference between spasticity and rigidity

Spasticity and rigidity are 2 types of hypertonic states elicited when examining the tone of limbs. It is important to differentiate between them to arrive at a correct

Clinical medicine

Hoover's sign – Functional leg paresis

Hoover’s sign is a clinical sign used to differentiate between unilateral organic and functional leg weakness This is based on the principle of synkinetic movements Eliciting Hoover’s sign