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Compartment syndrome: signs and symptoms

· 5 P's:
Pain
Palor
P ulseless
Paresethesia
Pressure (increased)
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---Michelle Zetoony Medical Student 2003, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Oesophageal cancer risk factors

PC BASTARDS:
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
Coeliac disease
Barrett's
Alcohol
Smoking
Tylosis
Achalasia
Russia (geographical distribution)
Diet
Stricture
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---Dr. John Holme

Abdominal aortic aneurysm: genetic component

AAA (3 A's) is sometimes due to a defect in the gene encoding for type III procollagen.
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---Anonymous Contributor

Disease description: organization of answer

"In A Surgeon's Gown, Physicians May Make Some Clinical Progress":
Incidence
Age
Sex
Geography
Predisposing factors
Macroscopic appearance
Microscopic appearance
Spread
Clinical features
Prognosis
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---Anonymous Contributor

Inguinal mass: differential

"Hernias Very Much Like To Swell":
Hernias (inguinal, femoral)
Vascular (femoral aneurysm, sapheno varyx)
Muscle (psoas abscess)
Lymph nodes
Testicle (ectopic, undescended)
Spermatic cord (lipoma, hydrocoele)
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---Josh Brostoff University of Birmingham Med School, UK

Haematocele: etiology

3T's and 2 H's:
Tumor
Torsion
Trauma
Hydrocele as a complication
Haemophilia (blood diseases)
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---Zeinab Abd El Shafy Aboud 6th year medical student, University of Alexandria, Egypt

Abdomen: inspection

5 S's:
Size
Shape
Scars
Skin lesions
Stoma
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---Jamal Khan Birmingham University Medical Student

Varicose veins: symptoms

AEIOU:
Aching
Eczema
Itching
Oedema
Ulceration/ Ugly (LDS, haemosiderin, varicosities)
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---Jamal Khan Birmingham University Medical Student

Swollen leg: unilateral swelling causes

TV BAIL:
Trauma
Venous (varicose veins, DVT, venous insufficiency)
Baker's cyst
Allergy
Inflammation (cellulitis)
Lymphoedema
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---Jamal Khan Birmingham University Medical Student

Ulcers: edge types

F PURE:
Flat (eg venous)
Punched-out (eg trophic, arterial)
Undetermined (eg pressure, TB)
Rolled (eg BCC)
Everted (eg SCC)
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---Jamal Khan Birmingham University Medical Student