surgblumm Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Author Specialties: Family Medicine / Practice (FP) While examining a patient yesterday I had a “Jeopardy” moment and remembered a seemingly random medical fact from my original board exam. While it seemed random I found that it actually has the potential to be useful if not, at the very least, just interesting to know. You may already know this but it seems that skin tags are strongly associated with insulin resistance. What other interesting/random medical facts do you know that might be helpful or at least fun to know? Categories: Family Medicine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted January 19, 2018 vesicles on the tip of the nose precedes ophthalmic herpes zoster. Hutchinson's sign. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surgblumm Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 Thanks for the great comment which is medical fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 2:08 AM, EMEDPA said: vesicles on the tip of the nose precedes ophthalmic herpes zoster. Hutchinson's sign. If this is the Hutch sign, what is a Starsky sign? It is also vesicles on the tip of the nose just prior to an impending afro hair style. OK, I couldn't resist. I'm full of Dunkin and cappachino. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surgblumm Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 Isn't it great to have a hyperglycemic rush and a simultaneous caffeine surge? I would not deny that vesicles can come from other sources such as Herpes and Chicken Pox but I thin Eric had something to add that would make an honest clinician R/O OHZ. I have not googled the Starsky sign as I relate his name to " Starsky and Hutch." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Yep, that's him (Starsky). Regarding Hutchinson, that's good as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytopeka Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 There's also Hutchinson's teeth, a sign of congenital syphilis. https://radiopaedia.org/articles/hutchinson-teeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surgblumm Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Thanks, mytopeka, this was a new revelation for me. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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