lets see some basics - vanco

[ArchivalUser]

guys how can we differntiate retropharyngeal abscess from paritonsillar abscess?

while every knows that these r most common complications of pharyngitis. but how to differntaite?

[ArchivalUser]

TONSIL AFFECTED IN PERITONSILLAR,,U/L SWELLING IN NECK,,,UVULA DEVIATED OPP TO TONSIL AFFECTED,THIS ALL NOT FOUND IN RETRO------------NUCHAL RIGIDITY ,,SINCE SWELLING IS BEHIND PHARNX

[ArchivalUser]

how to differentiate b/w cerebellar haemmorage and SAH in CT

[ArchivalUser]

ANY CLUE VANCO

[ArchivalUser]

severe occipital headache in cerebellar.

[ArchivalUser]

in SAH, u will find almost meningitis findings.

while these r not in cerebellar. sir these both r different things.

[ArchivalUser]

retro----tonsils normal, neck pain, MAY BE NUCHAL RIGIDITY
PERI---ENLARGED TONSILS ,EDEMA AROUND TONSILS, DIFFICULTY OPENING MOUTH, UVULA DISPLACED

[ArchivalUser]

DIFFERENTIATION IN CT NOT CLINICALLY

[ArchivalUser]

Mainly thru the location of the hemorrhage. Also in Cerebellar hemorrhage there may be obliteration of the fourth ventricle and non communicating hydrocephalus. But the diagnosis is made primarily clinically to distinguished it from SAH.