Here are some more Word-Associations for your PANCE studies... I'll add any tricks that I have found or come up with to remember them. Remember, these are meant as a study tool. Read the entire question and use your clinical know-how to determine your final answer. These are in no particular order:
Retinal Artery Occlusion = cherry red spots [When I think artery, I think RED]
Retinal Vein Occlusion = blood and thunder
Hordeloum = Hurt (painful)
Chalazion = painless
Viral conjunctivitis = preauricular lymphadenopathy + bilateral + watery discharge
Bacterial conjunctivitis = purulent discharge
Macular degeneration = drusen deposits/central vision loss
Rinne/Weber - Conduction/Sensorineural
Epiglottis = thumb print sign/tripod/drooling
Oral white patches
Candidiasis = uncomfortable/Can be scraped off
Leukoplakia = painless/cannot be scraped off (Left on)
HypOparathyroidism = + Chvostek's sign/Trousseau's sign [due to low Ca+]
Hyperparathyroidism = "bones, stones, abdominal groans, psychiatric moans, and fatigue overtones"
Essential tremor = can temporarily gets better with ETOH
Eczema = flexor surfaces
Psoriasis = extensor surfaces
Actinic Keratosis = sun exposure/pre-cancerous!
Seborrheic Keratosis = greasy/ "stuck on"
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