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# Skin, head and neck

Skin lesions, lymph nodes, thyroid, eyes, ears, mouth and pharynx.

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## Sign

- [**Digital clubbing and nail signs** When fingertips swell and nails curve, a lung, heart or liver disease is usually behind it](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/digital-clubbing-and-nail-signs/)
- [**The ABCDE of pigmented lesions** Five features of a mole (asymmetry, border, colour, diameter and evolution) that raise suspicion…](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/the-abcde-of-pigmented-lesions/)

## Exam technique

- [**Eye exam: visual acuity, visual fields and eye movements** Three simple tests of how much each eye sees, which part of the field it sees and whether the…](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/eye-exam-visual-acuity-visual-fields-and-eye-movements/)
- [**Fundoscopy: the optic disc, papilledema and retinopathy** An ophthalmoscope shows the back of the eye: the optic nerve, vessels and retina, where…](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/fundoscopy-the-optic-disc-papilledema-and-retinopathy/)
- [**Lymph node examination** How the nodes of the neck, armpits and groin are felt, and which features make an enlarged node…](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/lymph-node-examination/)
- [**Mouth and pharynx examination** How lips, gums, teeth, tongue, palate, tonsils and throat are checked, and which findings get…](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/mouth-and-pharynx-examination/)
- [**Skin examination: primary and secondary lesions** How the skin is looked at and felt, and how its lesions are named so that any colleague…](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/skin-examination-primary-and-secondary-lesions/)
- [**Thyroid examination** How the thyroid is looked at and felt in the neck, why the patient is asked to swallow, and…](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/thyroid-examination/)

## Maneuver

- [**Otoscopy and the Rinne and Weber tests** Looking into the ear with an otoscope and using a tuning fork to tell whether hearing loss is…](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/otoscopy-and-the-rinne-and-weber-tests/)

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