This video contains everything I would want to do in a neck exam. I am most comfortable with the following order:
Inspection- Visible lump
- Scars
- Swallow + look at lump
- Stick out tongue + look at lump
- Eyes (exopthalmos = appearance of protruding eyes; lid retraction)
- Face: Non-pitting oedema in hypothyroidism (also in hands and feet)
- Weight
- Hair thinning = hyper; dry hair = hypo
- Eyebrows - loss of outer third in hypothyroidism)
- Clothes - temperature appropriate?
Touchy feely - ask about pain
- Palpate. Tender?
- Palpate with swallow
- Palpate against muscles
- Lymph nodes
- Proptosis - Eyes protrude beyond the orbit
- Percuss
- Listen for thyroid bruits
Eyes
Hands
- Acropachy
- Sweaty
- Tremor
- Pulse
- Reflexes
Pretibial myxoedema
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Remember: Lid lag and lid retraction are not exclusive to Graves', but all the other eye signs are exclusive to Graves'.