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@dr_mattbarrett "🫀Study cardiology smarter with my new guide NEVER FORGET CARDIOLOGY ⚠See answer below 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter ⚠ Spoiler alert: An expanding pulsatile mass in the abdomen Think AAA - an abdominal aortic aneurysm Here youre seeing visible pulsations of the aorta in a patient with a AAA. Rupture of a AAA outside hospital is an emergency that is fatal in the vast majority of cases. 💡The aorta is normally 3cm. However sizes greater than XXX in men and XXX in women may be considered for surgical replacement. Make sure you get your ultrasound"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-07-01T10:52Z 235.3K followers, 207.3K engagements

"Spoiler alert: Tonsillolith Also known as tonsil stones youre seeing the milking of mineralised debris from the pits and crevices of the tonsils. They can cause a mixture of symptoms: discomfort (but usually not pain) when swallowing a cough but most notably stanky breath 👀 The stones act as a biofilm for bacteria Usually no treatment is needed but treatment options can otherwise include gargling saltwater or chlorhexidine to manual removal (seen here) or even partial or total tonsillectomy 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter #doctor #nurse #mbbs #medico"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-07-25T19:21Z 235.3K followers, 1.6M engagements

"The Babinski sign of the belly - abnormal abdominal reflexes 🔥 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter #doctor #nurse #mbbs #medico #usmle #medical #medstudent #medicalstudent #medschool #neverforget"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2025-04-19T11:45Z 235.3K followers, 176.6K engagements

"⚠ Tap here for the answer ✅ Spoiler alert: Shingles This is a classic spot diagnosis Notice this painful looking vesicular rash extending around the chest wall This is a patient with a severe case of shingles Shingles is reactivated varicella zoster virus the virus that causes chicken pox. The virus is neurotrophic following the anatomical path of nearby nerves. 💡It classically hides away in the dorsal root ganglia ready to Reimerge when your immune system is on the weaker side. tends to affect those who are older or run down with an acute illness. The rash is typically painful and develops"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2025-09-24T20:04Z 235.3K followers, 11.3K engagements

"⚠ Spoiler alert: Chronic tophaceous gout This patient is suffering with chronic tophaceous gout. We can see the classical appearance of gouty tophi. In this severe form of gout urate crystal cluster and seed the skin/joints. 🔒Remember: Gout = needle shaped negatively birefringent crystals Pseudogout = romboid shaped positively birefringent crystals 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter #doctor #nurse #mbbs #medico #osce #medicalquiz #medstudent"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-08-09T20:38Z 235.3K followers, 444.8K engagements

"⚠ Tap here for the answer ✅ Spoiler alert: Acromioclavicular joint dislocation This shoulder looks odd right Thats because the distal (far) end of the clavicle is rising off of the acromium of the scapula. ACJ dislocations typically happen after falls or direct injuries to the shoulder. There are X different classes as per Rockwood Classification depending on the degree of rupture of the acromioclavicular ligament/displacement of the clavicle This one is a grade X - both the acromioclavicular and the coracoclavicular ligaments are busted - leaving the distal clavicle to ride up high 🔥 Follow"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-09-25T09:39Z 235.3K followers, 168.3K engagements

"⚠Tap here for the answer ✅ Spoiler alert: Hypoglossal nerve injury (right) Here you can see a tongue thats shrivelled and atrophic on the right side. This is the classical finding of a hypoglossal nerve palsy - the nerve that supplies most muscles of the tongue. If you dont use it you lose it - leading to tongue atrophy. Which side is affected The answer here is the RIGHT SIDE. The atrophic tongue on the right side forces the well functioning left side to curl the tongue to the right 🔒 Remember: uvulA moves Away from the side of the lesion (in CN IX/X lesions) Tongue moves Towards the side"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2025-02-08T08:15Z 235.3K followers, 16.1K engagements

"🔒 Never forget the features of necrotising fasciitis 🔥 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter #doctor #nurse #mbbs #medico #usmle #medical #medstudent"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2025-02-20T09:35Z 235.3K followers, 128.1K engagements

"⚠ Tap here for the answer ✅ Spoiler alert: knee seroma What can we see ☑ Knee ☑ straw coloured fluid ☑ a surgical scar This is a knee seroma a collection of clear (serous) fluid in or around the knee. Its typically caused by trauma surgery or inflammation often presenting as swelling without infection. Serous fluid is an ultrafiltrate of blood plasma. The overlying skin has not healed properly leading to a direct channel for the serous fluid to leak out of. 🔥 Did you get it Follow me Dr Matt Barrett to study medicine smarter #doctor #nurse #mbbs #medstudebt #usmle #medico"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2025-05-01T20:06Z 235.3K followers, 11.4M engagements

"⚠ Tap here for the answer ✅ Spoiler alert: Chronic tophaceous gout This patient is suffering with chronic tophaceous gout. We can see the classical appearance of gouty tophi. In this severe form of gout urate crystal cluster and seed the skin/joints. 🔒Remember: Gout = needle shaped negatively birefringent crystals Pseudogout = romboid shaped positively birefringent crystals Were you thinking of an abscess Its a differential to consider but the irregular surface location and texture of the white areas make this less likely - the history will also suggest chronic joint disease 🔥 Follow me Dr"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2025-10-19T20:21Z 235.3K followers, 2564 engagements

"Unbelievable footage 💊 #medical #comedy #doctor #nurse #medicalstudent #fyp #doctorsoftiktok"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2022-11-05T20:44Z 235.3K followers, 560.2K engagements

"🔥 Answer drops in stories/comments in XX hours - Look out for the ⚠ ✅ Get updated when the answer is released by commenting 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter ⚠ Spoiler alert: Bilateral posterior knee dislocation Here we can see a gymnast who has likely wrecked her posterior cruciate ligaments on both sides How do we know ☑ notice that both tibiae (shin bones) move backwards ☑ when she sits back the lower legs sag backwards ☑ it looks like both legs are involved (but R L) This indicates that the ligament that stops posterior translation of the tibia has"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-04-07T09:33Z 235.3K followers, 13.4K engagements

"🔥 Beat me to the diagnosis spoilers below: ⚠ Spoiler alert: Red Man Syndrome 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter ⚠ Spoiler alert: What is the oral indication for vancomycin = Clostridium difficult infection (as well as some select other bacterial causes of enterocolitis) #doctor #nurse #mbbs #medico #osce #medicalquiz #medstudent"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-04-25T09:37Z 235.3K followers, 178.8K engagements

"🔥See the answer below ✅ Get updated when the answer is released by commenting 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter ⚠ Spoiler alert: Muscle hernia What can we see ☑round protrusion ☑protrudes further with wrist flexion ☑possible overlying scar or skin injury ☑located in anteromedial aspect of the forearm A hernia is a protrusion of tissues/organ outside its normal coverings If this was a build up of synovial fluid wed call it a ganglion But the most likely explanation is a type of hernia caused by a defect in the underlying fascia. Perhaps due to trauma"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-05-07T09:35Z 235.3K followers, 25.3K engagements

"⚠Tap here for the answer Spoiler alert: ✅Leech therapy Yea leeches are a thing in medicine. Hirudinea are organisms with a sucker on each end. The posterior sucker is for attachment with the anterior sucker is for feeding. They produce a vasodilator called hirudin which MAY comes in handy in the context of: ☑ Venous congestion following microsurgery ☑ peripheral vascular disease in diabetes (rarely) BUT who knows whats going on here I have no idea 🤷♂ 🤢 #medical #doctorsoftiktok #medico #nurse #hospital"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-10-15T08:32Z 235.3K followers, 1.6M engagements

"⚠ Tap here for the answer 🔍 Comment OSCE for FREE pages of Never Forget Clinical Exams - master your OSCEs and Vivas ✅ Spoiler alert: atrial myxoma This ultrasound shows a large mobile mass within the left atrium - this is an atrial myxoma 💡 the most common primary cardiac tumour. It arises from the 💡 interatrial septum (fossa ovalis) and moves freely with blood flow sometimes prolapsing into the mitral valve orifice during diastole mimicking mitral stenosis. They may cause embolic events or systemic symptoms (fever weight loss) due to IL-6 secretion. ❌ Gallstone - echogenic focus within"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2025-10-22T10:29Z 235.3K followers, 85.5K engagements

"How to remember the classification of one of the most common paediatric fractures 🦴 #medical #learnontiktok #doctor #doctorsoftiktok #medicalstudent #medstudent #mbbs"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2023-04-12T19:15Z 235.3K followers, 25.2K engagements

"🔥 Remember MORE causes of SVC obstruction 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter #doctor #nurse #mbbs #medico #osce #medicalquiz #medstudent"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-05-16T10:10Z 235.3K followers, 36K engagements

"⚠See answer below ✅ Get updated when the answer is released by commenting 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter ⚠ Spoiler alert: Haemorrhagic bullae So whats going on here 🤔 Theres a few differentials to consider but theres a big clue on the correct answer Take a look at the heel of the foot and you can see a veruca (a foot wart caused by HPV virus) Notice how its got the same morphology as the skin on top of the blister This is a verruca thats undergone cryotherapy The blister has filled with blood afterwards which are known collectively as a haemorrhagic"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-06-09T09:35Z 235.3K followers, 12.5K engagements

"⚠ Tap here for the answer ✅ Spina bifida = a neural tube defect where the spinal column fails to fully close during early fetal development. It ranges in severity: ☑ Spina Bifida Occulta - The mildest form often asymptomatic with overlying skin changes like dimples or tufts of hair. ⚠ There may be tethering of the cord ☑ Meningocele: the meninges protrude through the spinal opening forming a fluid-filled sac. ☑ Myelomeningocele - The most severe form where the spinal cord and nerves protrude causing neurological deficits mobility issues and bladder/bowel dysfunction. 🔥 Did you get it Follow"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2025-10-04T20:06Z 235.3K followers, 6294 engagements

"🔥 Answer drops in stories/comments in XX hours - Look out for the ⚠ ✅ Get updated when the answer is released by commenting 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter ⚠ Spoiler alert: Loa Loa treatment Treatment is usually managed by several approaches overseen by an inflections disease consultant. Surgical removal of the live worms may be attempted Systemic medical management involves: Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) - to kill microfilariae but it has some pretty severe side effects including encephalopathy and death Albendazole (second line) - to kill adult worms"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-04-15T09:37Z 235.3K followers, 37K engagements

"🔥 Answer drops in 24-48 hours - Look out for the ⚠ ✅ Get updated when the answer is released by commenting 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter ⚠ Spoiler alert: Iridodialysis Here you can see that the iris has peaked away from its points of attachment on the ciliary body. Iridodialysis is characterised by a partially collapsed iris It most often happens following blunt trauma to the eye or may be a consequence of eye surgery. Treatment can be divided into short term and long term: Short term ✅protect with eye patch ✅consider reducing intraoccular pressure"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-01-21T20:30Z 235.3K followers, 372.3K engagements

"🔥Remember MORE causes of clubbing 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter #doctor #nurse #mbbs #medico #osce #medicalquiz #medstudent"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-03-19T08:37Z 235.3K followers, 570.9K engagements

"🔒Never forget how to spot an Argyll Robertson Pupil in your medical exams 🔥 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter ⚠ Spoiler alert: Argyll Robertson Pupil Know this one for your medical exams ❌The pupils DO NOT respond to light (when shone with the light) ✅ but they DO accommodate (when fixating on the finger) This is known as an Argyll Robertson Pupil and is typically found in: ☑ tertiary syphilis (💡typical exam answer) ☑ MS ☑ diabetic neuropathy and more Its thought to result from a lesion near the third ventricle of the brain (but its unclear) 🔒 Remember:"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-06-20T10:12Z 235.3K followers, 32.6K engagements

"⚠See answer below ✅ Get updated when the answer is released by commenting 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter ⚠ Spoiler alert: Older male with dysphagia neck swelling and stanky breath Think Zenkers Aka. Zenkers diverticulum A protrusion of the pharyngeal muscles due to spasm of thr cricopharyngeus muscle below it. Herniation of the pharynx causes a pouch which can trap undigested food. Suggestive features: ✅Older age (men more than women) ✅ halitosis (stanky breath 👃🏼) ✅food regurgitation and dysphagia (difficult swallowing) ✅aspiration pneumonia risk"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-06-23T09:43Z 235.3K followers, 14.6K engagements

"⚠ Tap here for the answer ✅ Spoiler alert: Genu recurvatum Here we can see a patient with knees that bend backwards Its characterised by hyperextension at the tibiofemoral joint. Normal full knee extension is usually no greater than XX degrees. Causes are multiple and are due to issues with dynamic (muscles/neuromuscular) and dynamic (ligaments/bone) stabilisers of the knee. Its also a potential feature of hypermobility syndromes - notably connective tissue diseases like Ehlers-Danlos. Wed need more information to figure out the most likely cause 🔒 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-09-22T09:34Z 235.3K followers, 436.1K engagements

"🤔 A HUGE neck lump Can you guess this diagnosis Answers at the end #medical #doctor #nurse #medico #mbbs #medstudent #usmle #ukmla"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2024-11-05T09:42Z 235.3K followers, 229.2K engagements

"⚠ Tap here for the answer ✅ Spoiler alert - Babinski sign positive Heres a sign that is instantly recognisable to many The Babinski sign is an upper motor neuron sign Upper motor neurons are known to enforce inhibitory control on particular reflexes the presence of said reflexes can indicate pathology to upper motor neurones (such as those in the brain and spinal cord) Although its non specific the Babinski sign is a classic one that comes up in medical exams. ☑ Normally: Stroking the lateral sole of the foot and curling medially under the toes causes the toes to curl tightly - like when"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2025-10-23T20:15Z 235.3K followers, 9163 engagements

"🔒 Never forget molloscum contagiosum 🩺 Comment OSCE for FREE Never Forget Clinical Exam pages - master your OSCEs and vivas 🔥 Follow me Dr Matt Barrett @dr_mattbarrett to study medicine smarter #doctor #mbbs #medico #usmle#medicalstudent"
TikTok Link @dr_mattbarrett 2025-10-26T09:48Z 235.3K followers, XXX engagements