1st Aid Rapid Review Presentations Flashcards
Abdominal Pain, Ascites, Hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari Syndrome
Achilles Tendon Xanthoma
Familial Hypercholesterolemia
- (dec. LDL rec signaling)
Adrenal Hemorrhage, Hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome
- meningococcal infxn
Arachnodactyly, Lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyerpflexible joints
Marfans Syndrome
- defect in fibrillin-1
Athlete w/ polycythemia
EPO injections
Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott’s Disease (vertebral TB)
- key to differentiate between B Sx’s of lymphoma is the back pain
Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis
Blue Sclera
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Type 1 collagen defect
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton’s Line (Lead lines)
Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget’s Disease
- inc. osteoblast & osteoclast activity
Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
“butterfly” facial rash & Raynaud’s phenomenon in a young female
SLE
Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)
Neurofibromatosis Type 1
- +pheochromocytoma & optic gliomas
Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine disorders
McCune-Albright Syndrome
- mosaic GPCR mutation
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular Dystrophy
- X linked recessive mutation of dystrophin
- most commonly duchennes (deletion)
- Beckers = mutation of dystrophin
“Cherry-red” spot on macula
Tay Sachs (ganglioside accumulation)
Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation)
Central Retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
angina
- stable
- unstable: new &/or with less exertion
Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever, following MI
Dressler’s Syndrome
- autoimmune mediated post MI fibrinous pericarditis
- 1-12 weeks post-acute episode
Chid uses arms to stand up from a squat
Gowers Sign
- seen in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Child w/ fever later develops a red facial rash that spreads to body
Fifth disease
- erythema infectiousum –> “slapped cheeks”
- parvovirus B19
Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntingtons’s Disease
- Auto dominant CAG repeats
Chronic exercise intolerance w/ myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McCardle’s Disease
- Muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency
Cold Intolerance
Hypothyroidism
- most commonly Hashimoto’s
Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internuclear Opthalmoplegia
- damage to MLF
- bilateral = MS
- unilateral = stroke
Continuous “machine” heart murmur
PDA
- closed w/ indomethacin
- open w/ prostaglandins (misoprostol)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema
- caused by hypothyroidism
- Graves (hyperthyroid) –> pretibial myxedema
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules
Kaposi Sarcoma
- HHV-8
- usually AIDS patients
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul’s breathing (late sign of DKA)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra
- niacin (B3) deficiency
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet Beriberi
- Thiamine deficiency
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida
- cellulitis at site of inoculation
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren’s syndrome
- autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands
Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency, anemia
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome
- may progress to esophageal squamos cell carcinoma
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints
Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
- Type 3 collagen defect
Enlarged, hard left superclavicular node
Virchow’s Node
- metasteses from stomach/abdomen
Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells
Sezary Syndrome - (Cutaneous T cell lymphoma)
Mycosis fungoides
Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek’s sign
Fat, female, fertile, forty
Gallstones (aka cholelithiasis)
Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic Tx for syphillis
Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction
- rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles
- paramyxovirus
Fever, Night sweats, Weight Loss
B symptoms of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Fibrous Plaques in soft tissue of penis
Peyronie’s Disease
- conn. tissue disorder
Gout, mental retardation, self-mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch-Nyhan Disease
- HGPRT deficiency
- X linked
Green-yellow rings around peripherial cornea
Keiser-Fliescher Rings
- Wilson’s disease
Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/hands/feet
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
- inherited, benign polyposis
- can cause bowel obstruction
- inc. risk for colon cancer
Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms
Gaucher’s Disease
- glucocerebrosidase deficiency
Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts
Alport’s Syndrome
- mutation of Type 4 collagen alpha chain