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Patient has fever and pleuritic chest pain that is relieved by sitting up and leaning forward, saddle shaped ST elevation

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pericarditis

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2
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irregularly irregular pulse/no clear P waves

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AF

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3
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Raised JVP

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right sided heart failure

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4
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sense of impending doom

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MI

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5
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Broad complex tachycardia

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Ventricular problem

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6
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Mid-diastolic murmur with a tapping apex

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Mitral stenosis

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7
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Tall, tented T waves

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hyperkalaemia

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8
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collapsing pulse

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aortic regurgitation

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9
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bounding pulse

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acute CO2 retention

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10
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Fever + new onset murmur

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bacterial endocarditis until proven otherwise

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myocardial necrosis

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coagulative necrosis due to ischaemia and hypoxia in first 3 days post MI

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12
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ECG saw tooth baseline + 150 bpm

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Atrial flutter

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13
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pulmonary oedema

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Alveolar bat wings, kerley B lines, Cardiomegaly, Dilated prominent upper lobe vessels, pleural Effusion

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14
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saddle shaped ST elevation

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pericarditis

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15
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Broad QRS with slurred upstroke of R wave

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Wolff-parkinson-white syndrome

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16
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blurred yellowing vision headache

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digoxin toxicity

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17
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continuous machine like murmur

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patent ductus arteriosus

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18
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diminished absent lower limb pulses, radiofemoral delay

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coarctation of the aorta

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19
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Stony dull to percuss

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Pleural effusion

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20
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right sided plueritic pain

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most likely pneumonia

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21
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ground glass appearance on X ray

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pulmonary fibrosis

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22
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ZN stain positive for acid fast bacilli

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TB

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23
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caseous necrosis

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TB

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24
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apical disease

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most likely TB

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25
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miliary TB

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spread of organism to bloodstream
organism to pulmonary artery = miliary dissemination into the lung
organism to pulmonary vein= systemic dissemination to the liver, spleen and kidneys

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26
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positive anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies

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Goodpastures syndrome

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27
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chest infection with a parrot/pigeon as pet

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chlamydophila psittaci

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28
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dry cough and diarrhoea after holiday

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legionella pneumopila (test urine)

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29
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tall thin young man who smoke weed

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pneumothorax

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30
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bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy erythema nodosum, granulomas, fatigue and weight loss

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sarcoidosis

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31
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bronchiole wider than neighboring arteriole- signet ring sign

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bronchiectasis

32
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D sign on Xray

33
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steeple sign on Xrat

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larygotracheobronchitis/croup

34
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Child with barking cough

35
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Pneumocystis pneumonia

36
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Asthma + Nasal Polyps + Salicylate sensitivity

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Samter’s Triad

37
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Alcoholic (danger of aspiration pneumonia)

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Klebsiella pneumoniae (red jelly 
haemopytsis
38
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rusty sputum

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pneumococcal pneumonia

39
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morning headache

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hypercapnia (CO2 in bloodstream)

40
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ACTH secreting lung tumour

41
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PTH secreting lung tumour

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SCC of lung

42
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small-cell carcinoma

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neuroendocrine, highly malignant, and may be associated with
ectopic endocrine syndromes

43
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increased serum ACE and Ca2+

44
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eggshell calcification

45
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heart failure cells seen in alveolar spaces

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macrophages that have absorbed haemosiderin

chronic pulmonary oedema and associated LVH

46
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Coin lesion found on chest radiographs

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rounded solitary lesion

47
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horner’s syndrome

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local spread of cancer to the intrathoracic nodes signs= ptosis, enopthalmos, miosis, lack of sweating on the ipsilateral side of the face

48
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gingivectomy/biting on own gums

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side effect of calcium channel blockers or phenytoin

49
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bird beak appearance

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achalasia

sign of bowel obstruction in lower GI

50
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grey turner’s and cullen’s sign

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acute pancreatitis

51
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acute pancreatitis

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GET SMASHED
Gallstones
Ethanol
Trauma
Steroid
Mumps 
Autoimmune
Scorpion bites 
Hyperlipidaemia/hypercalcaemia
52
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murphy’s sugn

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cholecystitis/cholangitis

53
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pale stools, jaundice, abdo pain

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biliary obstruction

54
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abdo distension, caput medusae, shifting dullness

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portal hypertension and ascites

55
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pyoderma gagrenosum

56
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Tinkling bowel sounds

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bowel obstruction

57
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vesicular rash + weight loss

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coeliac disease

58
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virchows node (left supra-clavicular)

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gastric cancer

59
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urea breath test

60
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14C breath test

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bacterial overgrowth

61
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rice water like stools

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vibrio cholera

62
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primary biliary cirrhosis

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presence of AMA (anti mitochondrial antibodies)

63
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autoimmune hepatitis

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presence of ASMA (anti smooth muscle antibodies)

64
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AFB

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hepatocellular carcinoma (or teratoma)

65
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cobblestone mucosa

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indicating deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa

crohns disease

66
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diuretic for ascites

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spironolactone

67
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Corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow

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diffuse oesophageal spasm

68
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Severe abdo pain + D&V after raw milk →

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Campylobacter

69
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Russell’s sign

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self induced vomiting

70
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Mallory’s hyaline bodies

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alcoholic liver disease (acute hepatitis) and chronic active
hepatitis

71
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Crypt abscess / cryptitis

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Inflammatory Bowel UC

72
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Onion skinning fibrosis, beading of bile ducts

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Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

73
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“Signet RIng” cells seen on biopsy

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Linitis plastica - diffuse stomach cancer

74
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Thumb-printing on X-ray commonly at splenic flexure

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Ischaemic colitis

75
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Charcot’s triad

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Acute cholangitis i.e. fever, jaundice and abdominal pain secondary to
cholelithiasis

76
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cobble-stoned appearance on endoscopy

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crohn’s disease

deep ulceration in gut mucosa- skip lesions between the ulcers give cobble-stone effect

77
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Loss of haustra on fluroscopy

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chronic UC

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