Classic Presentation Flashcards
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use
Clostridium difficile infection
Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia ( LDL receptor signaling)
Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion
IgA deficiency
Anterior “drawer sign”
⊕ Anterior cruciate ligament injury
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation (upward), aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (Fibrillin defect)
Athlete with polycythemia
2° to erythropoietin injection
Back pain, fever, night sweats
Pott’s disease (vertebral TB)
Bilateral acoustic schwannomas
Neuro fibromatosis type 2
Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
Black eschar on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis
Mucor or Rhizopus fungal infection
Blue sclera
Osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton line (lead poisoning)
Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget disease of bone ( osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)
Bounding pulses, wide pulse pressure, diastolic heart, head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation murmur, head bobbing
“Butterfly” facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in a young female
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Café-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas
Neurofibromatosis type I
Café-au-lait spots (unilateral), polyostotic brous dysplasia, protein signaling precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G- mutation)
Cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary Kawasaki disease (treat with IVIG and aspirin) aneurysms, red conjunctivae and tongue, hand-foot changes
Kawasaki disease (treat with IVIG and aspirin)
“Cherry-red spots” on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with minimal exertion or at rest)
Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2 weeks to several months after acute episode)
Chest pain with ST depressions on EKG
Unstable angina (⊝ troponins) or NSTEMI (⊕ troponins)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Gowers sign)
Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
Erythema infectiosum/ fth disease (“slapped cheeks” appearance, caused by parvovirus B19)
Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)
Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calci cations
Congenital toxoplasmosis
Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase defciency)
Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; may be unilateral or bilateral)
Continuous “machine-like” heart murmur
PDA (close with indomethacin; keep open with PGE analogs)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves disease [pretibial])
Cutaneous ushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm
Carcinoid syndrome (right-sided cardiac valvular lesions, 5-HIAA)
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS
Kaposi sarcoma, associated with HHV-8
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Diabetic ketoacidosis (Kussmaul respirations)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin [vitamin B3] deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine [vitamin B1] de ciency)
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjögren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)
glands)
Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron de ciency anemia
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints, bleeding tendency
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type V collagen defect, type III collagen defect seen in vascular subtype of ED)
Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)
Episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss
Meniere disease
Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells
Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or Sézary syndrome (mycosis fungoides + malignant T cells in blood)
Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat, female, forty, and fertile
Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in endotoxin release)
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma