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Ab pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd Chiari Syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)

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Achilles tendon xanthoma

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IIa familial hypercholesterolemia (lo LDLR)

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Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC

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Waterhouse-Friedrichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)

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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan’s syndrome (fibrillin defect)

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Athlete with polycythemia

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EPO injections

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Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss

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Pott’s disease

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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis (nc granulomas)

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Blue sclera

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen)

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Bluish line on gingiva

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Burton’s line (Pb poisoning)

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Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis

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Paget’s disease of bone

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Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

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aortic regurgitation

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butterfly facial rash, Raynaud’s phenomenon in a young female

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SLE

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Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)

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NF-1 (+pheo, optic gliomas)

NF-2 (+bilateral acoustic neuromas)

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Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty

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McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)

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Calf pseudohypertrophy

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Muscular dystrophy (DMD most often)

DMD: X linked deletion of dystrophin gene

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Cherry red spot on macula

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Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accum)
Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accum)

central retinal artery occlusion

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Chest pain only on exertion

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Stable angina

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Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever post-MI

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Dressler syndrome (Ab vs pericardium, usually >4 weeks)

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Child uses arms to stand up from squat/sitting

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Gower’s sign (DMD)

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Child with fever develops red rash on face that spreads to body

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Slapped cheek fever (aka fifth dz; Parvovirus B19)

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington’s disease (AD, CAG repeat)

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Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria

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McArdle’s disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficient)

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Cold intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (MLF dmg: bilateral= MS, unilateral= stroke)

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Continuous machine like murmur

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PDA

Indomethacin=closes
Misoprostol (PGE1)= keeps open

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Dermal edema due to CT deposition

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Myxedema (hypothyroid, Grave’s: pretibial)

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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules

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Kaposi’s sarcoma (usually AIDS pts, assoc with HHV-8)

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Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul breathing (DKA)

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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra (niacin/B3 def)

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, polyneuropathy

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Wet beriberi (thiamine/B1 def)

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Dog/cat bite infection

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Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis @ site)

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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjogren syndrome

autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands

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Dysphagia (esoph webs), glossitis, microcytic anemia

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Plummer Vinson syndrome

Fe deficient, may become Sq Cell CA

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Elastic skin, hypermobile joints

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type III collagen)

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Enlarged, hard supraclavicular node

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Virchow’s node (ab mets)

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Erythroderma, LAD, HSM, atypical T cells

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Sezary syndrome (cutaneous T cell lymphoma)

or Mycosis fungoides

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Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chovstek’s sign (hypoCa)

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Fat, fourty, female, and fertile

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Risks for acute cholelithiasis (bile duct block)

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Fever, chills, headache, myalgia after antibiotic tx for Syphilis

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Jarisch-Herxheimer rxn (toxin release from spirochetes)

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Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles (Morbillivirus)

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Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms (lymphoma)

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Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis

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Peyronie’s disease (CT disorder)

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Gout, MR, self-mutilating behavior in boy

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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

HGPRT def, X linked recessive

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Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-Fleischer rings

Cu accum in Wilson’s

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Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

genetic benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction, incr cancer risk

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HSM, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms

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Gaucher’s disease

glucocerebrosidase def

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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome

a-chain mutation in type IV collagen

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Hypercoagulability, migrating DVTs and vasculitis

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Trousseau’s syndrome

adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome

bilateral amygdala lesion

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50
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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, + Babinski

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upper motor neuron dmg

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51
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HTN, hypoK, metabolic alkalosis

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Conn’s syndrome

52
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Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy

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lower motor neuron dmg

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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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blue bloater (chronic bronchitis; hyperplastic mucus cells)

54
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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Nonpainful: chancre (syphilis, T. pallidum)

Painful with exudate: chancroid (H. ducreyi)

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Infant with failure to thrive, HSM, neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick dz

genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency

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Infant with hypoglycemia, failure to thrive, hepatomegaly

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Cori’s disease

debranching enzyme deficiency

57
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Infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, structural heart defect

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Edward’s syndrome (trisomy 18)

58
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Keratin pearls on a skin biopsy

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Squamous cell CA

59
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Bull’s eye rash

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erythema chronicum migrans

from Ixodes tick (Lyme)

60
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Lucid interval after TBI

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Epidural hematoma (usually MMA rupture)

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Male child with recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton’s X linked agammaglobinemia

62
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Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzmann thrombasthenia

lack GP IIb/IIIa

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Multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/many teeth

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Gardner’s syndrome

type of FAP

64
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Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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Pompe’s disease

lysosomal a-1,4-glucosidase deficiency

65
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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Wegener’s granulomatosis (c-ANCA +)

or Goodpasture’s (anti-collagen IV in GBM)

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Neonate with arm paralysis following difficult birth

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Erb-Duchenne palsy

C5-C6, waiter’s tip

67
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No lactation post-partem, amenorrhea, cold intolerance

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Sheehan syndrome (pituitary infarct)

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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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oscillating slow/fast breathing

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations

central apnea in CHF or hi ICP

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Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin disease

autoimmune from Myco pnemo, infectious mono

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Painful, pale, cold digits

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Raynaud’s syndrome (vasospasm)

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Painful, raised red lesions on palms and soles

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Osler’s nodes (infective endocarditis)

73
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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis)

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Painless jaundice

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cancer of pancreatic head blocking bile duct

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Palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain (child)

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Henoch-Schonlein purpura

IgA vasculitis, skin+kidneys

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Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN I (AD)

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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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Pink puffer (EMPHYSEMA: centroacinar=smoking, panacinar=A1A)

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Polyuria, acidosis, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances

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Fanconi’s syndrome (PCT resorption defect)

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+ anterior drawer sign

80
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Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner’s syndrome

symp chain lesion

81
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Pupil accomodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

aka Prostitute’s pupil

82
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Rapidly progressing ascending leg weakness (following GI/URT infection)

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Guillain-Barre syndrome

demyelinating, molecular mimicry

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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, 2 syphilis, RMSF

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Recurrent colds, unusual eczema, hi serum IgE

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hyper IgE syndrome (Job’s syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormal)

85
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Currant jelly sputum in alcoholic or diabetic

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipples/areolae

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Paget’s dz of breast (underlying neoplasm)

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Red urine in MORNING, fragile RBCs

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paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

due to physiologic resp acidosis @ night

88
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Bilateral renal cell CA, hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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von Hippel-Lindau disease

dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation

89
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Resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability

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Parkinson’s disease

nigrostriatal DA depletion

90
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Retinal hemorrhage with pale centers

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Roth spots (infective endocarditis)

91
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Severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar

defect or absent UDP-GT; hi UCB

92
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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney’s sign (appendicitis)

93
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Short, hi incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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Fanconi’s anemia

genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair, often moves to AML

94
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Single palm crease

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simian crease (trisomy 21)

95
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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener’s syndrome

dynein arm defect affecting cilia

96
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Skin hyperpigmentation

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Addison’s disease

primary adrenal insufficiency, hi POMC

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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker’s muscular dystrophy (X linked, missense of dystrophin)

98
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Small, irregular red spots on buccal/lingual mucosa with blue/white centers

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Koplik spots (measles; rubeola virus)

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Smooth, flat, moist white lesions on genitals

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Condylomata lata (2 syphilis)

100
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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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bacterial endocarditis

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Strawberry tongue

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scarlet fever, Kawasaki dz, toxic shock syndrome

102
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Streak ovaries, congenital heart dz, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma @ birth

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Turner syndrome

45 XO, short, web neck, broad chest

103
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Sudden swollen/painful big toe, typhi

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gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

104
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Swollen gums, mucous bleeding, poor wound healing, spots on skin

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Scurvy (vitC deficient, can’t hydroxylate pro or lys)

105
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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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Osteoarthritis

PIP: Bouchard’s, DIP: Heberden’s

106
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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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aortic stenosis

107
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Thyroid, parathyroid, pheochromocytoma tumors

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MEN 2A

AD; ret mutation

108
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Thyroid, pheo, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B

AD; ret mutation

109
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Toe extension/fannion upon plantar scrape

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+ Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

110
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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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Bell’s palsy (LMN CN VII palsy)

111
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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in male

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reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

112
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Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)

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Hemangioma (benign, but assoc with Sturge Weber syndrome)

113
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Vomiting blood following esophagogastric lacerations

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Mallory Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulemics)

114
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Waxy casts with very low urine flow

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chronic end-stage renal disease

115
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WBC cast in urine

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acute pyelonephritis

116
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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple disease (Tropheryma whippelii)

117
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Worst headache of my life

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subarachnoid hemorrhage

118
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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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Bell’s palsy (LMN CN VII palsy)

119
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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in male

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reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

120
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Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)

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Hemangioma (benign, but assoc with Sturge Weber syndrome)

121
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Vomiting blood following esophagogastric lacerations

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Mallory Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulemics)

122
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Waxy casts with very low urine flow

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chronic end-stage renal disease

123
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WBC cast in urine

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acute pyelonephritis

124
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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple disease (Tropheryma whippelii)

125
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Worst headache of my life

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subarachnoid hemorrhage

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