Classic Presentations - 2 Flashcards
fat, female, forty, fertile, familial
cholelithiasis
short stature, cafe-au-lait spots, thumb/radial defects, inc incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia
fanconi anemia (genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair; often progresses to AML)
red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs
paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia
cold agglutinin dz (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by M. pneumo, mono, CLL)
mucosal bleeding + prolonged bleeding time
glanzmann thrombasthenia (defect in platelet aggregation due to lack of GpIIb/IIIa)
fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms of lymphoma
erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells (look like brains)
mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T cell syndrome) or Sezary syndrome (mycosis fungoides + malignant T cells in blood)
WBCs that look “smudged”
CLL
athlete w/ polycythemia
EPO injections
neonate w/ arm paralysis following difficult birth, arm in “waiters tip” position
erb-duchenne palsy (superior trunk - C5-C6 - injury)
bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
paget disease of the bone (inc OB + OC activity)
swollen, hard, painful finger joints in an elderly individual, pain worse w/ activity
osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP = bouchard nodes, DIP = heberden nodes)
sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi
gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)
dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
sjogren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)
urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male
reactive arthritis assoc w/ HLA-B27
butterfly facial rash + raynauds in a young female
SLE
anticentromere Abs
scleroderma, CREST
dark purple skin/mouth nodule sin a pt w/ AIDS
kaposi sarcoma - HHV-8
anti-desmoglein (anti-desmosome) Abs
pemphigus vulgaris