Classic Presentations Flashcards
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signaling
Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
Anterior drawer sign (+)
Anterior cruciate ligament injury
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Athlete with polycythemia
Secondary to erythropoietin injection (blood doping?)
Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott disease (vertebral TB)
Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (non caseating granulomas)
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 (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)
Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
“Butterfly” facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in young female
SLE
Cafe au lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)
Neurofibromatosis type I (+ pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas)
Cafe au lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G protein signaling mutation)
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy (most commmonly Duchenne): X-Linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene
“Cherry red spots” on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside mutation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin mutation), central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (Stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with minimal exertion; Prinzmetal’s: from vasospasm)
Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dressler Syndrome (autoimmune mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12 weeks after acute episode)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Gowers Sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)
Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to the body
“Slapped Cheeks” (erythema infectiosum/ Fifth disease: parvovirus B19)
Chorea, dementia, caudate regeneration
Huntington disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion; shows anticipation: repeats buildup and passed down to offspring causing disease manifestation at earlier age)
Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF (medial longitudinal fasciculus); bilateral [Multiple sclerosis], unilateral [stroke]
Continuous “machine like” heart murmur
Patent ductus arteriosus (close with indomethacin; open or maintain with misoprostol)
Misoprostol (PGE1 analog) also used to treat gastric ulcers, to induce pregnancy, and for abortions (with mifepristone).
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, graves disease [pretibial myxedema])
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS
Kaposi sarcoma, associated with HHV-8
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul respirations (diabetic ketoacidosis)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin [vitamin B3] deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine [vitamin B1] deficiency)
Remember this is B1 by the mnemonic Ber1Ber1
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at the infection site)
Gram (-), treat with penicillin
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)
Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type III collagen defect; mnemonic: ThreE D)
Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)
Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells
Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or Sezary syndrome (mycosis fungoides + malignant T cells in blood)
Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat, female, forty, and fertile
Cholelithiasis
Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarsich-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza (rhinitis= iritation and inflammation of the mucous membrane in the nose), diffuse rash
Measles
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma
Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of the penis
Peyronie disease (connective tissue disorder)
Gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT [Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase] deficiency, X-linked recessive)
Green-yellow rings around the cornea
Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation from Wilson disease)
Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk, mainly GI)