Classic Presentations Flashcards
Abdominal pain
Ascities
Hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari Syndrome
(thrombosis of portal vein)
Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia
(decreased LDL receptor signaling)
Adrenal hemorrhage
Hypotension
DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
(meningococcemia from neisseria menengiditis)
Arachnodactyly
Lens dislocation
Aortic dissection
Hyperreflexible joints
Marfan’s syndrome
(fibrillin defect)
Athlete with polycythemia
EPO injections
Back pain
Fever
Night sweats
Weight loss
Pott’s disease
(vertebral tuberculosis)
Bilateral hilar adeopathy
Uveitis
Sarcoidosis
(noncaseating granuloma)
Blue Sclera
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
(Collagen type 1 defect)
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton’s disease
(Lead poisoning)
Bone pain
Bone enlargement
Arthritis
Paget’s disease of bone
(increase osteoblastic/osteoclastic activity)
(isolated elevated Alkaline phosphatase)
Bounding pulses
Diasolic heart murmur (right sternal border)
Head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
“Butterfly” facial rash
Raynaud’s phenomenon in young female
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Cafe-au-lait spots
Polycystic fibrous dysplasia
Precocious puberty
McCune-Albright syndrome
(mosaic G-protein signaling mutaiton)
Cafe-au-lait spots
Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)
Pheochromocytoma
Optic gliomas
Neurofibromatosis type I
Cafe-au-lait spots
Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)
Bilateral acoustic neuromas
Neurofibromatosis type 2
Gowers’ sign
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy
(most commonly Duchenne’s)
X linked-recessive deletion of dystrophin gene
Cherry red spot on macula
Tay-Sachs (gnglioside accumulation)
or
Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation)
Symptom due to central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina
(stable: moderate exertion)
(unstable: at rest)
Chest pain
Pericardial effusion/friction rub
Persistent fever following MI
Dressler’s syndrome
(auto-immune post-MI fibrinous pericardidits)
1-12 weeks after acute episode
Child with fever develops red rash on face that spreads to body
“Slapped cheeks”
(erythema infectiosum/fifth disease: Parvovirus B19)
Chorea
Dementia
Caudate Degeneration
Huntington’s disease
(autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)
Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia
Fatigue
Painful cramps
myoglobinuria
McArdle’s diease
(muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Conjugate lateral gaze palsy
(eye cannot adduct when looking contrallaterally)
Horizontal diplopia
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia
(damage to MLF)
Bilateral = multiple sclerosis
Unilateral = stroke
Continuous “machinery” heart murmur
PDA (patent ductus arteriosus)
Close with indomethacin (COX inhibitor)
Open with misoprostol
DA stays open in presence of prostaglandins
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedma
(caused by hypothyroidism)
or
(caused by Grave’s disease)
periorbital myxedma
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules
Kaposi’s sarcoma
(associated with HHV-8 in AIDS patients)
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul breating (diabetic ketoacidosis)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra
(Niacin (B3) deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Edema
Polyneuropathy
Wet beriberi
(Thiamine [B1] deficiency)
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida
(cellulitis at inoculation site)
Dry eyes
Dry mouth
Arthritis
Sjogren’s syndrome
(autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)
Dysphagia (esophageal webs)
Glossitis
Iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
(from Iron deficiency, but its the triad of symptoms)
(can progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)
Elastic skin
Hypermobility of joints
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
(Type III collagen defect)
Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow’s node
(abdominal metastasis)
Erythroderma
Lynphadenopathy
Hepatosplenomegaly
Atypical T cells
Sezary syndrome (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma)
or
Mycosis fungoides
Facial muscle spasm on tapping
Chvostek’s sign
(hypocalcemia-facial nerve)
Fat
Female
40 yrs old
Fertile
Increased alkaline phosphatase
Acute cholelithiasis
(bile duct blockage)
Fever, chills
Headache
Myalgia following antibiotic treatmet for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
(rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)
Fever
Cough
Conjunctivitis
Coryza (cold symptoms like inflammed nasal mucosa)
Diffuse rash
Measles
(Morbillivirus)
Fever
Night sweats
Weight loss
B symptoms
(lymphoma)
Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis
Peyronie’s disease (connective tissue disorder)
Gout
Mental retardation
Self-mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
(HGPRT deficiency)
(X-linked recessive)
Green-yellow rings around cornea
Kayser-Fleischer rings
(copper accumulation from Wilson’s disease)
Hamartomatous GI polyps
Hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
(genetic benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction)
(increased cancer risk)
Hepatosplenomegaly
Osteoporosis
Neurologic symptoms
Gaucher’s disease
(glucocerebrosidase deficiency)
Hereditary nephritis
Sensorineural hearing loss
Cataracts
Alport syndrome
(mutation in alpha chain of collagen type IV)