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Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)

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Achilles tendon xanthoma

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Familial hypercholesterolemia (less LDL receptor signaling)

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Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen 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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Secondary to erythropoietin injection

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Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss

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Pott’s disease (vertebral tuberculosis)

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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)

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Blue sclera

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (type 1 collagen defect)

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Bluish line on gingiva

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Burton’s line (lead poisoning)

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Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis

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Paget’s diesease of bone (Increase in osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)

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Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

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Aortic regurgitation

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“Butterfly” facial rach and Raynaud’s phenomenon in you female

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Systemic lupus erythematosus

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

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Neurofibromatosis type I (+ pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas)

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Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities

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

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Calf pseudohypertrophy

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Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne’s): X-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene

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“Cherry-red spot” on macula

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Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-pick (sphingomyelin accululation), central retinal artery occlusion

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Chest pain on exertion

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Angina (stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with minimal exertion)

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Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI

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Dressler’s syndrome (AI-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12 weeks after acute episode)

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Child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Gowers’ sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)

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

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“Slapped cheeks” (erythema infectionsum/fifth disease: parvovirus B19)

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington’s disease (autosomal-dominated CAG repeat expansion)

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

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McArdle’s disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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Cold intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Conugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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Internuclear ophthalmolplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral {multiple sclerosis}, unilateral {stroke})

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Continuous “machinery” heart murmur

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PDA (close with indomethacin; open or maintain with misoprostol)

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Cutaneous/ dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition

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Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves’ disease {pretibial})

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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS

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Kaposi sarcoma, associated with HHV-8

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Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul respirations (diabetic ketoacidosis)

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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra (niacin [vitamin B3] deficiency)

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Anterior “drawer sign”

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Anterior cruciate ligament injury

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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Wet beriberi (thiamine [vitamin B 
1] deficiency)
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Dog or cat bite resulting in infection

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Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)

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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjögren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine

glands)

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Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency

anemia

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Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal

squamous cell carcinoma)

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Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type III collagen defect)

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Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)

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Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or Sézary 
syndrome (mycosis fungoides + malignant T cells in blood)
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Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)

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39
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Fat, female, forty, and fertile

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Cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic

treatment for syphilis

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)

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Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles

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42
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Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma

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Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis

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Peyronie disease (connective tissue disorder)

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Gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in a boy

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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X-linked

recessive)

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45
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Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation from Wilson

disease)

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46
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Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of

mouth/feet/hands

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; Increases cancer risk, mainly GI)

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47
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Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic

symptoms

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Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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48
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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss,

cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in collagen IV)

49
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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality,

hyperdocility

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Klüver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)

50
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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, Babinski sign present

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UMN damage

51
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Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasciculations

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LMN damage

52
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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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“Blue bloater” (chronic bronchitis: hyperplasia of mucous

cells)

53
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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Nonpainful: chancre (1° syphilis, Treponema pallidum) Painful, with exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

54
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Infant with cleft lip/palate, microcephaly or

holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, cutis aplasia

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Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)

55
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Infant with failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, and

neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

56
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Infant with hypoglycemia, failure to thrive, and

hepatomegaly

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Cori disease (debranching enzyme deficiency) or Von Gierke disease (glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency, more severe)

57
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Infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched

hands, and structural heart defect

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Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)

58
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Jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier sign (distal obstruction of biliary tree)

59
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Large rash with bull’s-eye appearance

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Erythema chronicum migrans from Ixodes tick bite (Lyme

disease: Borrelia)

60
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Lucid interval after traumatic brain injury

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Epidural hematoma (middle meningeal artery  
rupture)
61
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Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)

62
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Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzmann thrombasthenia (defect in platelet aggregation due to lack of GpIIb/IIIa)

63
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Muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension

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Beck triad of cardiac tamponade

64
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Multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/ supernumerary teeth

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Gardner syndrome (subtype of FAP)

65
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Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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Pompe disease (lysosomal α-1,4-glucosidase deficiency)

66
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Neonate with arm paralysis following difficult birth

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Erb-Duchenne palsy (superior trunk [C5–C6] brachial plexus injury: “waiter’s tip”)

67
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No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold

intolerance

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Sheehan syndrome (pituitary infarction)

68
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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral

internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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Multiple sclerosis

69
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Oscillating slow/fast breathing

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations (central apnea in CHF or

increased intracranial pressure)

70
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Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin disease (autoimmune hemolytic
anemia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, infectious
mononucleosis)

71
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Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes

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Raynaud phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

72
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Painful, raised red lesions on pad of fingers/toes

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Osler nodes (infective endocarditis, immune complex 
deposition)
73
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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/ 
microabscesses)
74
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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

75
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Palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain (child), hematuria

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Henoch-Schönlein purpura (IgA vasculitis affecting skin and kidneys)

76
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Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN 1 (autosomal dominant)

77
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Periorbital and/or peripheral edema, proteinuria,

hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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Nephrotic syndrome

78
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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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“Pink puffer” (emphysema: centriacinar [smoking], panacinar [α 1-antitrypsin deficiency])

79
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Polyuria, renal tubular acidosis type II, growth failure,

electrolyte imbalances, hypophosphatemic rickets

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Fanconi syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect)

80
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Pruritic, purple, polygonal planar papules and plaques (6 P’s)

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Lichen planus

81
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Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

82
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Pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

83
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Rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends following GI/ upper respiratory infection

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Guillain-Barré syndrome (acute autoimmune inflammatory

demyelinating polyneuropathy)

84
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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, 2° syphilis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever

85
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Recurrent colds, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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Hyper-IgE syndrome (Job syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)

86
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Red “currant jelly” sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

87
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Red “currant jelly” stools

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Acute mesenteric ischemia (adults), intussusception (infants)

88
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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget disease of the breast (sign of underlying neoplasm)

89
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Red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

90
Q

Renal cell carcinoma (bilateral), hemangioblastomas,

angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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von Hippel-Lindau disease (dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation)

91
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Resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability

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Parkinson disease (nigrostriatal dopamine depletion)

92
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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)

93
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Severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

94
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Severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

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Rovsing sign (acute appendicitis)

95
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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney sign (acute appendicitis)

96
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Short stature, increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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Fanconi anemia (genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair; often progresses to AML)

97
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Single palmar crease

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Down syndrome

98
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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

99
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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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Addison disease (1° adrenocortical insufficiency causes 
increaesd ACTH and increased α-MSH production)
100
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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

A

Becker muscular dystrophy (X-linked missense mutation in dystrophin; less severe than Duchenne)

101
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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)

102
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Smooth, flat, moist, painless white lesions on genitals

A

Condylomata lata (2° syphilis)

103
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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

104
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“Strawberry tongue”

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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome

105
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Streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema

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Turner syndrome (45,XO)

106
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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

107
Q

Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing,

petechiae

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Scurvy (vitamin C deficiency: can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis)

108
Q

Swollen, hard, painful finger joints

A

Osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP [Bouchard nodes], DIP

[Heberden nodes])

109
Q

Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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Aortic valve stenosis

110
Q

Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A (autosomal dominant ret mutation)

111
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Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B (autosomal dominant ret mutation)

112
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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

113
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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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Facial nerve (LMN CN VII palsy)

114
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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

115
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Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)

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Hemangioma (benign, but associated with Sturge-Weber

syndrome)

116
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Vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

117
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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple disease (Tropheryma whipplei)

118
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“Worst headache of my life”

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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