Classic Presentations Flashcards

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Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari (posthepatic venous thrombosis)

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Achilles Tendon Xanthoma

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Familial Hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signaling)

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Adrenal hemorrhage, DIC, hypotension

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Waterhouse-Friderichson (meningococcemia)

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Positive Anterior Drawer Sign

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ACL tear

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Arachnodactyly (long fingers), aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints, LENS DISLOCATION

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Marfan’s Syndrome (fibrillin defect)

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Athlete with polycythemia vera

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2/2 EPO injection

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Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss

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Pott’s Disease (vertebral TB)

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Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis (non-caseating granuloma)

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Blue sclera

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osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)

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Bluish line on gingiva

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Burton line (lead poisoning)

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Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis

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Paget’s disease of the bone (increased 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 rash and Raynaud 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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NF1 (+pheochromocytoma, optic glioma)

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Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocoius puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalitites

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

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Calf pseudohypertrophy

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (x-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene)

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17
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“Cherry-red spots” on macula (3)

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Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation

Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation)

Central retinal artery occlusion

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Chest pain on exertion

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Angina (stable: w/ moderate exertion, unstable: w/ minimal exertion)

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

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

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20
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Child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Gower Sign (DMDystrophy)

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

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“slapped cheeks” (erythema infectiosum/fifth disease: PARVOVIRUS B19)

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chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington disease (AD, CAG expansion)

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

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McArdle disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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24
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Cold intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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25
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Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral [multiple sclerosis], unilateral [stroke])

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Continuous “machine-like” murmur

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PDA (close with indomethacin; open 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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30
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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra (niacin B3 def.)

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism, or malnutrition

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Wet beriberi (thiamine B1 def.)

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32
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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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33
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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjogren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)

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34
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Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia

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Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell CA

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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 Sezary syndrome (mycosis fungiodes + malig. T-cells spilling into blood)

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38
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Facial Muscle spasm upon tapping, what causes this

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Chvosktek sign (hypocalcemia)

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39
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Fat, female, forty, fertile

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Cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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40
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Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphillis

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

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41
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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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43
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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 in Wilson’s 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 (inhereted, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk, mainly GI)

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47
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Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms

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Gaucher disease (glucocerebroside def.)

48
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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (collagen IV mut.)

49
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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)

50
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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, babinski sign present

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UMN lesion

51
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Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasciculations

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LMN lesion

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

A

Nonpainful: chancre (primary syphilis/treponema pallidum)

Painful: 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)

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Infant with failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, and neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase def.)

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Infant with failure to thrive, hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly

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Cori disease (debranching enzyme def.)

Von Gierke disease (glucose-6-phosphatase def., more severe)

57
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Infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, 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)

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Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton 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 colonic polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/supernumerary teeth

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Gardner syndrome (FAP subtype)

65
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myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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Pompe disease (lysosomal alpha-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: “watier’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, scannning 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 ICP)

70
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painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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

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Painful, raised red lesions on pad of fingers/toes

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Osler nodes (infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition)

72
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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/microabcesses)

73
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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the pancreatic head (obstructing bile duct)

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

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

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Pancreatic, Pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN I (AD)

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Periorbital and/or peripheral edema, proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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Nephrotic syndrome

77
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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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“pink puffer” (emphysema: centriacinar [smoking], panacinar [alpha1-antitrypsin def])

78
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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)

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Pruritic, purple, polygonal planar papules and plaques

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Lichen planus

80
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ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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horner syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

81
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pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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argyll roberston pupil (neurosyphilis)

82
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rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends following GI/Upper Resp. infection

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Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute autoinflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy)

83
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rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, rocky mt. spotted fever, secondary syphilis

84
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recurrent colds, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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Job’s hyper-IgE syndrome (neutrophil chemotaxis def.)

85
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Alcoholic or diabetic with currant jelly sputum

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Klebsiella Pneumoniae

86
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Red “currant jelly” stools

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acute mesenteric ischemia (adults), intussusception (infants)

87
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Red, itchy, swollen rash of ripple/areola

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paget disease of the breast (sign of underlying neoplasm)

88
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red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

89
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RCC (bilateral), hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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

90
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Resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability

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parkinson disease (nigrostriatal dopamine depletion)

91
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retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)

92
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severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia) [type 1 is full lack of enzyme]

93
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severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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rovsing sign (acute appendicitis)

McBurney sign (acute appendicitis)

94
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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)

95
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Single palmar crease

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Down Syndrome

96
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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

97
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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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Addision disease (primary adrenocortical insufficiency causes increased ACTH and increased alpha-MSH production)

98
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Slow progressive muscle weakness in boys

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

99
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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)

100
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Smooth flat moist painless white lesions on genitals

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Condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

102
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“Strawberry tongue”

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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome

103
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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 45XO

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Sudden swollen/painful big toe, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

105
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Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechiae

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scurvy (vit C def.: can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis)

106
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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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Osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP [bouchard nodes], DIP [heberden nodes])

107
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Systolic Ejection murmur

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Aortic stenosis

108
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Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN2A (AD ret mut.)

109
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Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN2B (AD ret mut.)

110
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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

111
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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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Facial nerve (LMN CN VII palsy)

112
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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis assoc. w/ HLA-B27

113
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vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)

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Hemangioma (benign, assoc. w/ Sturge-Weber syndrome)

114
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Vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic/bulimic)

115
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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple disease (tropheryma whipplei)

116
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“worst headache of my life”

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subarachnoid hemorrhage

117
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vertical diplopia (double vision when walking down stairs)

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trochlear nerve (IV) lesion