Classic Presentations Flashcards
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
Achilles Tendon Xanthoma
Familial Hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signaling)
Adrenal hemorrhage, DIC, hypotension
Waterhouse-Friderichson (meningococcemia)
Positive Anterior Drawer Sign
ACL tear
Arachnodactyly (long fingers), aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints, LENS DISLOCATION
Marfan’s Syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Athlete with polycythemia vera
2/2 EPO injection
Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott’s Disease (vertebral TB)
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (non-caseating granuloma)
Blue sclera
osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton line (lead poisoning)
Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget’s disease of the bone (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)
Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic Regurgitation
“butterfly” facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in a young female
SLE
Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)
NF1 (+pheochromocytoma, optic glioma)
Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocoius puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalitites
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (x-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene)
“Cherry-red spots” on macula (3)
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation
Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation)
Central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable: w/ moderate exertion, unstable: w/ minimal exertion)
Chest pain, pericardial effusinon/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
Gower Sign (DMDystrophy)
Child with fever later develops rash on face that spreads to body
“slapped cheeks” (erythema infectiosum/fifth disease: PARVOVIRUS B19)
chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington disease (AD, CAG expansion)
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; bilateral [multiple sclerosis], unilateral [stroke])
Continuous “machine-like” murmur
PDA (close with indomethacin; open with misoprostol)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves disease [pretibial])
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 B3 def.)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism, or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine B1 def.)
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
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 CA
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type III collagen defect)
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 fungiodes + malig. T-cells spilling into blood)
Facial Muscle spasm upon tapping, what causes this
Chvosktek sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat, female, forty, fertile
Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphillis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma
Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis
Peyronie disease (connective tissue disorder)
Gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X-linked recessive)
Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea
Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation in Wilson’s disease)
Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (inhereted, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk, mainly GI)