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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 (decreased LDL receptor signaling)

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Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC

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Waterhouse-Friedrichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)

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Anterior drawer sign

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ACL injury

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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)

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Athlete with polycythemia

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EPO injection

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Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss

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Pott disease (vertebral TB)

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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 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 disease of 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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Neurofibromatosis type I (also look for pheochromocytoma, optic glioma)

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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): X-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene

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17
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Cherry red spots on macula

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

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Chest pain, pericardial effusion/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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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 infectiosum, fifth disease, parvovirus B19)

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat 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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Cold intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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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” 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, think Graves disease if 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 (DKA)

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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra (B3/niacin deficiency)

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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Wet beriberi (B1/thiamine 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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32
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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjogren’s 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 Sezary 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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38
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Fat, female, forty, and fertile

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Cholelithiasis

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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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41
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Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms (important in staging of lymphoma)

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42
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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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44
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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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Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands

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

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Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms

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Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in collagen IV)

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)

49
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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, Babinski sign present

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UMN damage

50
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Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasciculations

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LMN damage

51
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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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“Blue bloater” (chronic bronchitis: hyperplasia of mucous cells)

52
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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Nonpainful = chancre (primary syphilis, Treponema pallidum); Painful with exudate = chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

53
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Infant with cleft lip/palate, microcephaly or holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, cutis aplasia

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Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)

54
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Infant with failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, and neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

55
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Infant with hypoglycemia, failure to thrive, and hepatomegaly

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

56
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Infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, and structural heart defect

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Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)

57
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Jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier sign (distal obstruction of biliary tree)

58
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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 burgdorferi)

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Lucid interval after traumatic brain injury

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Epidural hematoma (middle meningeal artery rupture)

60
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Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton’s agammaglobulinemia (X-linked)

61
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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)

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Muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension

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Beck triad of cardiac tamponade

63
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Multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/supernumerary teeth

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Gardner syndrome (subtype of FAP)

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Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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

65
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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)

66
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No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan syndrome (pituitary infarction)

67
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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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Multiple sclerosis

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Oscillating slow/fast breathing

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations (central apnea in CHF or increased ICP)

69
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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)

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Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes

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Raynaud phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

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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/microabscesses)

73
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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

74
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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)

75
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Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN I (autosomal dominant)

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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 [alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency])

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 (6 P’s)

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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-Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

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Rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends following GI or upper respiratory infection

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Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy)

83
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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, secondary syphilis, or Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Recurrent colds, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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

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Red “currant jelly” sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients

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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 nipple/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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Renal cell carcinoma (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)

93
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Severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

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Rovsing sign (acute appendicitis)

94
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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney sign (acute appendicitis)

95
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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)

96
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Single palmar crease

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Down syndrome

97
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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

98
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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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

99
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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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

100
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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)

101
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Smooth, flat, moist, painless white lesions on genitals

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Condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

102
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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

103
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Strawberry tongue

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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome

104
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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)

105
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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

106
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Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechiae

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

107
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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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Osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP [Bouchard nodes], DIP [Heberden nodes])

108
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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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Aortic valve stenosis

109
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Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A (autosomal dominant ret mutation)

110
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Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B (autosomal dominant ret mutation)

111
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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

112
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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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Facial nerve palsy (LMN)

113
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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

114
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Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)

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Hemangioma (benign, but associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome)

115
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Vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

116
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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple disease (Tropheryma whipplei)

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Worst headache of my life

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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