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Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)

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Abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukoytosis, recent abx use

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C. difficile infx

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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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Meningococcemia (Waterhouse-Friederichsen syndrome)

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Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion

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IgA deficiency

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Anterior drawer sign positive

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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

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Pott disease (vertebral TB)

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Bilateral acoustic schwannomas

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NF 2

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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)

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Black eschar on face of Pt with DKA

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Mucor or rhizopus fungal infx

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Blue sclera

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)

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Blueish 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/clastic activity - lamellar bone resembling mosaic)

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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 young female

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SLE

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Café au lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamaratoma), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic glicomas

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NF I, pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas

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Café au lait spots (unilateral), 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, 2/2 X-linked recessive frameshift mutation of dystrophin gene)

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Cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctivae and tongue

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Kawasaki disease (treat with IVIG and ASA)

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“Cherry red spots” on macula

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Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (spihingomyelin accumulation), 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/rest)

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CP, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI

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Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2-12 weeks after acute episode)

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CP with ST depressions on EKG

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Unstable angina (troponins negative) or NSTEMI (troponins positive)

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Child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Gowers sign (Duchenne MD)

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

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Slapped cheek aka erythema infectiosum/fifth disease - Parvovius B19

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington’s disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)

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Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications

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Congenital toxo

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

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McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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Cold interolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizonal diplopia

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INO (damage to MLF; may be unilateral or bilateral)

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33
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Continuous “machine-like” murmur

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PDA (close with indomethacin, open/maintain with PGE)

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Cutaneous/dermal edema due to CT deposition

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Myxedema (hypothyroidism, Graves disease [pre-tibial])

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Cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm

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Carcinoid syndrome (right-sided cardiac valvular lesions, increased 5-HIAA)

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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a Pt with AIDS

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Kaposi sarcoma, 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 (niacin [vitamin B3] deficiency)

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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Wet beriberi (thiamine [vitamin B1] deficiency)

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Dog or cat bite resulting in infection

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Pasteurella multocida

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41
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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjogren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)

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Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, Fe-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, incresed bleeding tendency

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type V collagen defect, type III collagen defect seen in vascular subtype)

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Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)

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45
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Episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss

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Meniere disease

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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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47
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Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)

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48
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Fat, female, forty, fertile

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Cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following abx treatment for syphilis

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction 2/2 rapid lysis of spirochetes resulting in endotoxin release

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Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles

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51
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Fever, night sweater, weight loss

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B symptoms of lymphoma

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Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis w/ abnormal curvature

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Peyronie disease (CT disorder)

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53
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Golden brown rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-Fleischer rings (Wilson disease, copper metabolism)

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54
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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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55
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Hamartomaous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands/genitalia

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

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56
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Hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, aseptic necrosis of femur, bone crises

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Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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57
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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (type IV collagen mutation)

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)

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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, + Babinski

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UMN lesion

60
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Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasciculations

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LMN lesion

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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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

62
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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Painless: chancre of primary syphilis, treponema pallidum; Painful, with exudate: chancroid (haemophilus ducreyi)

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Infant with “cherry red” spot on macula, hepatosplenomegaly, neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

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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 hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly

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Cori disease (debranching enzyme deficiency) or Von Gierke disease (G6P deficiency, more severe)

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

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Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)

67
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Jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier sign (distal obstruction of biliary tree, likely pancreatic CA)

68
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Large rash with bull’s eye apperance

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Erythema chronicum migrans from Ixodes tick bite (Lyme disease: Borrelia)

69
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Lucid interval after TBI

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Epidural hematoma (middle meningeal artery rupture)

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Male child, recurrent infection, no mature B cells

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Bruton disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)

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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

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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’s disease (lysosomal alpha-1,4-glucosidase deficiency)

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Neonate with arm paralysis following difficult birth

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Erb-Duchenne palsy (superior trunk [C5-6] brachial plexus injury: “waiter’s tip”)

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No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan syndrome (pituitary infarction)

77
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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral INO

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Multiple sclerosis

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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, CLL)

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Painful fingers/toes changing color from blue to white to red with cold or stress

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Raynaud phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

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Painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers/toes

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Osler nodes (infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition)

81
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Painless erythematous lesions on palms/soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/microabscesses)

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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of 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 1 (autosomal dominant)

85
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Periorbital and/or peripheral edema, proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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Nephrotic syndrome

86
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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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

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Polyuria, renal tubular acidosis type II, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances, hypophosphatemic rickets

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Fanconi syndrome (multiple combined dysfunction of proximal convoluted tubule)

88
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Pruritic, purple, polygonal planar papules and plaques (6 Ps)

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Lichen planus

89
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Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

90
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Pupil accomodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll-Robinson pupil (neurosyphilis)

91
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Rapidly progressive limb weakness that ascends following GI/URI

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Guillain-Barré syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy subtype)

92
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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, secondary syphilis, RMSF

93
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Recurrent cold (noninflamed) abscesses, 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 pneumonia

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Red “currant jelly” stools

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Acute mesenteric ischemia (adults), intussusception (children)

96
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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget disease of the breast (underlying malignancy)

97
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Red urine in morning, fragile RBCs

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Paroxsymal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

98
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Renal cell carcinoma (bilateral), hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytosis

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

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Resting tremor,rigidity, akinesia, postural instability, shuffling gait

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Parkinson disease (loss of DA neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta)

100
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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)

101
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Severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

102
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Severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

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Rovsing sign (acute appendicitis)

103
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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney sign (acute appendicitis)

104
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Short stature, café au lait spots, thumb/radial defects, increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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

105
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Single palmar crease

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Down syndrome

106
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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

107
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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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Primary adrenocortical insufficiency (e.g. Addison disease) causes increased ACTH and increased alpha-MSH production

108
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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)

109
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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)

110
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Smooth, moist, painless, wart-like white lesions on genitals

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Condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

111
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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

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“Strawberry tongue”

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Kawasaki disease; scarlet fever

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

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Turner syndrome (45 XO)

114
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Sudden swollein/painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

115
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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)

116
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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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

117
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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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Aortic stenosis

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Telangiectasias, recurrent epistaxis, skin discoloration, AVMs, GI bleeding, hematuria

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Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome

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Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A (autosomal dominant Ret mutation)

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Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B (autosomal dominant Ret mutation)

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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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LMN facial nerve (CN VII) palsy; UMN lesions spare the forehead

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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

124
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Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain) of the face

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Nevus flammeus (benign, but associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome)

125
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Vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

126
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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple disease (Trophyeryma whipplei)

127
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“Worst headache of my life”

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

128
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Asplenic patient

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Encapsulated microbes, especially SHiN (S. penumo&raquo_space; H. influenzae, N. meningitidis)

129
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Branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules

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Actinomyces

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Chronic granulomatous disease

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Catalase positive microbes (esp. S. aureus)

131
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Facial nerve palsy

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Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme)

132
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Fungal infection in diabetic or immunocompromised patient

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Mucor or Rhizopus spp.

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Health care provider

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HBV (needlestick)

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Neutropenic patients

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Candida (systemic) or aspergillus

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Organ transplant recipient

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CMV

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PAS+

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Whipple disease (tropheryma whipplei)

137
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Pediatric infection

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H. flu

138
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PNA in CF, burn infx

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Pseudomonas

139
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Pus, empyema, abscess

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S. aureus

140
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Rash on hands and feet

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Coxsackie A virus, Treponema pallidum, Rickettsia rickettsii

141
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Sepsis/meningitis in newborn

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GBS

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Surgical wound

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S. aureus

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Traumatic open wound

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Clostridium perfringes

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