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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

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Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningiococcemia)

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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan’s syndrome (fibrillin defect)

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Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss

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Pott’s disease (vertebral tuberculosis)

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Big toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski’s sign (UMN lesion)

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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis

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Blue sclera

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (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 (increased hat size), fractures, arthritis

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Paget’s disease of bone (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)

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

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Neurofibromatosis type I (plus bilateral acoustic neuromas=tyype II)

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Calf psuedohypertrophy

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Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne’s)

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Cherry-red spot on macula (3)

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Tay-Sach’s (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (lysosomal storage disease), central retinal artery occlusion

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

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Dressler’s syndrome

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Child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Gower’s sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy: X-linked recessive deleted dystrophin gene)

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Child with fever 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’s disease (autosomal-dominant CAG repeat expansion)

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Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps

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McArdle’s disease (muscle 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 opththalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral [MS], unilateral [stroke])

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Continuous machinery heart 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 (hypothyroidism, Graves’ disease)

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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules

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Kaposi’s sarcoma (usually AIDS patients, associated with HHV-8)

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Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul breathing (diabetic ketoacidosis)

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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra (niacin (B3) deficiency)

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, polyneuropathy

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Wet Beriberi (thiamine (B1) deficiency)

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Dog or cat bite resulting in infection

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Pasteurella multicoda

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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 (many progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)

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Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (collagen defect)

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Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow’s node (abdominal metastasis)

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Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical t cells

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Sezary syndrome (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or mycosis fungoides

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Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek’s sign (hypocalcemia)

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Fat, female, forty, and fertile

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Acute cholelithiasis (bile duct blockage)

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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 (Morbillivirus)

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Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms (lymphoma), TB

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Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis

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Peyronie’s disease (connective tissue disorder)

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Gout, mental retardation, self-mutilating behavior in a boy

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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency)

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Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation from Wilson’s disease)

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Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands

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Peutz-Jehgers syndrome (genetic benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk)

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Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms

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Gaucher’s disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport’s syndrome (collagen mutation)

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Hypercoagulability (leading to migrating DVTs and vasculitis)

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Trousseau’s sign (adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung)

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)

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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic acidosis

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Conn’s syndrome (primary hyperaldosteronism)

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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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

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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion (nonpainful)

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Chancre (primary syphilis, treponema pallidum)

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Infant with failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

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Infant with hypoglycemia, failure to thrive, hepatomegaly

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Cori’s disease (debranching enzyme deficiency), Von Gierke’s

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Infant with micrognathia, rocker-bottom feet, and structural heart defect

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Edward’s syndrome (trisomy 18)

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Jaundice, RUQ pain, fever

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Charcot’s triad (ascending cholangitis)

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Keratin pearls on a skin lesion

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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Large rash with bull’s eye appearance

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

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Lucid interval after traumatic brain injury

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Epidural hematoma

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Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton’s disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)

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Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia (defect in platelet aggregation due to lack of GPIIb/IIIa)

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

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Gardner’s syndrome (genetic disorder, predisposes to colon cancer)

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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Wegener’s and Goodpasture’s syndromes (hemoptysis and glomerular disease)

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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)

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No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan’s syndrome (pituitary infarction)

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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech

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Charcot’s triad 1 (multiple sclerosis)

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Oscillating slow/fast breathing

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

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Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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

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Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes

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Raynaud’s syndrome (vasospasm in extremities)

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Painful, raised red lesions on palms and soles

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Osler’s nodes (infective endocarditis)

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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

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Palpable purpura, joint pain, abdominal pain (child)

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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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Wermer’s syndrome (MEN I)

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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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Pink puffer (emphysema: centroacinar from smoking, panacinar from alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency)

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Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, cafe-au-lait spots, short stature in a young girl

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

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Polyuria, acidosis, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances

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Fanconi’s syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect)

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Positive anterior “drawer sign”

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Anterior cruciate ligament injury

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Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner’s syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

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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/upper respiratory infection)

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Guillain-Barre syndrome (autoimmune acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy)

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Rash on palms and soles

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2ry syhilis

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Recurrent colds, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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Job’s syndrome (hyper-IgE syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)

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Red “currant jelly” sputum

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget’s disease of the breast (represents underlying neoplasm)

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Red urine in the morning

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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Renal cell carcinoma, hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromacytoma

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

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Resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability

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Parkinson’s disease (ningrostriatal dopamine depletion)

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Restrictive cardiomyopathy (juvenile form: cardiomegaly), exercise intolerance

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Pompe’s disease (lysosomal glucosidase deficiency)

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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth’sspots (bacterial endocarditis)

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Severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney’s sign (appendicitis)

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

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Fanconi’s anemia (genetic inheritance, often progresses to AML)

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Single palm crease

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Simian crease (Down Syndrome)

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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener’s syndrome (dynein defect affecting cilia)

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Skin hyperpigmentation

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Addison’s disease (primary adrenocortical insufficiency of autoimmune or infectious etiology)

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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker’s muscular dystrophy (x-linked, defective dystrophin, less severe than Duchenne’s)

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Small, irregular red spots on buccal/lingual mucosa with blue-white centers

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Koplik spots (measles)

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Small, nontender, erythematous lesions on palms/soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis)

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Smooth, flat, moist white lesions on genitals

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Condyloma lata (secondary syphilis)

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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

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Strawberry tongue (3)

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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome

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Streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney

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Turner’s syndrome (XO, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema)

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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/podagra

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Swollen gums, mucous bleeding, poor wound healing, spots on skin

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

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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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Osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP (Bouchard’s nodes) and DIP (Heberden’s nodes))

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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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Aortic valve stenosis

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Thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal tumors

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Sipple’s syndrome (MEN 2A)

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Ulcerated genital lesion with exudate (painful)

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Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

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Unilateral facial drooping

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Bell’s palsy (LMN CN VII palsy)

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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reiter’s syndrome (reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27)

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Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)

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

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Vasculitis from exposure to endotoxin causing glomerular thrombosis

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Schwartzman reaction (following second exposure to endotoxin)

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Vomiting blood following esophagogastric lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholics, eating disorders)

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Waxy casts with very low urine flow

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Chronic end-stage renal disease

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WBC casts in urine

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Acute pyelonephritis

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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whippple’s disease (Tropheryma whippelii)

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Worst headache of my life

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Sub-arachnoid hemorrhage: Berry aneurysm (associated with adult polycystic kidney disease)

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