Classic Presentations Flashcards
abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use
Clostridium difficile infection
achilles tendon xanthoma
familial hypercholesterolemia (decrease LDL receptor)
adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
anaphylaxis following blood transfusion
IgA deficiency
anterior drawer sign
anterior cruciate ligament injury
arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic diessection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
athlete with polycythemia
secondary to erythropoietin injection
back pain, fever, night sweats
Pott disease (TB)
bilateral acoustic schwannoma
neurofibromatosis type 2
bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
black eschar on face of patient with DKA
mucor or rhizopus fungal infection
blue sclera
osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)
bluish line on gingiva
burton line (lead poisoning)
bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget disease of bone
bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
aortic regurgitation
butterfly facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in a young female
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Cafe au lair spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas
neurofibromatosis type I, pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas
Cafe au lair spots (unilateral), polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune Albright syndrome (G protein signaling mutation)
calf pseudohypertrophy
muscular dystrophy (usually Duchenne’s)
cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctivae and tongue
Kawasaki disease
cherry red spot on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occlusion
chest pain on exertion
angina
chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever after MI
Dressler syndrome (autoimmune post MI pericarditis)
chest pain with ST depressions on EKG
unstable angina (troponin neg) or NSTEMI (troponin pos)
child uses arms to stand up from squat
Gowers sign (DMD)
child with fever later develops red rash on face that spread to body
‘slapped cheeks’ (erythema infectiosum/fifth disease/parvovirus B19)
corea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington disease
chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications
congenital toxoplasmosis
chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
cold intolerance
hypothyroidism
conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
internuclear opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF, uni or bilateral)
continuous machine like murmur
PDA
cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
myxedema (from hypothyroidism, Graves)
cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm
carcinoid syndrome
dark purple skin/mouth nodules in patient with AIDS
Kaposi sarcoma
deep labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul respirations (DKA)
dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
pellagra (niacin vit B3 deficiency)
dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
wet beriberit (thiamine vit B1 deficiency)
dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis)
dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren syndrome
dysphagia (eso web), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
elastic skin, hyper mobility of joints, increase bleeding
Ehlers Danlos syndrome (type V collagen defect, type III collagen defect in vascular subtype)
enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)
episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss
Meniere disease
erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells
mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T cell lymphoma) or Sezary syndrome (mycosis fungicides and malignant T cells in blood)
facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek sing (hypocalcemia)
fat, female, forty, and fertile
cholethisiasis
fever, chills, headache, myalgia after antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
measles