Classic Presentations Flashcards

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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, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use

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Clostridium difficile infection

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3
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achilles tendon xanthoma

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familial hypercholesterolemia (decrease LDL receptor)

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adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)

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5
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anaphylaxis following blood transfusion

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IgA deficiency

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6
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anterior drawer sign

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anterior cruciate ligament injury

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arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic diessection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)

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8
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athlete with polycythemia

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secondary to erythropoietin injection

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9
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back pain, fever, night sweats

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Pott disease (TB)

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10
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bilateral acoustic schwannoma

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neurofibromatosis type 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 patient with DKA

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mucor or rhizopus fungal infection

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13
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blue sclera

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osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)

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14
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bluish line on gingiva

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burton line (lead poisoning)

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15
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bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis

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Paget disease of bone

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16
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bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

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aortic regurgitation

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17
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butterfly facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in a young female

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systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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18
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Cafe au lair spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas

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neurofibromatosis type I, pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas

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Cafe au lair spots (unilateral), polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities

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McCune Albright syndrome (G protein signaling mutation)

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20
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calf pseudohypertrophy

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muscular dystrophy (usually Duchenne’s)

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

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Kawasaki disease

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22
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cherry red spot on macula

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

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23
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chest pain on exertion

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angina

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24
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chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever after MI

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Dressler syndrome (autoimmune post MI pericarditis)

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25
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chest pain with ST depressions on EKG

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unstable angina (troponin neg) or NSTEMI (troponin pos)

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26
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child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Gowers sign (DMD)

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27
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child with fever later develops red rash on face that spread to body

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‘slapped cheeks’ (erythema infectiosum/fifth disease/parvovirus B19)

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28
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corea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington disease

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29
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chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications

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congenital toxoplasmosis

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30
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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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31
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cold intolerance

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hypothyroidism

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32
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conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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internuclear opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF, uni or bilateral)

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33
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continuous machine like murmur

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PDA

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34
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cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition

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myxedema (from hypothyroidism, Graves)

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35
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cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm

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carcinoid syndrome

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36
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dark purple skin/mouth nodules in patient with AIDS

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Kaposi sarcoma

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37
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deep labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul respirations (DKA)

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38
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dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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pellagra (niacin vit B3 deficiency)

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39
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dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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wet beriberit (thiamine vit B1 deficiency)

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40
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dog or cat bite resulting in infection

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Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis)

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41
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dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjogren syndrome

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42
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dysphagia (eso web), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia

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Plummer-Vinson syndrome

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43
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elastic skin, hyper mobility of joints, increase bleeding

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

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44
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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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46
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erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T cell lymphoma) or Sezary syndrome (mycosis fungicides and malignant T cells in blood)

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47
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facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek sing (hypocalcemia)

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48
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fat, female, forty, and fertile

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cholethisiasis

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49
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fever, chills, headache, myalgia after antibiotic treatment for syphilis

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction

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50
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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 sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms of lymphoma

52
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fibrous plaques in soft tissue to penis with abnormal curvature

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Peyronie disease (CT disorder)

53
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golden brown rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser Fleischer rings

54
Q

gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in a boy

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Lesch Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X linked)

55
Q

hamartomatous GI polyps, hyper pigmentation of mouth/feet/hands/genitalia

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Peutz Jeghers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction, increase risk cancer usually GI)

56
Q

hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, aseptic necrosis of femur, bone crises

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Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

57
Q

hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in collagen IV)

58
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hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (bilat amygdala lesion)

59
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hyperreflexia, hypertonia, Babinski pos

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UMN lesion

60
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hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasiculations

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LMN lesion

61
Q

hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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‘blue bloater’ (chronic bronchitis-hyperplasia of mucous cells)

62
Q

indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

A

nonpainful: chancre (primary syphilis)

painful with exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

63
Q

infant with cherry red spot on macula, hepatosplenomegaly, and neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

64
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infant with cleft lip/palate, microcephaly or holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, cutis aplasia

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Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)

65
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infant with hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly

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

66
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infant with microcephaly, rocker bottom feet, clenched hands, and 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)

68
Q

large rash with bull’s eye appearance

A

erythema chronic migraines from Ixodes tick bite

69
Q

lucid interval after traumatic brain injury

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epidural hematoma (middle meningeal artery rupture)

70
Q

male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton disease (X linked agammaglobulinemia)

71
Q

mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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

72
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muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension

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Beck triad of cardiac tamponade

73
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multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/supernumerary teeth

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Gardner syndrome (subtype FAP)

74
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myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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Pompe disease (lysosomal alpha 1 4 glucosidase deficiency

75
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neonate with arm paralysis following a difficult birth

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Erb Duchenne palsy (superior trunk C5-C6 brachila plexus injury aka waiter’s tip)

76
Q

no lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan syndrome (pit infarct)

77
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nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear opthalmoplegia

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multiple sclerosis

78
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painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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cold agglutinin disease (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by Mycoplasma pneumonia, infectious mononucleosis, CLL)

79
Q

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

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Raynaud phenomenon (vasospasm)

80
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painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers/toes

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Osler nodes (infectious endocarditis, immune complex deposition)

81
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painful erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/microabscesses)

82
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painless jaundice

A

cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing the bile duct

83
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palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain (child), hematuria

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Henoch Scholein purpura (IgA vasculitis affecting skin and kidneys)

84
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pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN I (auto dom)

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)

87
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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 the proximal convoluted tubule)

88
Q

pruritic, purple, polygonal planar papules, and plauqes

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linchen planus

89
Q

ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner syndrome

90
Q

pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

91
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rapidly progressive limb weakness that ascends following GI/upper respiratory infection

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Guillain Barre syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy subtype)

92
Q

rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, secondary syphilis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever

93
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recurrent cold (noninflammed) abscesses, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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hyper IgE syndrome (Job syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)

94
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red currant jelly sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patient

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Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia

95
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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 (sign of underlying neoplasm)

97
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red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

98
Q

renal cell carcinoma (bilat), hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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

99
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resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability, shuffling gait

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Parkinson disease

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 (congential 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
Q

short stature, cafe au lait spots, tumb/radial defects, increase incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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Fanconi anemia (genetic loss of DNA cross link repair, often progresses AML)

105
Q

single palmar crease

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Down syndrome

106
Q

situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

107
Q

skin hyper pigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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primary adrenocortical insufficiency (Addison’s disease) causes increase ACTH and alpha MSH production

108
Q

slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker muscular dystrophy (X linked missense mutation in dystrophin, less severe than DMD)

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
Q

smooth, moist, painless, wart-like white lesions on genitals

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condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

111
Q

splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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bacterial endocarditis

112
Q

strawberry tongue

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scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease

113
Q

streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, 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 swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi

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gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

115
Q

swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechiae

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scurvy (vit C deficiency, can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis)

116
Q

swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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osteoarthritis (osteophyes on PIP, DIP)

117
Q

systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-descrescendo)

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aortic stenosis

118
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telangiectasias, recurrent epistaxis, skin discoloration, arteriovenous malformations, GI bleeding, hematuria

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Osler Weber Rendu syndrome

119
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thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromatoma

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MEN 2A

120
Q

thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B

121
Q

toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign

122
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unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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LMN facial nerve palsy (UMN lesion spare forehead)

123
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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 face)

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nevus flammeus (benign but ass with Sturge Weber syndrome)

125
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vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (in alcoholics and bulimics)

126
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weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple disease (Tropheryma whipplei)

127
Q

worst headache of my life

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subarachnoid hemorrhage