Classic Presentations Flashcards
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent Abx
C. dif
Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL R signaling)
Adrenal hemnorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrom (meningococcemia)
Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion
IgA deficiency
Anterior draw sign positive
ACL injury
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Athlete with polycythemia
EPO injection
Back pain, fever, night sweats
Pott disease (vertebral TB)
Bilateral acoustic schwannomas
Neurofibromatosis type 2
Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
Black eschar on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis
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 (increased osteoblastic and clastic activity)
Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurg
“Butterfly” facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in young female
SLE
Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas
Neurofibromatosis Type I, pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas
Cafe-au-lait spots (unilateral), polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G protein signaling mutation)
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne, due to XLR frameshift mutation of dystrophin gene
Cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctivae and tongue
Kawasaki (tx with IVIG and aspirin)
“Cherry red spots” on macula (3)
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable: with moderate exerion; unstable: with minimal exertion or at rest)
Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2-12wks after acute episode)
Chest pain with ST depressions in EKG (2)
Unstable angina (troponins -) or NSTEMI (troponins +)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Gowers sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)
Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
“Slapped cheeks” (erythema infectiosum/fifth disease: Parvovirus B19)
Chorea, dementatia, caudate degeneration
Huntington disease (AD CAG repeat expansion)
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 ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF, may be unilateral or bilateral)
Continuous “machine-like” heart murmur
PDA (close with indomethacin, open or maintain with PGE analogs)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves disease (pretibial))
Cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm
Carcinoid syndrome (right sided cardiac valvular lesions, increased 5-HIAA)
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS
Kaposi sarcoma, associated with HHV-8
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul respirations (diabetic ketoacidosis)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin B3 deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine B1 deficiency)
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren syndrome (AI destruction of exocrine glands)
Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamos cell carcinoma)
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints, increased bleeding tendency
EDS (Type V collagen defect, type III collagen defect seen 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 fungoides + malignant T cells in blood)
Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat, female, forty, and fertile
Cholelithiasis
Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in endotoxin release)
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles