Classic Presentations Flashcards
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Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
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Achilles Tendon xanthoma
Familial Hypercholesterolemia ( \/ LDL receptor signaling)
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Adrenal hemorrorhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhous-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan’s syndrome (fibrilin defect)
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Athlete with polycythemia
Erythropoetin injection
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Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott’s disease (vertebral tuberculosis)
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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis ( noncaseating granulomas)
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Blue sclera
Osteogenesis imperfecta (collagen defect)
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Bluish line on gingiva
Burton’s line (lead poisoning)
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Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthitis
Paget’s disease of bone (/\ osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)
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Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
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“Butterfly” facial rash and Raynaud’s phenomenon in young female
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)
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Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
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Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne’s): X-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene
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“Cherry-red spot” on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occlusionsdf
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Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable: moderate exertion; unstable: minimal exertion)
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Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dressler;s syndrome (Autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12 weeks after acute episode)
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Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Gower’s sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)
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Child with fever develops red rash on face that spreads to body
“Slapped cheeks” (erythema infectiosum/fifth disease: parvovirus B19)
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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington’s disease (Auto DOMINANT CAG repeat expansion)
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Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle’s disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
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Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
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Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral [multiple sclerosis], unilateral [stroke])
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Continuous “machinery” heart murmur
PDA (close with indomethacin; open with misoprostol)
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Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Grave’s disease [periorbital])
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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules
Kaposi’s sarcoma (usually AIDS patients [gay men]: a/w HHV-8)
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Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul breathing (diabetic ketoacidosis)
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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin [vitamin B3] deficiency)
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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, polyneuropathy
Wet beriberi (thiamine [vitamin B1] deficiency)
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Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren’s syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)