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Classic Presentations Flashcards

Classic presentation

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Classic presentation

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 ( \/ LDL receptor signaling)

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Adrenal hemorrorhage, hypotension, DIC

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Waterhous-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)

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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan’s syndrome (fibrilin defect)

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Athlete with polycythemia

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Erythropoetin injection

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Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss

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Pott’s disease (vertebral tuberculosis)

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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis ( noncaseating granulomas)

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Classic presentation

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, arthitis

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

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Classic presentation

Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

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Aortic regurgitation

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“Butterfly” facial rash and Raynaud’s phenomenon in young female

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SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

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Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty

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

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Classic presentation

Calf pseudohypertrophy

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Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne’s): X-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene

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Classic presentation

“Cherry-red spot” on macula

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

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Classic presentation

Chest pain on exertion

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Angina (stable: moderate exertion; unstable: minimal exertion)

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

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Dressler;s syndrome (Autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12 weeks after acute episode)

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Classic presentation

Child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Gower’s sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)

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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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Classic presentation

Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington’s disease (Auto DOMINANT CAG repeat expansion)

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Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria

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McArdle’s disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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Classic presentation

Cold intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Classic presentation

Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral [multiple sclerosis], unilateral [stroke])

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Classic presentation

Continuous “machinery” heart murmur

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PDA (close with indomethacin; open with misoprostol)

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Classic presentation

Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition

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Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Grave’s disease [periorbital])

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Classic presentation

Dark purple skin/mouth nodules

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Kaposi’s sarcoma (usually AIDS patients [gay men]: a/w HHV-8)

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Classic presentation

Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul breathing (diabetic ketoacidosis)

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Classic presentation

Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra (niacin [vitamin B3] deficiency)

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Classic presentation

Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, polyneuropathy

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Wet beriberi (thiamine [vitamin B1] deficiency)

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Classic presentation

Dog or cat bite resulting in infection

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Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)

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Classic presentation

Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjogren’s syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)

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Classic presentation

Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia

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Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)

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Classic presentation

Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type III collagen defect)

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Classic presentation

Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow’s node (abdominal metastasis)

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Classic presentation

Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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

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Classic presentation

Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek’s sign (HYPOcalcemia)

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Classic presentation

Fat, female, forty, and fertile

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Acute cholelithiasis (bile duct blockage)

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Classic presentation

Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of sprichetes results in toxin release)

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Classic presentation

Fever, cough, conjectivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles (Morbillivirus)

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Classic presentation

Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms (lymphoma)

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Classic presentation

Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis

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Peyronie’s disease (connective tissue disorder)

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Classic presentation

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

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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X-linked Recessive)

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Classic presentation

Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea

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

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Classic presentation

Hamartomous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (genetic benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; /\ cancer risk)

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Classic presentation

Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis (bone crises), neurologic symptoms, macrophages that look like crumpled tissue paper

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Gaucher’s disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

the most common lysosomal storage disease

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Classic presentation

Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutations in Alpha chain of collagen IV)

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Classic presentation

Hypercoagulability (leading to migrating DVT’s and vasculitis)

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Trousseau’s syndrome (adenocarcinoma of pancrease or lung)

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Classic presentation

Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)

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Classic presentation

Hypertension, hypokalemia, metab olic alkalosis

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Conn’s syndrome

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Classic presentation

Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy

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LMN damage

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Classic presentation

Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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“blue bloater” (chronic bronchitis: hyperplasia of mucous cells)

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Classic presentation

Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Nonpainful: chancre (1’ syphilis, Treponema pallidum)

Painful, with exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

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Classic presentation

Infant with failure to thrive, hepatosplenomagaly, neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

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Classic presentation

Infant with hypoglycemia, failure to thrive, and hepatomegaly

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Cori’s disease (debranching enzyme deficiency)

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Classic presentation

Infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, and structural heart defect

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Edward’s syndrome (trisomy 18)

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Classic presentation

Keratin pearls on a skin biopsy

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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Classic presentation

Large rash with bull’s-eye appearance

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Erythema chronicum migrans from Ixodes tick bite (lyme disease: Borrelia)

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Classic presentation

Lucid interval after traumatic brain injury

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Epidural hematoma (middle meningeal artery rupture)

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Classic presentation

Male child, reccurent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton’s disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)

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Classic presentation

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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Classic presentation

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

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Gardner’s syndrome (subtype of FAP)

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Classic presentation

Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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Pompe’s disease (lysosomal alpha-1,4-glucosidase deficiency)

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Classic presentation

Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Wegener’s (c-ANCA +) and Goodpasture;s syndromes (anti-basement membrane antibodies)

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Classic presentation

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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Classic presentation

No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan’s syndrome (pituitary infarction)

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Classic presentation

Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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Multiple sclerosis

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Classic presentation

Oscilating slow/fast breathing

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

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Classic presentation

Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin disease (autoimmune hymolytic anemia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniase, infectious mononucleosis)

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Classic presentation

Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes

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Raynaud’s syndrome (vasospasm in extremities)

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Classic presentation

Painful, raised red lesions on palms and soles

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Osler’s node (infective endocarditis)

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Classic presentation

PainLESS erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis)

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Classic presentation

Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the Pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

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Classic presentation

Palpable purpura on butt/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain (child)

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Henoch-Schonlein purpura (IgA vasculitis affecting skin and kidneys)

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Classic presentation

Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN 1 (auto DOMINANT)

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Classic presentation

Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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“pink puffer” (emphysema: centrolobular [smoking], panacinar [alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency])

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Classic presentation

Polyuria, renal tubular acidosis type II, growth fa ilure,

electrolyte imbalances, hypophosphatem ic rickets

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Fanconi’s syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect)

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Classic presentation

Posistive anterior “drawer sign”

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Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury

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Classic presentation

Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner’s syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

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