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Classic Presentations Flashcards

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Abdominal Pain, Ascites, Hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari Syndrome (Post hepatic venous thrombosis)

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Achilles Tendon Xanthoma

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Familial Hypercholesterolemia (Decreased LDL Receptor Signaling)

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Adrenal Hemorrhage, Hypotension, DIC

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome (meningococciemia)

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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan’s Syndrome (fibrillin defect)

Autosomal Dominant

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Athlete with polycythemia

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Secondary to erythropoietin 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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Blue Sclera

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (type I 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, arthritis

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

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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 a young female

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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Café-au-lait spots, lisch nodules (iris harmartomas)

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NF-1 (+pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas)

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Café-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities

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

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Calf-Pseudohypertrophy

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Muscular Dystrophy (most common Duschenne’s): X-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene

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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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Chest pain on exertion

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Angina (stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with 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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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 later 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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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington’s Disease (autosomal-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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Cold Intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral [MS], unilateral [Stroke])

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Continuous “Machine-like” heart murmur

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PDA (close with indomethacin; open or maintain with misoprostol)

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Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition

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Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves’ disease [pretibial])

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Dark Purple skin/mouth nodules

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Kaposi’s sarcoma (usually AIDS patients. Associated with HHV-8)

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Deep, Labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul Breathing (DKA)

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Dermatitis, dementia, death

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Pellagra (niacin [Vit B3] deficiency)

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Dilated Cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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Wet Beriberi (Thiamine [Vit B1] deficiency)

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Dog or cat bite resulting in infection

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Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)

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Dry eye, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjögren’s syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)

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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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Elastic Skin, hypermobility of joins

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type III collagen defect)

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Enlarged hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow’s node (abdominal metastasis)

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Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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Sézary syndrome (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or Mycosis fungoides

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Facial Muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek’s sign (hypocalcemia)

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Fat, Female, Forty, Fertile

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Cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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

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Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction (Rapid lysis of spirchetes results in toxin release)

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Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles

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Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma

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Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis

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Peyronie’s Disease (connective tissue disorder)

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Gout, mental retardation, self-mutilation behavior in boys

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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency)

X-linked Recessive

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Green-Yellow rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation from wilson’s disease)

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Hamartomatous GI Polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth, hands and feet

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Peutz-jeghers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk)

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Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms

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Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in alpha-chain of collagen IV)

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Klüver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)

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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, babinski sign present

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UMN lesion

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Hypotonia, hyporeflexia, atrophy, fasciculations

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LMN Lesion

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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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“Blue Bloater” (chronic bronchitis: hyperplasia of mucous cells)

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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Nonpainful: chancre (primary syphilis, Treponema Pallidum)

Painful, with exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

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

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Patau’s syndrome (trisomy 13)

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Infant with failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, and neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

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Infant with hypoglycemia, failure to thrive and hepatomegaly

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Cori’s Disease (debranching enzyme deficiency)

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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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Juandice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier’s Sign (distal obstruction of the biliary tree)

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Large rash with a bullseye appearance

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Erythema chronicum migrans from Ixodes tick bite (Lyme Disease)

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Lucid interval following traumatic brain injury

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Epidural Hematoma (middle meningeal artery)

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Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton’s Disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia

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Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzmann’s Thrombastenia (defect in platelet aggregation due to lack of GpIIb/IIIa)

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Muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension

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Beck’s triad of cardiac tamponade

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

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Gardner’s Syndrome (subtype of FAP)

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Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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Pompe’s disease (lyososmal a-1,4-glucosidase deficiency)

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Neonate with are 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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No lactation postpardum, absent menstration, cold intolerance

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Sheehan’s syndrome (pituitary infarction)

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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear opthalmoplegia

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Multiple sclerosis

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Oscillating slow/fast breathing

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Cheyne-stokes respirations (central apnea in CHF or increased intracranial pressure)

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Painful blue finger/toes, hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin disease (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, infectious monucleoisis)

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Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes

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Raynaud’s phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

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Painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers/toes

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Osler’s node (infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition)

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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infectious endocarditis, septic emboli/microabscesses)

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Painless jaundice

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Carcer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

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

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

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Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN1 (autosomal dominant)

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Periorbital and/or periperal edema, proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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Nephrotic syndrome

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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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“pink puffer” (emphysema: centriacinar [smoking], panacinar [a1-antitrypsin deficiency])

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Polyuria, renal tubular acidosis type II, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances, hypophosphatemic rickets

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Falconi’s syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect)

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Positive anterior drawer sign

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ACL injury

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Pruritic, purple, polygonal planar papules and plaques

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Lichen planus

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ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner’s syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

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Pupil accommodates but does not react

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Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphillis)

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Rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends following GI/upper respiratory infection

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Guillain-Barré syndrome (acute autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy)

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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, secondary syphilis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Recurrent colds, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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Hyper-IgE syndrome (Job’s syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)

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Red “currant jelly” sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Red “currant jelly” stool

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Acute mesenteric ischemia (adults), intussusception (infants)

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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget’s disease of the breast (represent underlying neoplasm)

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Red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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Renal cell carcinoma (bilateral), hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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

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Resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability

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Parkinson’s disease (nigrostriatal dopamine depletion)

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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth’s spots (bacterial endocarditis)

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Severe jaundice in neonates

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Crigler-Nijjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

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Severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

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Rovsing’s sign (acute appendicitis)

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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBerney’s Sign (appendicitis)

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Short stature, increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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Fanconi’s anemia (genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair; often progresses to AML)

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Single palmar crease

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Simian crease (down syndrome)

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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener’s syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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Addison’s disease (primary adrenocortical insufficiency causes increased ACTH and increased a-MSH production)

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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker’s muscular dystrophy (X-linked missense mutation in dystrophin; less severe than Duchenne’s)

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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)

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Smooth, flat, moist, painless white lesions on genitals

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condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

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splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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bacterial endocarditis

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“strawberry tongue”

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Scarlet fever, kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome

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Streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema

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Turner Syndrome (45, XO)

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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

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swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, spots on skin

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Scurvy (vit C deficiency: can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis)

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