Classic Presentations Flashcards
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatosplenomegaly?
Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL signaling)
Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aoritic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan’s syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Athlete w/ polycythemia
2ndary to erythropoietin injection
Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott’s disease (vertebral TB)
B/l hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granuloma)
Blue sclera
Osteogenesis imperfecta (Type I collagen defect)
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton’s line (lead poisoning)
Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget’s disease of bone (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)
Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
“Butterfly” facial rash (malar rash), Raynaud’s phenomenon, young female
Systemic lupus erytematosus (SLE)
Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)
Neurofibromatosis type I (+pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas)
Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright Syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne’s): X-linked recessive deletion of dytrophin gene
“Cherry-red spot” on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal A. occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable: w/ moderate exertion; unstable: w/ minimal exertion)
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)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Gower’s sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)
Child w/ fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
“Slapped cheeks” (erythema infectiosum/5th disease: Parvovirus B19)
Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington’s disease (AD CAG repeat expansion)
Chronic exercise intolerance w/ myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle’s disease (M. glycogen phophorylase deficiency)
Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internucear opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; b/l [multiple sclerosis], unilateral [stroke])
Continuous “machinery” heart murmur
PDA (close w/ indomethacin; open or maintain w/ misoprostol)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Grave’s disease [pretibial])
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules
Kaposi’s sarcoma (usually AIDS pts [MSM]: associated w/ HHV-8)
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul breathing (diabetic ketoacidosis)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin [Vit B3] deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine [Vit B1] deficiency)
Dog/cat bites resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at innoculation site)
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren’s syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)
Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Type III collagen defect)
Enlarged, hard L. supraclavicular node
Virchow’s node (abdominal mets)
Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells
Sezary syndrome (cutanous T cell lymphoma) or mycosis fungoides
Facial M. spasm upon tapping
Chvostek’s sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat, female, forty, fertile
Cholelithiasis (gall stones)
Fever, chills, HA, myalgia following antibiotic Tx for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer rxn (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles (Morbillivirus)
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B Sx (staging) of lymphoma
Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis
Peyronie’s disease (connective tissue disorder)
Gout, mental retardation, self-mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X-linked recessive)
Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea
Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation in Wilson’s disease)
Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk, mainly GI)
Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoperosis, neurologic Sx
Gaucher’s disease (glucocerobrosidase deficiency)
Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts
Alport syndrome (mutation in alpha chain of collage IV)