Classic Presentations Flashcards
abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (post-hepatic venous thrombosis)
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use
Clostridium difficile infection
Achiles tendon xanthoma
familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signaling)
adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
anaphylaxis following blood transfusion
IgA deficiency
anterior drawer sign +
anterior cruciate ligament injury
arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
athlete with polycythemia
secondary to Epo. injection
back pain, fever, night sweats
Pott disease (vertebral TB)
bilateral acoustic schwannomas
NF2
bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
sarcoidosis (non-caseating 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 (increase osteoblast and osteoclast activity)
bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
aortic regurgitation
butterfly facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in a young female
SLE
Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas
NF1, 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 pseudohyperftrophy
muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne, due to X-linked recessive frameshift mutation of dystrophin gene
cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctivae, red tongue
Kawasaki disease (treat with IVIG and aspirin)
“cherry red spots” on macula
Tay-Sachs disease ( ganglioside accumulation)
or
Niemann-Pick disease (sphingomyelin accumulation)
or
central retina occlusion
chest pain on exertion
Angina:
- at rest or with minimal exertion–>unstable
- with moderate exertion–>stable
chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, and persistent fever following MI
Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2-12 weeks after acute episode)
chest pain with ST depressions on EKG
unstable angina= troponins negative
NSTEMI= troponins positive
child uses arms to stand up from squat
Gowers sign (DMD)
child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
“slapped cheeks” (erythema infectiosum/fifth disease: parvovirus B19)
chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington’s disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)
chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications
congenital toxoplasmosis
chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigues, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen myoPhosphorylase 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; maintain or open with PGE analogs)
cutaneous dermal edema due to CT deposition
myxedema = hypothyroidism/Hashimotos’s thyroiditis
or
pretibial myxedema = hyperthyroidism/Grave’s disease
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/vitamin B3 deficiency)
dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
wet beriberi (thiamine/vitamin B1 deficiency)
dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren 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, increase bleeding tendency
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (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, hepatosmplenomegaly, atypical Tcells
Mycosis fungoides = cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
or
Sezary syndrome = mycosis fungoides + malignant Tcells in blood
facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat, female, forty, and fertile
cholelithiasis (gallstones)
fever, chills headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphylis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in endothoxin release)
fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
measles