Classic Presentations Flashcards
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use
C. diff infection
Achilles’ tendon xanthoma
Familial hyper cholesterolemia, (⬇️ 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 (upward), aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
athlete with polycythemia
Secondary to EPO injections
Back pain, fever, night sweat
Pott Disease (vertebral TB)
Bilateral acoustic schwannomas
Neurofibromatosis type 2
Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (non seating adenomas)
Black Escher on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis
Mucor or Rhizopus fungal infection
Blue sclera
Osteogenesis imperfecta (collagen type 1 defect)
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton line (lead poisoning)
Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget disease of bone (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)
Bounding pulses, wide pulse pressure, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
“Butterfly” facial rash, Raynaud phenomenon in a young female
SLE
Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris ha aromas), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas
Neurofibromatosis type 1
Cafe-au-lait spots (unilateral), polyostic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright Syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne, due to X-linked recessive frame shift mutation of dystrophin gene)
Cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctivae and tongue, hand-foot changes
Kawasaki disease (treat with IVIG and aspirin)
“Cherry red spots” on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable: with moderate exertion; unstable with minimal exertion or at rest)
Chest pain. Pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dresser syndrome (autoimmune mediated post-MI fibrin out pericarditis, 2 weeks to several months after acute episode)
Chest pain with ST depression on EKG
Unstable angina ( - troponin) or NSTEMI ( + troponin)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Gower sign)
Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
Erythema infectiosum/fifth disease (“slapped cheeks” appearance, caused by parvovirus B19)
Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)
Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications
Congenital toxoplasmosis
Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle’s disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internuclear opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; may be unilateral or bilateral)
Continuous “machine-like” murmur
PDA (close with indomethacin; keep open with PGE analogs)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue depostion
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves’ disease [pretibial])
Cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm
Carcinoid syndrome (right sided cardiac valvular lesions, increased 5-IHAA)
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS
Kaposi’s sarcoma, associated with HHV-8
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Diabetic ketoacidosis (Kussmaul respirations)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin [Vitamin B3] deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine B1 deficiency)
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren’s syndrome(autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)
Dysphasia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia,
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)
Elastic skin, hyper mobility of joints, increased bleeding tendency
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type 5 collagen defect, type 3 collagen defect seen in vascular subtype of ED)
Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)
Episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss
Meneiere disease
Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells
Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T cell lymphoma) or Sezary syndrome (mycosis fungoides + malignant T cells in blood)
Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat, female, fertile, forty
Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochete a results in endotoxins release)
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma