Classic Presentations Flashcards
Abdominal pain
Ascites
Hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome
posthepatic venous thrombosis
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea
Leukocytosis
Recent antibiotic use
Clostridium difficile infection
Achilles 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 (upward)
Aortic dissection
Hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Athlete with polycythemia
Secondary to erythropoietin injection
Back pain
Fever
Night sweats
Pott disease
vertebral TB
Bilateral acoustic schwannomas
Neurofibromatosis type 2
Bilateral hilar adenopathy
Uveitis
Sarcoidosis
noncaseating 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 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
Systemic lupus erythematous
Café-au-lait spots Lisch nodules (iris hemartoma) Cutaneous neurofibromas Pheochromocytomas Optic gliomas
Neurofibromatosis type 1
Café-au-lait spots (unilateral)
Polyostotic 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 frameshift mutation of dystrophin gene
Cervical lymphadenopathy Desquamating rash Coronary aneurysm 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) or
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
Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2 weeks to several months after acute episode)
Chest pain with ST depression on EKG
Unstable angina (- troponins) or NSTEMI (+ troponins)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Gowers 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 disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase 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; keep open with PGE analogs)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves disease [pretibial])
Cutaneous flushing
Diarrhea
Bronchospasm
Carcinoid syndrome (right-sided cardiac valvular lesions, increase 5-HIAA)
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS
Kaposi 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 [vitamin B1] deficency)
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
Dry eyes
Dry mouth
Arthritis
Sjögren 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
Increased bleeding tendency
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type V collagen defect, type III collagen defect seen in vascular subtype of ED)
Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)
Episodic vertigo
Tinnitus
Hearing loss
Meniere disease
Erythroderma
Lymphadenopathy
Hepatosplenomegaly
Atypical T cells
Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or Sézary syndrome (mycosis fungoides + malignant T cells in blood)
Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat
Female
Forty
Fertile
Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
Fever
Chills
Headache
Myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in endotoxin release)
Fever Cough Conjunctivitis Coryza Diffuse rash
Measles