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abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)

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abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use

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Clostridium difficile infection

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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 (meningococcemia)

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anaphylaxis following blood transfusion

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IgA deficiency

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anterior “drawer sign” positive

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anterior cruciate ligament injury

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arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)

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athlete w/ polycythemia

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secondary to EPO injection

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back pain, fever, night sweats

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Pott dz (vertebral TB)

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b/l acoustic schwannomas

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neurofibromatosis type II

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b/l hilar lymphadenopathy, uveitis

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sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)

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black eschar on face of pt w/ DKA

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Mucor or Rhizopus fungal infection

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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 line (lead poisoning)

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bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis

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Paget dz 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 phenomenon in a young female

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SLE

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cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas

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neurofibromatosis type I, pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas

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cafe-au-lait spots (u/l), 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 commonly Duchenne, d/t XR frameshift mutation of dystrophin gene)

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cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctivae and tongue

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Kawasaki dz (tx w/ IVIG and ASA)

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“cherry-red spots” on macula

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Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation), Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), or central retinal artery occlusion

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chest pain on exertion

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angina (stable: w/ moderate exertion; unstable: w/ minimal exertion or at rest)

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chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI

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Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2-12 weeks after acute episode)

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chest pain w/ ST depressions on EKG

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unstable angina (troponins -) or NSTEMI (troponins +)

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child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Gowers sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)

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chorea, dementa, caudate degeneration

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Huntington dz (AD CAG repeat expansion)

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chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications

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congenital toxoplasmosis

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chronic exercise intolerance w/ myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria

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McArdle dz (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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30
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cold intolerance

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hypothyroidism

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conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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internuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; may be u/l or b/l)

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32
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continuous “machine-like” heart murmur

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PDA (close w/ indomethacin; open or maintain w/ PGE analogs)

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cutaneous/dermal edema d/t connective tissue deposition

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myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves dz [pretibial])

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34
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cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm

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carcinoid syndrome (R-sided cardiac valvular lesions, increased 5-HIAA)

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dark purple skin/mouth nodules in pt w/ AIDS

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Kaposi sarcoma, associated w/ HHV-8

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deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul respirations (DKA)

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dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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pellagra (niacin [vB3] deficiency)

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dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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wet beriberi (thiamine [vB1] 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 eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjogren 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 SCC)

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elastic skin, hypermobility of joints, increased bleeding tendency

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type V collagen defect, type III collagen defect seen in vascular subtype of ED)

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enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)

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episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss

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Meniere dz

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Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T cell lymphoma) or Sezary syndrome (mycosis fungoides + malignant T cells in blood)

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facial muscle spasms upon tapping

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Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)

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fat, female, forty, fertile, flatulent

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cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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fever, chills, HA, myalgia following antibiotic tx for syphilis

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Jarish-Herxheimer reaciton (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in endotoxin release)

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fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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measles

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50
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fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B sx (staging) of lymphoma

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fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis w/ abnormal curvature

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Peyronie dz (connective tissue disorder)

52
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golden brown rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation from Wilson dz)

53
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gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in a boy

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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, XR)

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hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands/genitalia

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

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HSM, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, aseptic necrosis of femur, bone crises

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Gaucher dz (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in collagen IV)

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hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (b/l amygdala lesion)

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hyperreflexia, hypertonia, Babinski sign present

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UMN damage

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hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasciculations

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LMN damage

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hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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“blue bloater” (chronic bronchitis: hyperplasia of mucous cells)

61
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indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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nonpainful: chancre (primary syphilis, Treponema pallidum); painful, w/ exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

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infant w/ “cherry red” spot on macula, HSM, and neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick dz (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

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infant w/ cleft lip/palate, microcephaly or holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, cutis aplasia

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Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)

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infant w/ hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly

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Cori dz (debranching enzyme deficiency) or von Gierke dz (glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency, more severe)

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infant w/ microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, and structural heart defect

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Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)

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jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier sign (distal obstruction of biliary tree)

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large rash w/ bull’s-eye appearance

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erythema chronicum migrans from Ixodes tick bite (Lyme dz: Borrelia burgdorferi)

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lucid interval after TBI

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epidural hematoma (MMA rupture)

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male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton dz (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)

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mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzmann thrombasthenia (defect in platelet aggregation d/t lack of GpIIb/IIIa)

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muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension

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Beck triad of cardiac tamponade

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

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Gardner syndrome (subtype of FAP)

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myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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Pompe dz (lysosomal alpha-1,4-glucosidase deficiency)

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neonate w/ arm 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 postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan syndrome (pituitary infarction)

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nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, b/l internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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Charcot triad of MS

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painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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cold agglutinin dz (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, infectious mononucleosis, CLL)

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painful fingers/toes changing color from blue to white to red w/ cold or stress

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Raynaud phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

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painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers/toes

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Osler nodes (infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition)

80
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painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/microabscesses)

81
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painless jaundice

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cancer 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-Schonlein purpura (IgA vasculitis affecting skin and kidneys)

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pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN 1 (AD)

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periorbital and/or peripheral 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 [alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency])

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

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Fanconi syndrome (multiple combined dysfunction of the PCT)

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pruritic, purple, polygonal planar papules and plaques (6 Ps)

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lichen planus

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ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

89
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pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

90
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rapidly progressive limb weakness that ascends following GI/upper respiratory infection

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Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy subtype)

91
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rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, secondary syphilis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Kawasaki dz

92
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recurrent cold (noninflamed) abscesses, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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hyper-IgE syndrome (Job syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)

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red “currant jelly” sputum in alcoholic or diabetic pts

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Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia

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red “currant jelly” stools

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acute mesenteric ischemia (adults, intussusception (children)

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red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget dz of breast (sign of underlying neoplasm)

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red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

97
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renal cell carcinoma (b/l), hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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

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resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability, shuffling gait

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Parkinson dz (loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta)

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retinal hemorrhages w/ pale centers

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Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)

100
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severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

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severe RLQ pain w/ palpation of LLQ

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Rovsing sign (acute appendicitis)

102
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severe RLQ pain w/ rebound tenderness

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McBurney sign (acute appendicitis)

103
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short stature, cafe-au-lait spots, thumb/radial defects, increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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

104
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single palmar crease

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Down syndrome

105
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situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

106
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skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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primary adrenocortical insufficiency (eg, Addison dz) causes increased ACTH and increased alpha-MSH production

107
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slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker muscular dystrophy (XR mutation in dystrophin; less severe than Duchenne)

108
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small, irregular red spots on buccal/lingual mucosa w/ blue-white centers

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Koplik spots (measles; rubeola virus)

109
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smooth, moist, painless, wart-like white lesions on genitals

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condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

110
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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 dz

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streak ovaries, congenital heart dz, 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)

114
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swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechiae

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scurvy (vC deficiency; can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis)

115
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swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP [Bouchard nodes], DIP [Heberden nodes])

116
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systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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aortic stenosis

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telangiectasias, recurrent epistaxis, skin discoloration, arteriovenous malformations, GI bleeding, hematuria

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Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome

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thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A (AD RET mutation)

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thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B (AD RET mutation)

120
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toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

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u/l facial drooping involving forehead

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LMN facial nerve (CN VII) palsy; UMN lesions spare forehead

122
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urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male

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reactive arthritis associated w/ HLA-B27

123
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vascular birthmark (port-wine stain) of the face

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nevus flammeus (benign, but associated w/ Sturge-Weber syndrome)

124
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vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic pts)

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weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple dz (Tropheryma whipplei)

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“worst headache of my life”

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