Classic Presentations Flashcards
Classic Presentations
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
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Abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use
Clostridium difficile infection
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Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia (↓ LDL receptor signaling)
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Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
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Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion
IgA deficiency
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Anterior “drawer sign” ⊕
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury
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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation (upward), aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
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Athlete with polycythemia
2° to erythropoietin injection
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Back pain, fever, night sweats
Pott disease (vertebral TB)
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Bilateral acoustic schwannomas
Neurofibromatosis type 2
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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
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Black eschar on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis
Mucor or Rhizopus fungal infection
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Blue sclera
Osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)
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Bluish line on gingiva
Burton line (lead poisoning)
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Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget disease of bone (↑ osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity
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Bounding pulses, wide pulse pressure, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
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“Butterfly” facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in a young female
Systemic lupus erythematosus
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Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas
Neurofibromatosis type I
Classic Presentations
Cafe-au-lait spots (unilateral), polyostic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation
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Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne, due to X-linked recessive frameshift mutation of dystrophin gene)
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Cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rah, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctivae & tongue, hand-foot changes
Kawasaki disease (treat with IVIG and aspirin)
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“Cherry-red spots” on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Nieman-Pick (sphingomyelin accummulation), central retinal artery occlusion
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Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with minimal exertion or at rest)
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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)
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Chest pain with ST depressions on EKG
Unstable angina (⊝ troponins) or NSTEMI (⊕ troponins)
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Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Gower sign)
Classic Presentations
Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
Erythema infectiosum/fifth disease (“slapped cheeks” appearance, caused by Parvovirus B19
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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)
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Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications
Congenital toxoplasmosis
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Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle diseaes (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
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Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
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Conjugate horizontal gaze palsy; horizontal diplopia
Intrnuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; may be unilateral or bilateral)
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Continuous “machine-like” heart murmur
PDA (close with indomethacin; keep open with PGE analogs)
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Cutaneous/dermal edema to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves disease [pretibial]
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Cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm
Carcinoid syndrome (right-sided cardiac valvular lesions, ↑ 5-HIAA
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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS
Kaposi sarcoma (associated with HHV-8
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Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Diabetic ketoacidosis (Kussmaul respiration)
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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin [vitamin B3 deficiency])
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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine [vitamin B1] deficiency
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Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren syndrome (autimmune destruction of exocrine glands)
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Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)
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Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints, ↑ bleeding tendencies
Ehler-Danlos syndrome (type V collagen defect, type III collagen defect seen in vascular subtype)
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Enlarged, hard left suprclavicular node
Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)
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Episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss
Meniere disease
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Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells
Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or Sezary syndrome (mycosis fungoides + malignant T cells in blood)
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Facial muscle spasm on tapping
Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)
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Fat, female, forty, fertile
Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
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Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in endotoxin release)
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Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles