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abdominal pain, ascites hepatosplenomegaly

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budd-chiari

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abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use

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clostridium dificile

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achilles tendon xanthoma

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familial hypercholesterolemia

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adrenal hemmorrhage, 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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arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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marfan syndrome

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back pain, fever, night sweats

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vertebral TB (Potts)

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bilateral acoustic schawnomas,

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NF2, chrom 22

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black eschar on face of patient with 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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lead poisioning, (burton line)

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bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis

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paget disease of bone (increase osteoclastic first then osteoblastic activity)

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bounding pulses, wide pulse pressure, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

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Aortic regurgitation

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butterfly facial rash, raynaud’s in young women

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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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NF1 chrom 17

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Cafe au lait spots (unilateral), polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endorine 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 common=Duchenne, due to X-linked, recessive frameshift mutation of dystrophin

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cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctive and tongue, hand/foot changes

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Kawasaki (txt with IVIG and aspirin)

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Cherry red spots on macula

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Tay- Sachs: ganglioside accumulation
Niemann Pick: sphingomyelin accumulation
central retinal artery occlusion

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chest pain on exertion

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angina

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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 weeks to several months post MI

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child uses arm to stand up from squat

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duchenne muscular dystropher (gower sign)

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child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body

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Parvovirus B19, (erythema infectiosum)

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chorea, dementia, caudate degradation

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Huntington disea

AD, CAG repeat

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chorioretinitis, hypocephalus, intracranial calcification

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congenital toxoplasmosis

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chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria

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McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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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 ophthalmolplegia (damage to MLF)

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cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm

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Carcinoid syndrome (right sided cardiac valvular lesions, increase 5-HiAA)

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dark purple skin/mouth nodules in pateint with AIDS

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Kaposi Sarcoma, HHV-8

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deep labored breathing/hyperventilation

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DKA, (kussmal respirations)

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dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea,

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niacin, vitamin B3 deficiency

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dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism, malnutrition

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wet beriberi (thiamine, (B1) deficiency)

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dog or cat bite resulting in infection

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pastuerella multocida

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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, glossitis, iron deficiency anemia

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plummer-vinson syndrome (may progress to SCC or esophagus)

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enlarged hard left supraclavicular node

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virchow node (abdominal metastasis)

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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 the blood

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facial muscles spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek sign in hypocalcemia

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fat, female, forty and fertile

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cholelithiasis

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fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (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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golden brown rings in peripheral cornea

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wilson disease (kayser-fleischer rings due to copper accumulation)

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gout, intellectual disability, self mutilating behavior in a boy

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lesch-nyhan (HGPRT deficiency), X-linked recessive

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

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

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hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, aseptic necrosis of femoral head, bone crises

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gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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hereditary nephritis, sensorinerual hearing loss

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alport syndrome (collage IV mutation)

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hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy; bilateral amygdala lesion

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hyperreflexia, hypertonia, Babinski sign

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UMN

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hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasiculations

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LMN

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hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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chronic bronchitis

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indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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non painful: primary syphilis

painful, with exudate: chancroid

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

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trisomy 13 (Patau)

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infant with hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly

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core disease (debranching enzyme deficiency) or Von Gierke disease (glucose 6 phosphatase deficiency, more severe)

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

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trisomy 18 (edwards)

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jaundice palpable distended, non tender gallbladder

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courvoisier sign: distal malignant obstruction of biliary tree

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large rash with bull’s eye appearance

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erythema chronicum migrans from ixodes tick: Borrelia

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lucid interval after traumatic brain injury

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epidural hematoma

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male child recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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X-linked agammaglobulinemia (bruton disease)

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mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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glanzmann thrombasthenia (defect in platelet aggregation due to lack of GpIIb/IIIa

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muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotensison

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beck triad of cardiac tamponade

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multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted supernummerary 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 disease (lysosomal a-1,4 glucosidase deficiency

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neonate with arm paralysis following birth

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erb-duchenne palsy (C5-C6)

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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, bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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Multiple sclerosis

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painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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cold agglutitnin disease ( autoimmune, hemolytic anemia cuased by mycoplasma pneumoniae, infectious mononucleosis, CLL)

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

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Raynaud phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

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painful, raised red lesions on pads or fingers/toes

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osler nodes (infective endocarditis, IC depostition)

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painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/microabsecesses)

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painless jaundice

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cancer fo the pancreatic head obstruction bile duct

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palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain, hematuria

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HSP (IgA vasculitis affectin skin and kidneys)

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pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN 1

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periorbital and peripheral edema, protenuria, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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nephrotic syndrome

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pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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emphysema

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

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fanconi syndrome (multiple compbined dysfunction of PCT)

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pruritic, purple, polygonal planar papules

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Lichen planus

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ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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horner syndrome

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pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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neurosyphilis (argyll robertson pupil)

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rapidly progressive limb weakness that ascends following GI/URI

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Guillain-Barre (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy subtype)

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rash on palms and soles

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Coxackie A, secondary syphilis, Rocky mountain spotted fever

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recurrent cold abscesses, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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hyper-IgE, neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality

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red currant jelly sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients

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Kelbsiella pneumonia

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red currant jelly stools

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acute mesenteric ischemia, intussusception

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red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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paget disease of the breast (sign of underlying neoplasm)

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red urine in the morning, fragile RBCS

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paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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RCC, hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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Von-hippel-lindau disease (dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation)

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

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parkinson disease (loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta)

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retinal hemorrhage with pale centers

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Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)

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sever jaundice in neonate

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crigler-najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

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severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

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rovsing sign (acute appendicitis)

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sever RLQ pain with deep tenderness

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McBurney sign (acute appendicitis)

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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)

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single palmar crease

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down syndrome

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situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis

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kartagener syndrome (dyenin arm defect affecting cilia)

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skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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primary adrenocortical insufficiency causes increased ACTH and increased MSH

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slwo progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker muscle dystrophy (x-linked missense mutation in dystrophin, less sever than duchenne)

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

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koplik spots (measles (rubeola) virus)

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smotth moist painless, wart-like white lesions on genitals

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condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

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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 disease

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streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema

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turner syndrome

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sudden swollen/painful big toe joint tophi

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gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

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swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing

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scurvy, vit C definciency, can’t hydroxylate prolin/lysine for collagen synthesis

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swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP, DIP)

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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

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thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B

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toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN)

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unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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LMN facial nerve (CNVII) palsy; UMN lesions spare the forehead

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urethritis, conjuncitivitis, arthritis in male

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reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

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vascular birthmark (port-wine stain) of the face

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nevus flammeus (benign, but associated with Sturge-weber)

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vomiting blood follwing gastroesophageal lacerations

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mallory-weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

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weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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whipple disease (tropheryma whipplei)

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worst headache of my life

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subarachnoid hemorrhage