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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 (decrease 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”

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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 with polycythemia

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Secondary to EPO injection

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Back pain, fever, night sweats

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Pott Disease (vertebral TB)

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Bilateral acoustic schwnomas

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NF2

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Bilateral Hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)

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Black eschar on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis

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Mucor or Rhizopus fungal infection

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Blue Sclera

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (type 1 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 Disease of bone (increase osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)

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Bounding pulses, diastolic murmur, head bobbing

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Aortic Regurgitation

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“Butterfly” facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in young female

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SLE

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Café-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas

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NF1, pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas

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Café-au-lait spots (unilateral), polyostic 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, due to X-linked recessive frameshift mutation of dystrophin gene)

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

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Kawasaki Disease (treat with IVIG and aspirin)

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“Cherry red spots” on macula

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

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Chest pain on exertion

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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

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

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Chest pain with ST depressions on EKG

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Unstable angina (troponins -ve) or NSTEMI (troponins +ve)

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Child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Gowers sign (Duchenne muscle dystrophy)

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

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“Slapped cheeks” (erythema infectious/fifth disease: parvoB19)

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington Disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)

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Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications

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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 opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; may be unilateral or bilateral

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Continuous “machine-like” murmur

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PDA (close with indomethacin; open or maintain with PGE analogs)

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Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition

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Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves’ disease [pretibial])

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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 patient with AIDS

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Kaposi sarcoma, associated with HHV-8

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Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul respirations (diabetic ketoacidosis)

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Dermatitis, Dementia, Diarrhea

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Pellagra (niacin B3 deficiency)

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or 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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Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)

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Dry eyes, Dry mouth arthritis

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Sjögren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)

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Dysphasia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia

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Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)

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Elastic skin, hyper mobility of joint, increase 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 Disease

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Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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

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Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)

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Fat, female, forty, fertile

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Cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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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 endotoxins release)

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Fever, conjunctivitis, cough, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles

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Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma

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Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis with abnormal curvature

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Peyronie disease (connective tissue disorder)

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Golden brown rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-fleischer rings (copper accumulation from Wilson Disease)

54
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Gout, intellectual disability, self mutilating behavior in a boy

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Leach-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, XR)

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Hamartomatoue 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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Hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, aseptic necrosis of femur, bone crises

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Gaucher Disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport Disease (mutation in collagen IV)

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Klüver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)

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Hyperreflexia, hypertonic, Babinski sign present

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UMN damage

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Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasiculations

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LMN damage

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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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“Blue bloaters” (chronic bronchitis: hyperplasia of mucus cells)

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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Nonpainful: chancre (primary syphilis, treponema pallidum)

Painful, with exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

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Infant with “cherry red” spot on macula, hepatosplenomegaly, and neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick Disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

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Infant with cleft lip/palate, microcephaly or holoproencephaly, polydactyl, cutis aplasia

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Trisomy 13 Patau Syndrome

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Infant with hypoglycemia, hpatomegaly

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Cori 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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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 with bull’s eye appearance

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Erythema chronicum migrans from Ixodes tick bite (Lyme Disease: Borrelia)

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Lucid interval after traumatic brain injury

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Epidural hematoma (middle meningeal artery rupture)

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Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton Disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)

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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 sound, distended neck veins, hypotension

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Beck triad of cardiac tamponde

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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 Disease (lysosomal a-1,4-glucosidase deficiency)

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Neonate with 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, bilateral internuclear opthalmoplegia

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Painful blue finger/toes, hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin Disease (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused my 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 phenomenom (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)

81
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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Jane way lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/ micro abscesses)

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Painless Jaundice

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Cancer of 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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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 [a1-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 plantar papules and plaques

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Lichen planus

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Ptosis, anhidrosis, miosis

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Horner syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

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Pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

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Rapidly progressive limb weakness that ascends following GI/upper respiratory infection

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Guillain-Barré syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy subtype)

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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, secondary syphilis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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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 patients

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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 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

98
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Renal cell carcinoma (bilateral), 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 hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)

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Severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

102
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Severe RLQ pain with palpating of LLQ

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Rovsing sign (acute appendicitis)

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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney sign (acute appendicitis)

104
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Short stature, café au lait spots, thumb/radial defects, increase incidence of tumors/Leukemia, aplastic anemia

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

105
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Single palmar crease

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Down Syndrome

106
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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

107
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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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Primary adrenocortical insufficiency (e.g., Addison Disease) causes increased ACTH and alpha-MSH production)

108
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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker muscular dystrophy (X-linked missense mutation in dystrophin; less severe than Duchenne)

109
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Small, irregular red spots on buccaneers/lingual mucosa with blue-white centers

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Koplik spots (measles; rubeola virus)

110
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Smooth, moist, painless, wart-like white lesions on genitals

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Condylomata Alta (secondary syphilis)

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Splinter hemorrhage in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

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Strawberry tongue

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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki Disease

113
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Streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth, short stature,webbed neck, lymphedema

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Turner syndrome (45, XO)

114
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Sudden swollen/ painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

115
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Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechiae

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Scurvy (vitamin C deficiency: can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis)

116
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Swollen, hard,painful finger joints

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Osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP (Bouchard nodes), DIPn(Heberden nodes) )

117
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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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Aortic stenosis

118
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Telangiectasias, recurrent epistaxis, skin discoloration, ateriovenous 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)

120
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Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B (AD RET mutation)

121
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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

122
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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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LMN facial nerve (CN 7) palsy; UMN lesions spare the forehead

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

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Nevus flammeus (benign, but associated with sturge-Weber syndrome)

124
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Vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and Bulimic patients)

125
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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipped Disease (tropheryma whipplei)

126
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Worst headache of my life

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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