Classic presentations Flashcards
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia (from decr LCL receptor signaling)
Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joines
Marfans (fibrillin defect)
Athlete w/ polycythemia
Doping! (secondary to epo injection)
Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott’s disease (vertebral Tb)
Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
Blue sclera
OI (type 1 collagen defect)
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton’s line (lead poisoning)
Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget’s disease of bone (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)
Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurg
Malar (butterfly) facial rash and Raynaud’s phenomenon in a young woman
SLE
Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (+ pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas)
Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy (most commonly DMD); X-linked recessive deletion of the dystrophin gene
Cherry-red spots on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation); central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Stable angina
Chest pain with very minimal exertion or at rest
Unstable angina
Chest pain, pericardial efftuion/friction rub, persistent fever all following MI (>1 wk)
Dressler’s syndrome (AI-medited post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, tends to happen 1-12 weeks post-MI)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat.
Gower’s sign (Duchenne MD)
Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
“Slapped cheeks” (erythema infectious/fifth disease: parvovirus B19)
Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington’s disease (AD CAG repeat expansion (TNR))
Chronic exercise intolerance w/ myalgia, fatiguem painful cramps, myoglobulinuria
McArdle’s disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral [multiple sclerosis], unilateral [stroke])
Continuous machinery heart murmur
PDA (close with indomethacin; keep open with PGE2)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to CT deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Grave’s disease [pretibial])
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules
Kaposi’s sarcoma (usually AIDS patients [MSM]; assoc w/ HHV-8)
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul breathing (DKA)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin/B3 deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism, or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine/B1 deficiency)
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasturella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogrens syndrome (AI disease of exocrine glands)
Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress–> esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type 3 collagen defect)
Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow’s node (abdominal metastasis)
Erythroderma, lymphadonopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells
Sezary syndrome (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or mycosis fungoides
Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek’s sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat, female, forty, and fertile
Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles (Morbillivirus)
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma
Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis
Peyronies disease (CT disorder)
Gout, mental retardation, selt-mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X-linked recessive)
Green yellow rings around peripheral cornea
Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation from Wilson’s disease)
Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands
Peutz-Jegher’s syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk, mainly GI)
Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms
Gaucher’s disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)
Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts
Alport syndrome (mutation of alpha chain of collagen IV)