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Classic Presentations A--L Flashcards

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Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari Syndrome (posthepatic veinous thrombosis)

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Achilles tendon xanthoma

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Familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signaling)

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Anterior “drawer” sign

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ACL 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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2/2 EPO injection

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Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss

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Pott disease (vertebral TB)

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Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, uveitis

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sarcoidosis (non caseating granulomas)

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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 (incr 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)

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NF Type 1 (+pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas)

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Cafe-au-lait spots, 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): x-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene

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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)

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

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Dressler syndrome (auto-immune mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12 weeks after acute episode)

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Child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Gower’s sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)

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

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“slapped cheeks” (erythema infectiosum/5th disease; parvovirus B19)

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)

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

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McArdle disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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cold intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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Internuclear opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral– multiple sclerosis, unilateral–stroke)

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continuous “machine-like” heart murmur

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PDA (close with indomethacin; keep open with misoprostol–PGE2)

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Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition

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Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves disease-pretibial myxedema)

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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a 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 (DKA)

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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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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 squamous cell carcinoma)

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Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints

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Ehler-Danlos syndrome (Type 3 collage defect)

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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 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 rxn (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)

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Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, 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

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Peyronie disease (connective tissue disorder)

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Gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in boy

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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X-linked recessive)

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Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-Fleischer rings (Cu accumulation from Wilson disease)

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Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands

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

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Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms

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Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in collagen 4)

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral 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)

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

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Patau Syndrome (trisomy 13)–decreased bHCG, decr PAPP-A, increased nuchal translucency

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Infant with failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, and neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

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Infant with hypoglycemia, failure to thrive, and hepatomegaly

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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, structural heart defects

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Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)–decreased PAPPA and free BhCG; quad screen: pan decreased AFP/bHCG/estriol/inhibin; inhibin can be normal

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Jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier sign (distal obstruction of biliary tree)–indicative of non-gallstone pathology: pancreatic cancer, gallbladder cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, etc

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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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