Classic Pt Present Flashcards
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd Chiari Syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
Achilles Tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia ( low LDL receptor signaling)
Adrenal Hemorrhage, Hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome (Meningococcemia)
Arachnodactyly, lens discolation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan’s Syndrome (Fibrillin defect)
Athlete w/ polycythemia
Secondary to erythropoietin injection
Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott’s Disease (TB in vertebrae)
B/L Hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (Noncaseating granuloma)
Blue Sclera
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Type 1 collagen defect)
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton’s line (Lead poisoning)
Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget’s Disease (inc. osteoblast/clast activity)
Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic Regurgitation
Butterfuly (malar) rash and Raynaud’s phenom in young female
SLE
Cafe-au-alit spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)
Neurofibromatosis type I (+ pheochromocytoma, optic glioma)
Calf pseudohypertophy
Muscular Dystrophy (MC Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy); x-linked recessive deletion of Dystrophin gene
“Cherry-red spot” on macula
Tay-Sach’s (Ganglioside accumulations) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (Stable, unstable)
Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever FOLLOWING MI
Dressler’s Syndrome (autoimmune mediated post MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12 wks post acut MI)
Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnorms
McCune-Alrbright Syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
Child uses arms to stand up from squatting
Gower’s Sign (Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy)
Child w/ fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
“Slapped cheeks” (erythema infectiosum/fifth disease; parvovirus B19)
Chorea, Dementia, Caudate degeneration
Hungtington’s Disease (auto-dominant CAG repeat expansion)
Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle’s Disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
Cold Intolerance
Hyothyrodism
Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internuclear opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral [multiple sclerosis], Unilateral [Stoke])
Continuous “machinery” heart murmur
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (close w/ Indomethacin; open or maintain w/ Misoprostol)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Grave’s disease [pretibial])
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules
Kaposi’s Sarcoma (AIDS pts [MSM]: associated w/ HHV-8)
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul breathing (diabetic ketoacidosis)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin [vit B3] deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine [vit B1] deficiency)
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren’s Syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)
Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal sq cell carcinoma)
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (type III collagen defect)
Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow’s nodule (Abdominal metastasis)
Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, 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, mylagia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)
Fever, cough, conjunctivits, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles (Morbillivirus)
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma
Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis
Peyronie’s disease (CT disorder)
Gout, mental retardation, self-mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X-linked recessive)
Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea
Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper build up from Wilson’s Disease)
Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands
Peutz-Jeghers 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 in alpha chain of collagen IV)
Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility
Kluver Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)