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abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome
posthepatic venous thrombosis
achilles tendon xanthoma
familial hypercholesterolemia
decreased LDL-r signaling
adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
waterhouse-freiderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan’s syndrome (fibrillin defect)
athlete w/ polycythemia
2’ to erythropoietin injection
back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott’s disease (vertebral TB)
Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
blue sclera
osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)
bluish line on gingiva
Burton’s line (lead poisoning)
bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget’s disease of bone
increase osteoblastic & osteoclastic activity
bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
aortic regurgitation
“Butterfly” facial rash and Raynaud’s phenomenon in a young female
systemic lupus erythematosus
Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)
Neurofibromatosis type I
+ 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 Duchenne's): XLR deletion of dystrophin
“Cherry-red spot” on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation)
or
Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation),
central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina
stable: w/ moderate exertion
unstable: w/ minimal exertion
chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dressler’s syndrome
AI-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12wks after acute episode
child uses arms to stand up from squat
Gower’s sign
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Child w/ fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
“Slapped cheeks”
erythema infectiosum/5th disease: parvo B19
chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington’s disease
autosomal-dominant CAG repeat expansion