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abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari syndrome

posthepatic venous thrombosis

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achilles tendon xanthoma

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familial hypercholesterolemia

decreased LDL-r signaling

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adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC

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waterhouse-freiderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)

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arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan’s syndrome (fibrillin defect)

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athlete w/ polycythemia

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2’ to erythropoietin injection

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back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss

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Pott’s disease (vertebral TB)

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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)

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blue sclera

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osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)

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bluish line on gingiva

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Burton’s line (lead poisoning)

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bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis

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Paget’s disease of bone

increase osteoblastic & 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’s phenomenon in a young female

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systemic lupus erythematosus

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Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)

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Neurofibromatosis type I

+ 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's):
XLR deletion of dystrophin
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“Cherry-red spot” on macula

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

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Chest pain on exertion

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Angina

stable: w/ moderate exertion
unstable: w/ minimal exertion

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

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Dressler’s syndrome

AI-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12wks 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: parvo B19

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chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington’s disease

autosomal-dominant CAG repeat expansion

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Chronic exercise intolerance w/ myalgia, fatigue, painful, cramps, myoglobinuria

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McArdle’s 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 ophthalmoplegia

damage to MLF; bilateral [multiple sclerosis], unilateral [stroke]

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continuous “machinery” heart murmur

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PDA
close w/ indomethacin;
open or maintain w/ misoprostol

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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

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Kaposi’s sarcoma

usually AIDS patients [MSM]: assoc w/ HHV-8

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Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul breathing 
(diabetic ketoacidosis)
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dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra

niacin [vit B3] deficiency

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dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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Wet beriberi
(thiamine [vit 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’s syndrome

AI 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 squamous cell CA

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Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

type III collagen defect

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Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow’s node

abdominal metastasis

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Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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Sezary syndrome (cutaneous T cell lymphoma)
or
mycosis fungoides

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Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek’s 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 Tx 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

morbillivirus

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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’s disease

connective tissue disorder

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Gout, mental retardation, self mutilating behavior in a boy

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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

XLR: HGPRT deficiency

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Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-Fleischer rings

copper accumulation from Wilson’s disease

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Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increases cancer risk, mainly GI

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Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms

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Gaucher’s disease

glucocerebrosidase deficiency

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hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome

mutation in alpha chain of collagen IV

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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 (1’ syphilis, Treponema pallidum)

painful, w/ exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus decreyi)

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

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Patau’s syndrome

trisomy 13