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Classical Presentations Flashcards

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Chest pain on exertion

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Angina (moderate exertion: stable) (minimal exertion: unstable)

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Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistant fever following MI

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Dressler’s syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-2 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 with fever 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’s disease (AD CAG repeat expansion)

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

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McArdle’s disease (muscle glycogen phophorylase 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 with indomethacin; open with misoprostol)

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Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition

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Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Grave’s disease [pretibial])

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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules

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Kaposi’s sarcoma (usually AIDS patients [gay men]: associated with HHV-8)

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Deep, laboured breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul breathing (diabetic ketoacidosis)

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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra (niacin [vitamin B3] deficiency)

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, polyneuropathy

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Wet beriberi (thiamine [vitamin 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 (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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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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Erythrodema, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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Sezary syndrom (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, and fertile

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Acute cholelithiasis (bile duct blockage)

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Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (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 (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 behaviour in a boy

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Lesch-Nyan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, x-linked recessive)

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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 (genetic benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk)

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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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Hypercoagulability (leading to migrating DVTs and vasculitis)

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Trousseau’s syndrome (migratory thrombophlebitis)

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)

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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, positive Babinski sign

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UMN damage

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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis

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Conn’s syndrome

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Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy

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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 failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

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Infant with hypogycemia, failure to thrive, and hepatomegaly

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Cori’s disease (debranching enzyme deficiency)

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Infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, and structural heart defect

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Edward’s syndrome (trisomy 18)

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Keratin pearls on a skin biopsy

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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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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Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton’s disease (x-linked agammaglobulinemia)

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Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia (defect in platelet aggregation due to lack of GpIIb/IIIa)

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Multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/supernumeray teeth

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Gardner’s syndrome (subtype of FAP)

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Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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Pompe’s disease (lysosomal alpha-1, 4-glucosidase deficiency)

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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Wegener’s (c-ANCA positive) and Goodpasture’s syndromes (anti-basement membrane antibodies)

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Neonate with arm paralysis following difficult birth

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Erb-Duchenne palsy (superior trunk [C5-C6] brachial plexus injury: “waiter’s tip)

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No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan’s syndrome (pituitary infarction)

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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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Multiple sclerosis

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Oscillating slow/fast breathing

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations (central apnea in CHF or increased intracranial pressure)

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Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin disease (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, infectious mononucleosis)

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Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes

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Raynaud’s syndrome (vasospasm in extremities)

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Painful, raised red lesions on palms and soles

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Osler’s node (infective endocarditis)

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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis)

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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of he pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

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Palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain (child)

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Henoch-Schonlein purpura (IgA vasculitis affecting skin and kidneys)

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Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN 1 (AD)

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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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“Pink puffer” (emphysema: centroacinar [smoking], panacinar [alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency])

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Polyuria, acidosis, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances

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Fanconi’s syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect)

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Positive anterior “drawer sign”

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ACL injury

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Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner’s syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

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Pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

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Rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends (following GI/upper respiratory infection)

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Guillain-Barre syndrome (autoimmune acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy)

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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, Secondary syphilis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Recurrent colds, unusual eczema, high serum igE

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Hyper-IgE syndrome (Job’s syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)

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Red “current jelly” sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget’s disease of the breast (represents underlying neoplasm)

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Red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

72
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Renal cell carcinoma (bilateral), hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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von Hippel-Lindau disease (dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation)

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Resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability

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Parkinson’s disease (nigrostriatal dopamine depletion)

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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth’s spots (bacterial endocarditis)

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Severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

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Sever RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney’s sign (appendicitis)

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Short stature, increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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Fanconi’s anemia (genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair; often progresses to AML)

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Single palm crease

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Simian crease (Down’s syndrome)

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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener’s syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

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Skin hyperpigmentation

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Addison’s disease (Primary adrenocortical insufficiency causes increased ACTH and alpha-MSH production)

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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker’s muscular dystrophy (x-linked missense mutation in dystrophin; less severe than Duchenne’s)

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Small, irregular red spots on buccal/lingual mucosa with blue-white centers

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Koplik spots (measles; rubeola virus)

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Smooth, flat, moist white lesions on genitals

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Condylomata lata (Secondary syphilis)

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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

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“Strawberry tongue”

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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome

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Streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth

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Turner syndrome (45XO, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema)

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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

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Swollen gums, mucous bleeding, poor wound healing, spots on skin

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Scurvy (vitamin C deficiency: cant hydroxylase proline/lysine for collagen synthesis)

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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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Osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP [Bouchard’s nodes], DIP [Heberden’s nodes])

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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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Aortic valve stenosis

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Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A (AD ret mutation)

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Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B (AD ret mutation)

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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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Bell’s palsy (LMNCN VII palsy)

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Urethritis, conjuctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

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Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)

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Hemangioma (benign, but associated with Struge-Weber Syndrome)

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Vomiting blood following esophagogastric lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

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“Waxy” casts with very low urine flow

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Chronic end-stage renal disease

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WBC casts in urine

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Acute pyelonephritis

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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple’s disease (Tropheryma whippelii)

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“Worst headache of my life”

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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