Common Presentations Flashcards
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signaling)
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use
Clostridium difficile infection
Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
Arachnodactyly (abnormally long and slender digits), lens dislocation, aortic dissection,hyperflexible joints
Marfan’s syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion
IgA Deficiency
Positive “Anterior Drawer” Sign
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Athlete with polycythemia
2° to erythropoietin injection
Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott’s disease (vertebral tuberculosis)
Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
Bilateral acoustic schwannomas
Neurofibromatosis type 2
Blue sclera
Osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)
Black eschar on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis
Mucor or Rhizopus fungal infection
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton’s line (lead poisoning)
Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget’s disease ofbone (increased osteoblastic and 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 (unilateral), polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne’s): X-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene
“Cherry-red spot” on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occlusion
Cervical Lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctivae and tongue
Kawasaki Disease (treat with IVIG and aspirin)
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with minimal exertion)
Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dressler’s syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2-12 weeks after acute episode)
