Eponymous Flashcards

1
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Spinal cord hemisection.

Contralateral loss of pain/temp/fine touch.

Ipsilateral motor loss.

A

Brown Sequard

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2
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Rheumatoid arthritis Splenomegaly

Neutropenia

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Felty’s Syndrome

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3
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Spinning sensation.

Increased volume of endolymph.

Unilateral tinnitus.

Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss

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Meniere’s Disease

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4
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Fluid from knee effusion forms popliteal cyst.

Rupture leads to compartment syndrome.

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Baker’s Cyst

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5
Q

Systemic vasculitis associated with HLA- B51.

Recurrent oral/genital ulceration.

Ocular inflammation.

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Bechet’s Disease

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6
Q

Smoking-related.

Inflammation of veins, nerves and middle- sized arteries leads to thrombosis leads to gangrene.

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Buerger’s Disease

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7
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Rheumatoid arthritis, pneumoconiosis and lung nodules on CXR

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Caplan’s Syndrome

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8
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Peroneal muscular atrophy
Inherited neuropathy that starts in puberty.

Weak legs and foot drop.

Inverted champagne bottle appearance

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth

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9
Q

Late-onset asthma.

Eosinophilia.

Granulomatous small vessel.

Vasculitis P-ANCA +ve

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Churg-Strauss Syndrome

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10
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“Mad cow disease” = prion

Spongiform changes

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CJD

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11
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Variant of FAP.

100s of polyps Black spots on fundoscopy.

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Gardner’s Syndrome

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12
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Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia.

Jaundice during illness.

Benign

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Gilbert’s Syndrome

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13
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Pulmonary-renal syndrome.

Acute GN + lung symptoms due to anti glomerular basement membrane antibodies

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Goodpasture’s

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14
Q

Small vessel vasculitis.

Purpura on buttocks + extensor surfaces + GN.

Joint involvement and abdo pain

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Henoch-Schönlein Purpura

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15
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Ptosis.
Miosis.
Anhydrosis.

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Horner’s Syndrome

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16
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Decreased EC microfibril formation with poor elastic fibres.

Lens dislocation, aortic dissection, long spidery fingers, tall.

High arch palate, mitral valve prolapse.

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Marfan’s Syndrome

17
Q

Contains gastric and pancreatic tissue.

Gastric acid secretion.

Abdo pain and bleeding.

A

Meckel’s Diverticulum

18
Q

Vivid liars, addicted to institution.

Feigning illness.

By-proxy = injury to dependent person by carer to gain medical attention

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Munchausen’s Syndrome

19
Q

Hereditary telangiectasia Epistaxis and GI bleeds

A

Osler-Weber-Rendu

20
Q

Mucocuntaneous freckles on mucosa/soles/palms.

GI polyps.

Obstruction/bleed.

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Peutz-Jegher’s Syndrome

21
Q

Penile angulation due to microtrauma during coitus

A

Peyronie’s Disease

22
Q

“Can’t see, can’t pee, can’t climb a tree”

Uveitis, urethritis, arthritis

A

Reiter’s Syndrome

23
Q

Autoimmune, inflammatory disorder.

Exocrine gland dysfunction.

Xerostomia,

Keratoconjunctivitis,

Parotid swelling.

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Sjorgen’s Syndrome

24
Q

Erythema multiforme

Toxic epidermal necrolysis Hypersensitivity reaction

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Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

25
Q

Aortic arch syndrome/pulseless disease.

Systemic vasculitis leads to dilatation + aneurysm

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Takayasu’s Arteritis

26
Q

Bilateral renal cell cancer.

Retinal + cerebellar haemangioblastoma.

Phaeochromocytoma.

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Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome

27
Q

Idiopathic costochondritis

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Tietze’s Syndrome

28
Q

Lesions to multiple CNS nuclei Post/inf.

Cerebellar artery occlusion.

Dysphagia/dysarthria/vertigo/horners

A

Lateral Medullary Syndrome

29
Q

Ipsilateral 3rd-nerve palse with contralateral hemiplegia.

Infarction of half of midbrain.

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Weber’s Syndrome

30
Q

Necrotising granulomatous inflammation.

Vasculitis of vessels.

Upper airway, lung and kidney disease.

A

Wegener’s Granulomatosis

31
Q

GI malabsorption.

Middle-aged white males.

Systemic symptoms: arthralgia, GI symptoms, endocarditis, CNS symptoms and hypothalamic syndrome

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Whipple’s Disease