Eponymous Flashcards
Spinal cord hemisection.
Contralateral loss of pain/temp/fine touch.
Ipsilateral motor loss.
Brown Sequard
Rheumatoid arthritis Splenomegaly
Neutropenia
Felty’s Syndrome
Spinning sensation.
Increased volume of endolymph.
Unilateral tinnitus.
Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss
Meniere’s Disease
Fluid from knee effusion forms popliteal cyst.
Rupture leads to compartment syndrome.
Baker’s Cyst
Systemic vasculitis associated with HLA- B51.
Recurrent oral/genital ulceration.
Ocular inflammation.
Bechet’s Disease
Smoking-related.
Inflammation of veins, nerves and middle- sized arteries leads to thrombosis leads to gangrene.
Buerger’s Disease
Rheumatoid arthritis, pneumoconiosis and lung nodules on CXR
Caplan’s Syndrome
Peroneal muscular atrophy
Inherited neuropathy that starts in puberty.
Weak legs and foot drop.
Inverted champagne bottle appearance
Charcot-Marie-Tooth
Late-onset asthma.
Eosinophilia.
Granulomatous small vessel.
Vasculitis P-ANCA +ve
Churg-Strauss Syndrome
“Mad cow disease” = prion
Spongiform changes
CJD
Variant of FAP.
100s of polyps Black spots on fundoscopy.
Gardner’s Syndrome
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia.
Jaundice during illness.
Benign
Gilbert’s Syndrome
Pulmonary-renal syndrome.
Acute GN + lung symptoms due to anti glomerular basement membrane antibodies
Goodpasture’s
Small vessel vasculitis.
Purpura on buttocks + extensor surfaces + GN.
Joint involvement and abdo pain
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Ptosis.
Miosis.
Anhydrosis.
Horner’s Syndrome
Decreased EC microfibril formation with poor elastic fibres.
Lens dislocation, aortic dissection, long spidery fingers, tall.
High arch palate, mitral valve prolapse.
Marfan’s Syndrome
Contains gastric and pancreatic tissue.
Gastric acid secretion.
Abdo pain and bleeding.
Meckel’s Diverticulum
Vivid liars, addicted to institution.
Feigning illness.
By-proxy = injury to dependent person by carer to gain medical attention
Munchausen’s Syndrome
Hereditary telangiectasia Epistaxis and GI bleeds
Osler-Weber-Rendu
Mucocuntaneous freckles on mucosa/soles/palms.
GI polyps.
Obstruction/bleed.
Peutz-Jegher’s Syndrome
Penile angulation due to microtrauma during coitus
Peyronie’s Disease
“Can’t see, can’t pee, can’t climb a tree”
Uveitis, urethritis, arthritis
Reiter’s Syndrome
Autoimmune, inflammatory disorder.
Exocrine gland dysfunction.
Xerostomia,
Keratoconjunctivitis,
Parotid swelling.
Sjorgen’s Syndrome
Erythema multiforme
Toxic epidermal necrolysis Hypersensitivity reaction
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Aortic arch syndrome/pulseless disease.
Systemic vasculitis leads to dilatation + aneurysm
Takayasu’s Arteritis
Bilateral renal cell cancer.
Retinal + cerebellar haemangioblastoma.
Phaeochromocytoma.
Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
Idiopathic costochondritis
Tietze’s Syndrome
Lesions to multiple CNS nuclei Post/inf.
Cerebellar artery occlusion.
Dysphagia/dysarthria/vertigo/horners
Lateral Medullary Syndrome
Ipsilateral 3rd-nerve palse with contralateral hemiplegia.
Infarction of half of midbrain.
Weber’s Syndrome
Necrotising granulomatous inflammation.
Vasculitis of vessels.
Upper airway, lung and kidney disease.
Wegener’s Granulomatosis
GI malabsorption.
Middle-aged white males.
Systemic symptoms: arthralgia, GI symptoms, endocarditis, CNS symptoms and hypothalamic syndrome
Whipple’s Disease
