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FA - Classic Presentations Flashcards

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Achilles tendon xanthoma

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Familial hypercholesterolemia (DOWN LDL receptors signaling)

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Adrenal hemorrhage
Hypotension
DIC

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Waterhouse-Friederichsen (meningococcemia)

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Anterior “drawer sign” (+)

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Anterior cruciate ligament injury.

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Arachnodactyly
Lens dislocation
Aortic dissection
Hyperflexible joints

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Marfan

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Athlete with polycythemia

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Secondary to erythropoietin injection.

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Back pain
Fever
Night sweats
Weight loss

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Pott disease (vertebral TB)

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Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy

Uveitis

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Sarcoidosis

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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 line (lead poisoning)

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Bone pain
Bone enlargement
Arthritis

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Paget disease of bone

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Bounding pulses
Diastolic heart murmur
Head bobbing

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Aortic regurgitation

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“Butterfly” rash + Raynaud phenomenon in a young female?

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SLE

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Cafe-au-lait spots
Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)
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NF-1 (+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): X-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene.

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“Cherry-red spots” on macula

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Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation) or central artery occlusion.

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Chest pain on exertion

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Angina (stable with moderate exertion; unstable with minimal exertion).

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Chest pain
Pericardial effusion/friction rub
Persistent fever following MI

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Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12 weeks after acute episode)

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Child uses arms to stand up from squat.

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Gowers sign –> Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body.

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“Slapped cheeks” - Erythema infectiosum - 5th disease - B19.

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Chorea
Dementia
Caudate degeneration

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Huntington disease (AD CAG repeat expansion).

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Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia
Painful cramps
Myoglobinuria

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McArdle 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 –> MS - Unilateral –> Stroke.

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Continuous “machine-like” heart murmur

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PDA - Close with indomethacin; open or maintain with misoprostol.

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Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition.

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Myxedema - Hypothyroidism, Graves (pretibial).

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Dark purple skin

Mouth nodules in an AIDS patient

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Kaposi sarcoma (HHV-8).

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Deep, labored breathing

Hyperventilation

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Kussmaul respirations (DKA).

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Dermatitis
Dementia
Diarrhea

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Pellagra - niacin (B3) deficiency.

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DCM
Edema
Alcoholism or malnutrition

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Wet beriberi (thiamine (B1) deficiency).

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Dog or cat bite resulting in infection.

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P.multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site).

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Dry eyes
Dry mouth
Arthritis

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Sjogren syndrome

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Dysphagia (esophageal webs)
Glossitis
Iron deficiency
Anemia

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Plummer-Vinson syndrome –> May progress to esophageal SCC.

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Elastic skin

Hypermobility of joints

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EDS (type III collagen defect).

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Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node.

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Virchow node - abdominal metastasis.

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Erythroderma
Lymphadenopathy
HSM
Atypical T cells

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Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T cell lymphoma) or Sezary syndrome (mycosis fungoides + malignant T cells in blood).

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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
Diffuse Rash
Cough 
Conjunctivitis 
Coryza
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Measles

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Fever
Night sweats
Weight loss

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B symptoms

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Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis

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Peyronie disease (connective tissue disorder).

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Gout
Intellectual disability
Selft-mutilating behavior in a boy

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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome - HGPRT deficiency, X-linked recessive.

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42
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Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea.

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Kayser-Fleischer rings.

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HSM
Osteoporosis
Neurologic symptoms

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Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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Hereditary nephritis
Sensorineural hearing loss
Cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in collagen IV).

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45
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Hyperphagia
Hypersexuality
Hyperorality
Hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy lesion - bilateral amygdala lesion.

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Hyperreflexia
Hypertonia
Babinski (+)

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UMN damage

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Hyporeflexia
Hypotonia
Atrophy
Fasciculations

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LMN damage

48
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Hypoxemia
Polycythemia
Hypercapnia

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“Blue bloatter” - chronic bronchitis.

49
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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion.

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Nonpainful –> Chancre

Painful, with exudate –> Chancroid –> H.ducreyi.

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Infants with cleft lip/palate
Microcephaly or Holoprosencephaly
Polydactyly
Cutis aplasia

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Patau (trisomy 13).

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Infants with failure to thrive
HSM
Neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

52
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Infant with hypoglycemia
Failure to thrive
Hepatomegaly

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  1. Cori disease (debranching enzyme def.)

2. von Gierke (Glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency, more severe).

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Infants with microcephaly
Rocker-bottom feet
Clenched hands
Structural heart defect

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Edwards (trisomy 18)

54
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Jaundice

Palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier sign (distal obstruction of biliary tree).

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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 disease - X-linked agammaglobulinemia.

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Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzmann thrombasthenia - defect in platelet aggregation due to lack of GpIIb/IIIa.

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Muffled heart sounds
Distended neck veins
Hypotension

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Beck triad of cardiac tamponade

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Multiple colon polyps
Osteomas/soft tissue tumors
Impacted/supernumerary teeth

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Gardner syndrome (subtype of FAP)

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Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy)

Exercise intolerance

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Pompe disease (lysosomal α-1,4-glucosidase deficiency)

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Neonate with arm paralysis following difficult birth

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Erb-Duchenne palsy –> superior trunk (C5-C6) brachial plexus inury: “waiter’s tip”.

63
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No lactation postpartum
Absent menstruation
Cold intolerance

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Sheehan syndrome (pituitary infarction)

64
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Nystagmus
Intention tremor
Scanning speech
Bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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Multiple scleroris

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Oscillating slow/fast breathing

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations –> central apnea in CHF or Incr. intracranial pressure.

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Painful blue fingers/toes

Hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin disease (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by M.pneumoniae, IM).

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Painful
Pale
Cold fingers/toes

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Raunaud phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities).

68
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Painful, raised red lesions on pad of fingers/toes.

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Osler nodes (IE, immune complex deposition).

69
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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions - IE, septic emboli, microabscesses.

70
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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing the bile duct.

71
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Palpable purpura on buttocks/legs
Joint pain
Abdominal pain (child)
Hematuria

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

72
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Pancreatic
Pituitary
Parathyroid tumors

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MEN 1 (AD)

73
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Periorbital and/or peripheral edema
Proteinuria
Hypoalbuminemia
HyperCH

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Nephrotic syndrome

74
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Pink complexion
Dyspnea
Hyperventilation

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“Pink puffer” - emphysema - centriacinar (smoking), panacinar (alpha-1 antitrypsin.

75
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Polyuria 
Renal tubular acidosis type II
Growth failure
Electrolyte imbalances
Hypophosphatemic rickets
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Fanconi syndrome - proximal tubule reabsorption defect.

76
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Pruritic, purple, polygonal planar papules and plaques (6P’s)

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Lichen planus

77
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Ptosis
Miosis
Anhydrosis

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Horner (sympathetic chain lesion)

78
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Pupil accomodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll-Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis).

79
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Rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends following GI/upper respiratory tract infection.

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Guillain-Barre syndrome - acute autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

80
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Rash on palms and soles

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  1. Coxsackie A
  2. 2o syphilis
  3. RM spotted fever
81
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Recurrent colds
Unusual eczema
High serum IgE

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Hyper-IgE syndrome - Job syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality.

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Red “currant” jelly sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients.

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K.pneumoniae

83
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Red “currant jelly” stools

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Acute mesenteric ischemia - adults.

Intussusception - infants.

84
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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget disease of the breast - sign of UNDERLYING NEOPLASM

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Red urine in the morning

Fragile RBCs

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

86
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Renal cell carcinoma (bilateral)
Hemangioblastomas
Angiomatosis
Pheochromocytoma

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von Hippel-Lindau

87
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Resting tremor
Rigidity
Akinesia
Postural instability

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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth spots - Bacterial endocarditis

89
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Severe jaundice in neonates.

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome - congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia

90
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Severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ.

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Rovsing sign - acute appendicitis.

91
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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness.

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McBurney sign - Acute appendicitis.

92
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Short stature
UP incidence of tumors/leukemia
Aplastic anemia

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Fanconi anemia - genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair; often progresses to AML!

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Single palmar crease

94
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Situs inversus
Chronic sinusitis
Bronchiectasis
Infertility

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Kartagener syndrome - dynein arm defect affecting cilia.

95
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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).

96
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Smooth, flat, moist, painless white lesions on genitals.

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Condylomata lata (2o syphilis).

97
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Splinter hemorrhages in finger nails.

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Bacterial endocarditis

98
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“Strawberry tongue”

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  1. Scarlet fever
  2. Kawasaki
  3. Toxic shock syndrome
99
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Streak ovaries 
Congenital heart disease
Horseshoe kidney
Cystic hygroma at birth
Short stature
Webbed neck
Lymphedema
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Turner (45XO)

100
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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi.

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Gout/Podagra (hyperuricemia).

101
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Swollen gums
Mucosal bleeding
Poor wound healing
Petechiae

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VitC def –> Can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis.

102
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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints.

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Osteoarthritis - osteophytes on PIP (Bouchard nodes), DIP (Heberden nodes).

103
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Systolic ejection murmur - crescendo/decrescendo.

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Aortic valve stenosis

104
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Thyroid
Parathyroid tumors
Pheochromocytoma

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MEN2A (AD RET mutation)

105
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Thyroid tumors
Pheochromocytoma
Ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN2B (AD RET mutation)

106
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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape.

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

107
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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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Facial nerve (LMN CN VII palsy).

108
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Urethritis
Conjunctivitis
Arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27.

109
Q

Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)

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Hemangioma (benign, but associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome).

110
Q

Vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome - alcoholic and bulimic patients.

111
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Weight loss
Diarrhea
Arthritis
Fever
Adenopathy
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Whipple disease (trophyrema whipplei)

112
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“Worst headache of my life”

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Abdominal pain
Ascites
Hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari syndrome - Post hepatic venous thrombosis.

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