FA Classic Presentations Flashcards
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (post hepatic venous thrombosis)
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use
C. difficile infection
Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signaling)
Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion
IgA deficiency
Anterior drawer sign
ACL injury
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation (upward), aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Athlete with polycythemia
Secondary to erythropoietin injection
Back pain, fever, night sweats
Pott disease (vertebral TB)
Bilateral acoustic schwannomas
Neurofibromatosis type 2
Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
Black eschar on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis
Mucor or Rhizopus fungal infection
Blue sclera
Osteogenesis imperfecta (type 1 collagen defect)
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton line (lead poisoning)
Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget disease of bone (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)
Bounding pulses, wide pulse pressure, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
Butterfly facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in a young female
Systemic Lupus Erythematous
Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas
Neurofibromatosis type 1
Cafe-au-lait spots (unilateral), polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosiac G-protein signaling mutation)
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne, due to X-Linked recessive frameshift mutation of dystrophin gene)
Cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjuntivae and tongue, hanf-foot changes
Kawasaki disease (Treat with IVIG and aspirin)
Cherry red spots on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occulsion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with minimal exertion or at rest)
Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dressler syndrome (autoimmune mediated post MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2 weeks to several months after acute episode)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Gowers sign)
Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
Erythema infectiosum/fifth disease (slapped cheeks appearance caused by Parvovirus B19)
Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)
Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications
Congenital toxoplasmosis
Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF, may be unilateral or bilateral)
Continuous machine like heart murmur
PDA (close with Indomethacin; keep open with PGE analog)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves disease [pretibial])
Cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm
Carcinoid syndrome (right sided cardiac valvular lesions, increased 5-HIAA)
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS
Kaposi sarcoma, associated with HHV-8
Deep labored breathing/hyperventilation
Diabetic ketoacidosis (Kassmaul respiration)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellegra (niacin [Vitamin B3] deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (Thiamine deficiency [Vitamin B1])
Dog or car bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at infection site)
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)
Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints, increased bleeding tendency
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type V collagen defect, type III collagen defect seen in vascular subtype of ED)
Enlarged hardened left supraclavicular node
Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)
Episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss
Meniere disease
Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells
Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T cell lymphoma) or Sezary syndrome (mycosis fungoides and malignant T cells in blood)
Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat, female, forty, and fertile
Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch-Herscheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in endotoxin release)
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma