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Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari syndrome (post hepatic venous thrombosis)

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Abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use

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C. difficile infection

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Achilles tendon xanthoma

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Familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signaling)

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Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)

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Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion

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IgA deficiency

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Anterior drawer sign

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ACL injury

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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation (upward), aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)

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Athlete with polycythemia

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Secondary to erythropoietin injection

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Back pain, fever, night sweats

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Pott disease (vertebral TB)

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Bilateral acoustic schwannomas

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Neurofibromatosis type 2

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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)

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Black eschar on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis

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Mucor or Rhizopus fungal infection

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Blue sclera

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (type 1 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 (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)

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Bounding pulses, wide pulse pressure, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

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Aortic regurgitation

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Butterfly facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in a young female

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Systemic Lupus Erythematous

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Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas

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Neurofibromatosis type 1

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Cafe-au-lait spots (unilateral), polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities

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McCune-Albright syndrome (mosiac G-protein signaling mutation)

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Calf pseudohypertrophy

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Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne, due to X-Linked recessive frameshift mutation of dystrophin gene)

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Cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjuntivae and tongue, hanf-foot changes

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Kawasaki disease (Treat with IVIG and aspirin)

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Cherry red spots on macula

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Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occulsion

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Chest pain on exertion

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Angina (stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with minimal exertion or at rest)

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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, 2 weeks to several months after acute episode)

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Child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Gowers sign)

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

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Erythema infectiosum/fifth disease (slapped cheeks appearance caused by Parvovirus B19)

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)

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Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications

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Congenital toxoplasmosis

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Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria

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McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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Cold intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF, may be unilateral or bilateral)

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Continuous machine like heart murmur

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PDA (close with Indomethacin; keep open with PGE analog)

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Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition

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Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves disease [pretibial])

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Cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm

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Carcinoid syndrome (right sided cardiac valvular lesions, increased 5-HIAA)

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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS

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Kaposi sarcoma, associated with HHV-8

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Deep labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Diabetic ketoacidosis (Kassmaul respiration)

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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellegra (niacin [Vitamin B3] deficiency)

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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Wet beriberi (Thiamine deficiency [Vitamin B1])

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Dog or car bite resulting in infection

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Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at infection site)

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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjogren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)

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Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia

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Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)

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Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints, increased bleeding tendency

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type V collagen defect, type III collagen defect seen in vascular subtype of ED)

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Enlarged hardened left supraclavicular node

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Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)

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Episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss

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Meniere disease

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Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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

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Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)

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Fat, female, forty, and fertile

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Cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis

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Jarisch-Herscheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in endotoxin release)

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Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles

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Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma

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Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis with abnormal curvature

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Peyronie disease (connective tissue disorder)

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Golden brown rings around peripheral cornea

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Wilson disease (Kayser-Fleischer rigns due to copper accumulation)

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Gout, intellectual disability, self mutilating behavior in a boy

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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X-linked Recessive)

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Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands/genitalia

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk, mainly GI)

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Hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, aseptic necrosis of femoral head, bone crises

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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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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)

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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, Babinski sign present

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UMN damage

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Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasiculations

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LMN damage

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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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Chronic bronchitis (hyperplasia of mucous cells, “blue bloater”)

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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion, nonpainful chancre

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Primary syphilis; Treponema pallidum

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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion, painful chancroid with exudate

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Haemophilus ducreyi

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Infant with cleft lip/palate, microcephaly or holocephaly, polydactily, cutis aplasia

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Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)

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Infant with hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly

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Cori disease (debranching enzyme deficiency) or Von Gierke disease (glucose 6 phosphatase deficiency, more severe)

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Infant with microcephaly, rocker bottom feet, clenched hands, and structural heart defect

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Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)

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Jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier sign (distant malignany 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 GpIIa/IIIB)

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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, impacted/supernumerary teeth

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Gardner syndrome (subtype FAP)

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Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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Pompe disease (lysosomal alpha 1,4 glucosidase deficiency)

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Neonate with arm paralysis following difficult birth

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Erb-Duchenne palsy (superior trunk [C5-6] brachial plexus injury; “waiter’s tip”)

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No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan syndrome (pituitary infarction)

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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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Multiple sclerosis

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Painful blue finger/toes, hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin disease (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, infectious mononucleosis, or CLL)

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Painful fingers/toes changing colors from blue to white to red with cold or stress

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Raynaud phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

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Painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers/toes

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Osler nodes (infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition)

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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/microabscesses)

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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

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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)

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Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN 1 (autosomal dominant)

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Periorbital and/or peripheral edema, proteinuria (> 3.5g/day), hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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Nephrotic syndrome

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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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Emphysema (pink puffer, centriacinar [smoking] or panacinar [alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency])

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Polyuria, renal tubular acidosis type II, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances, hypophosphatemic rickets

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Fanconi syndrome (Multiple combined dysfunction on the proximal convoluted tubule)

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

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Lichen planus

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Ptosis, miosis, anhydrosis

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Horner Syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

89
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Pupil accomodates but doesn’t react

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Neurosyphilis (Argyll Robertson pupil)

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Rapidly progressive limb weakness that ascends following GI/Upper respiratory infection

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Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy subtype)

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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, Secondary syphilis, Rocky mountain spotted fever

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Recurrent cold (noninflammed) abscesses, 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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Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia

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Red currant jelly stools

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Acute mesenteric ischemia (adults), intussusception (children)

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Red itchy swollen nipple/areola

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Paget disease of the breast sign (sign of underlying neoplasm)

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Red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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Renal cell carcinoma (bilateral), hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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von Hippel-Lindau disease (dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation)

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Resting tumor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability, shuffling gait

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Parkinson disease (loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta)

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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)

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Severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

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Severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

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Rovsing Sign (acute appendicitis)

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Severe RLQ pain with deep tenderness

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McBurneys sign (acute appendicitis)

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Short stature, cafe-au-lait spots, thumb/radial defects, Increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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Fanconi anemia (genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair; often progresses to AML)

104
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Single palmar crease

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Down syndrome

105
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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

106
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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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Primary adrenocortical insufficiency (eg. Addison disease) causes elevated ACTH and alpha-MSH production

107
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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker muscular dystrophy (X-linked misense mutation in dystrophin; less severe than Duchenne)

108
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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)

109
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Smooth, moist, painless, wart like white lesions on genitals

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Condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

110
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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

111
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Strawberry tongue

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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease

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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 syndrome (45 XO)

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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

114
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Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechiae

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Scurvy (vitamin C deficiency: can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis)

115
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Swollen hard painful finger joints

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Osteoarthritis (osteophytes in PIP [Bouchard nodes], DIP [Heberden nodes])

116
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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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Aortic stenosis

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Telangiectasias, recurrent epistaxis, skin discoloration, arteriovenous malformation, GI bleeding, hematuria

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Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome

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Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A (autosomal dominant RET mutation)

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Thryoid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B (autosomal dominany RET mutaiton)

120
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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

121
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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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LMN facial nerve (CN VII) palsy; UMN lesions spare the forehead

122
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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

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Vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple disease (Tropheryma whipplei)

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Worst headache of my life

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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