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First Aid 2012 Rapid Review: Classic disease presentations Flashcards

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Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)

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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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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan’s syndrome (fibrillin defect)

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Athlete with polycythemia

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EPO injections

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Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss

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Pott’s disease (vertebral TB)

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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis (non-caseating granulomas)

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Blue sclera

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (collagen defect)

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Bluish line on gingiva

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Burton’s line (lead poisoning)

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Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis

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Paget’s disease of bone (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)

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Bounding pulses, diastolic murmur, head bobbing

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Aortic regurgitation

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“Butterfly” facial rash, Raynaud’s phenomenon in young female

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SLE

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Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)

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NF Type1 (+pheochromocytoma and optic gliomas)
NF Type 2 (+bilateral acoustic neuromas)
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Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostoic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty

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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’s): X-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene

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“Cherry-red” spot on macula

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

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Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever after MI

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

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Child uses arm to stand up from squat

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Gower’s sign (DMD)

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

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“Slapped cheeks” (erythema infectiosum/5th disease/parvovirus B19)

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington’s disease (AD CAG repeat expansion)

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

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McArdle’s disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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Cold intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Conjugate lateral gase palsy, horizontal diplopia

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Internuclear opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; B/L –> MS, U/L –> stroke)

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Continuos “machinery”-like murmur

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PDA (close with indomethacin, open with misoprostol)

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Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition

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

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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules

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Kaposi’s sarcoma (associated with HHV-8 and HIV)

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Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul breathing (DKA)

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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra - Niacin (B3) deficiency

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, polyneuropathy

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Wet beriberi - Thiamin (B1) deficiency

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Dog or cat bite resulting in infection

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Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)

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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjogren’s 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, joint hypermobility

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type III collagen defect)

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Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow’s node (abdominal metastasis)

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Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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Sezary syndrome (cutaneous T cell lymphoma) or mycosis fungoides

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Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek’s sign (hypocalcemia)

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Fat, female, forty and fertile

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Acute cholelithiasis (bile duct blockade)

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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, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles (Morbillivirus)

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Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms (lymphoma)

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Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis

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Peyronie’s disease (connective tissue disorder)

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Gout, mental retardation, self-mutilation behavior in a boy

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

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Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation from Wilson’s disease)

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Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentatin of mouth, feet/hands

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (genetic benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk)

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Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms

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Gaucher’s disease (glucoerebrosidase deficiency)

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Hereditary nephritis, sensory neural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in alpha chain of collage IV)

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Hypercoagulability (leading to migrating DVTs and vasculitis)

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Trousseau’s sign (adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung)

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (B/L amygdala lesion)

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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, positive Babinski sign

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UMN damage

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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis

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Conn’s syndrome

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Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy

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LMN damage

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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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“Blue bloater” (chronic bronchitis: hyperplasia of mucus cells)

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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Non-painful –> chancre (primary syphilis, Treponema pallidum)

Painful, with exudate –> chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

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Infant with failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

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Infant with hypoglycemia, failure to thrive, and hepatomegaly

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Cori’s disease (debranching enzyme deficiency)

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

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Edward’s syndrome (trisomy 18)

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Keratin pearls on skin biopsy

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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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’s disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)

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Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzmann’s thrombasthemia (defect in platelet aggregation due to lack of GpIIb/IIIa)

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Multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/supernumerary teeth)

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Gardner’s syndrome (subtype of FAP)

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Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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Pompe’s disease (lysosomal alpha-1,4-glucosidase deficiency)

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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Wegener’s (c-ANCA positive) and Goodpasture’s syndromes (anti-BM antibodies)

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Neonate with arm paralysis following difficult birth

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Erb-Duchenne palsy (superior trunk [C5-C6] brachial plexus injury: “waiter’s tip”)

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No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan’s syndrome (pituitary infarction)

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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, B/L internuclear opthalmoplegia

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Oscillating slow/fast breathing

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations (central apnea in CHF or increased ICP)

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Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin disease (AIHA caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, infectious mononucleosis)

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Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes

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Raynaud’s syndrome (vasospasm in extremities)

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Painful, raised red lesions on palms and soles

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Osler’s nodes (infective endocarditis)

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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis)

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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

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Palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain, child

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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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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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“Pink puffer” (emphysema: centroacinar –> smoking, panacinar –> alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency)

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Polyuria, acidosis, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances

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Fanconi’s syndrome (PCT reabsorption defect)

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Positive anterior “drawer sign”

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Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury

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Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner’s syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

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Pupil accommodates but does not react

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Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

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Rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends (following GI/upper respiratory infection)

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Guillain-Barre syndrome (autoimmune acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy)

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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 colds, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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Hyper IgE syndrome (Job’s syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)

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Red “current jelly” sputum in alcoholic od diabetic patient

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget’s disease of the breast (represents 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 (B/L), hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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

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Resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability

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Parkinson’s disease (nigrostriatal dopamine depletion)

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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth’s spots (bacterial endocarditis)

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Sever jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

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Sever RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney’s sign (appendicitis)

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Short stature, increased incidence of tumors/leukemias, aplastic anemia

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Fanconi’s anemia (genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair, often progresses to AML)

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Single palm crease

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Simian crease (Down syndrome)

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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener’s syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting celia)

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Skin hyperpigmentation

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Addison’s disease (primary adrenocortical insufficiency causes increase in ACTH and alpha-MSH production)

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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker’s muscular dystrophy (X-linked missense mutation in dystrophin; less sever than Duchenne’s)

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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)

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Smooth, flat, moist white lesions on genitalia

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Condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

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“Strawberry tongue”

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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome

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Streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth

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Turner Syndrome (45 XO, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema)

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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

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Swollen gums, mucus bleeding, poor wound healing, spots on skin

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Scurvy (Vitamin C deficiency –> can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen syntesis)

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Swollen hard painful finger joints

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Osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP [Bouchard’s nodes], DIP [Heberden’s nodes])

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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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Aortic valve stenosis

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Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A (autosomal dominant ret mutation)

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Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B (autosomal dominant ret mutation)

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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

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U/L facial drooping involving forehead

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Bell’s palsy (LMN CN VII palsy)

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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

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Vascular birth mark (port wine stain)

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Hemangioma (benign, but associated with Sturge-Webber syndrome)

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Vomiting blood following esophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

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“Waxy” casts with very low urine flow

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Chronic end-stage renal disease

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WBC casts in urine

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Acute pyelonephritis

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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple’s disease (Tropheryma whippellii)

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“Worst headache of my life”

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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