First Aid 2014 Rapid Review Classic Presentations Flashcards
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hyperholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signalling)
Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichson syndrome (meningococcemia)
Anterior drawer sign +
Anterior cruciate ligament injury
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Athlete with polycythemia
Secondary to EPO injection
Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott disease (vertebral TB)
Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granuloma)
Blue sclera
Osteogenesis imperfects (Type I collagen defect)
Bluish line on gingiva
Lead poisoning (Burton line)
Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget disease of bone (osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)
Bounding pulses, diastolic <3 murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
Butterfly facial rash, and Raynaud phenomenon in a young female
Systemic lupus erythmatosus
Cafe au lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (+pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas)
Cafe au lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne); X-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene)
Cherry red spots on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation), Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina: Stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with minimal exertion
Chest pain, pericardial effusion, friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12 weeks after acute episode)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Gowers sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)
Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
Slapped cheeks (erythema infectiosum/fifth disease: parvovirus B19)
Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington’s disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)
Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency) Type V
Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internuclear opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral [MS], unilateral [stroke]
Continuous machine like murmur
PDA (close with indomethacin; open or maintain with misoprostol)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism. Grave’s disease [pretibial]
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS
Kaposi’s sarcoma, associated with HHV-8
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul respirations (DKA)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin, B3, deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine, B1 deficiency)
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasturella multocida (cellulitis at innoculation 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 SCC)
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints
Elhers-Danlos syndrome (type III collagen defect)
Enlarged hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow node (abdominal mets)
Erythroderma, LAD, HSM, atypical T cells
Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or Sezary syndrome (mycosis fungoides + 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-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms (staging of lymphoma)
Fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the penis
Peyronie’s disease (connective tissue disorder)
Gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency; X-linked recessive)
Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea
Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation from Wilson disease)
Hamartomous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands
Peutz-Jehgers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk , mainly GI)
Hepatomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms
Gaucher disease (glucocerebrocidase deficiency)