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Classic Presentations:
Abdominal pain;
Ascites;
Hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari syndrome / posthepatic venous thrombosis

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Classic Presentations:
Abdominal pain;
Diarrhea;
Leukocytosis;
Recent antibiotic use
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Clostridium Difficile infection

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Classic Presentations:

Achilles tendon xanthoma

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Familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signaling)

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Classic Presentations:
Adrenal hemorrhage;
Hypotension;
DIC

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningiococcemia)

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Classic Presentations:

Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion

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IgA deficiency

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Classic Presentations:

Anterior “drawer sign” +

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Anterior cruciate ligament injury

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Classic Presentations:
Arachnodactyly;
Lens dislocation;
Aortic dissection;
Hyperflexible joints
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Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)

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Classic Presentations:

Athlete with polycythemia

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Secondary to erythropoietin injection

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Classic Presentations:
Back pain;
Fever;
Night sweats

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Pott disease (vertebral TB)

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Classic Presentations:

Bilateral acoustic schwannomas

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Neurofibromatosis Type 2

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Classic Presentations:
Bilateral hilar adenopathy;
Uveitis

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Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)

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Classic Presentations:

Black eschar on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis

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Mucor or Rizopus fungal infection

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Classic Presentations:

Blue sclera

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)

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Classic Presentations:

Bluish line on gingiva

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Burton line (lead poisoning)

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Classic Presentations:
Bone pain;
Bone enlargement;
Arthritis

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Paget disease of bone (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)

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Classic Presentations:
Bounding pulses;
Diastolic heart murmur;
Head bobbing

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Aortic regurgitation

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Classic Presentations:

“Butterfly” facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in a young female

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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Classic Presentations:
Cafe-au-lait spots;
Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma);
Cutaneous neurofibromas;
Pheochromocytomas;
Optic gliomas
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Neurofibromatosis type I;
Pheochromocytomas;
Optic gliomas

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Classic Presentations:
Cafe-au-lait spots (unilateral);
Polyostic fibrous dysplasia;
Precocious puberty;
Multiple endocrine abnormalities
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McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)

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Classic Presentations:

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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Classic Presentations:
Cervical lymphadenopathy;
Desquamating rash;
Coronary aneurysms;
Red conjunctivae and tongue
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Kawasaki disease (treat with IVIG and aspirin)

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Classic Presentations:

“Cherry red” spots on macula

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Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation);
Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation);
Central retinal artery occlusion

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Classic Presentations:

Chest pain on exertion

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

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Classic Presentations:
Chest pain;
Pericardial effusion/friction rub;
Persistent fever following MI

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Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2-12 weeks after cute episode)

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Classic Presentations:

Chest pain with ST depression on EKG

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Unstable angina (troponins -) or NSTEMI (troponins +)

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Classic Presentations:

Child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Gower’s sign)

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Classic Presentations:

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

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Erythema infectiosum/Fifth Disease/Parvovirus B19 (“Slapped cheeks”)

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Classic Presentations:
Chorea;
Dimentia;
Caudate degeneration

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Huntington disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)

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Classic Presentations:
Chorioretinitis;
Hydrocephalus;
Intracranial calcifications

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Congenital toxoplasmosis

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Classic Presentations:

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

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McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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Classic Presentations: Cold intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Classic Presentations: Conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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

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Classic Presentations: Continuous “machine-like” heart murmur

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PDA (close with indomethacin; open or maintain with PGE analogs)

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Classic Presentations: Cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm

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

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Classic Presentations: Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in patients with AIDS

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Kaposi sarcoma, associated with HHV-8

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Classic Presentations: Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul respirations (diabetic ketoacidosis)

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Classic Presentations: Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra (niacin [B3] deficiency)

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Classic Presentations: Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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Wet beriberi (thiamine [B1] deficiency)

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Classic Presentations: Dog or cat bite resulting in infection

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Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)

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Classic Presentations: Dry eyes, mouth, arthritis

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Sjodren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)

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Classic Presentations: 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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Classic Presentations: 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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Classic Presentations: Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)

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Classic Presentations: Episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss

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Meniere disease

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Classic Presentations: Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, 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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Classic Presentations: Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)

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Classic Presentations: Fat, female, forty and fertile

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Cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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Classic Presentations: Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis

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

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Classic Presentations: Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles

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Classic Presentations: Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma

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Classic Presentations: Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis with abnormal curvature

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Peyronie disease (connective tissue disorder)

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Classic Presentations: Golden brown rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation in Wilson disease)

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Classic Presentations: Gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in a boy

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

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Classic Presentations: 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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Classic Presentations: Hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, aseptic necrosis of femur, bone crisis

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Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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Classic Presentations: Hereditary nephritis, sensorineual hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in collagen IV)

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Classic Presentations: Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion, Alex Ronis self-diagnosis)

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Classic Presentations: Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, Babinski sign present

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UMN damage

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Classic Presentations: Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasciculations

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LMN damage

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Classic Presentations: Hypoxemia polycythemia, hypercapnia

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“Blue bloater” (chronic bronchitis, hyperplasia of mucous cells)

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Classic Presentations: Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Nonpainful: chancre (Primary syphilis, treponema pallidum)

Painful with exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

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Classic Presentations: Infant with “cherry-red” spot on macula, hepatosplenomegaly, neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

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Classic Presentations: Infant with cleft lip/palate, microcephaly or holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, cutis aplasia

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Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)

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

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Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)

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Classic Presentations: Jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier sign (distal obstruction of biliary tree)

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Classic Presentations: 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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Classic Presentations: Lucid internal after TBI

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Epidural hematoma (middle meningeal artery rupture)

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Classic Presentations: Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton disease (X-lined agammaglobulinemia)

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Classic Presentations: Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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

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Classic Presentations: Muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension

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Beck triad of cardiac tamponade

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Classic Presentations: Multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/supernumerary teeth

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Gardner syndrome (subtype of FAP, familial colorectal polyposis)

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Classic Presentations: Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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

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Classic Presentations: 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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Classic Presentations: No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan syndrome (pituitary infarction)

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Classic Presentations: Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear opthalmoplegia

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Multiple sclerosis

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Classic Presentations: Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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

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Classic Presentations: Painful fingers/tes changing color from blue to white to red with cold or stress

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Raynaud phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

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Classic Presentations: Painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers/toes

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Osler nodes (infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition)

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Classic Presentations: Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/microabscesses)

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Classic Presentations: Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

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Classic Presentations: Palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joints pain, abdominal pain (child), hematuria

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

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Classic Presentations: Pancreatic, pituitary and parathyroid tumors

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MEN (multiple endocrine neoplasia) 1 (autosomal dominant)

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Classic Presentations: Perorbital and/or peripheral edema, proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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Nephrotic syndrome

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Classic Presentations: Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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“Pink puffer” (emphysema: centriacinar [smoking], panacinar [alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency])

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

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Fanconi syndrome (multiple combined dysfunction of the PCT)

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

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Lichen planus

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Classic Presentations: Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner’s syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

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Classic Presentations: Pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll-Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

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Classic Presentations: 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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Classic Presentations: Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A
Secondary syphylis
RMSF

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Classic Presentations: Recurrent cold (noninflamed) abscesses, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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Hyper-IgE syndrome (Job syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)

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Classic Presentations: Red “current jelly” sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients

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Klebsielle pneumoniae pneumonia

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Classic Presentations: Red “currant jelly” stools

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Acute mesenteric ischemia (adults);

Intussusception (children)

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Classic Presentations: Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget disease of breast (sign of underlying neoplasm)

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Classic Presentations: Red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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Classic Presentations: Renal cell carcinoma (bilateral), hemangioblastomaa, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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

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Classic Presentations: Resting tremor, akinesia, postural instability, shuffling gait

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Parkinson’s disease (loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra)

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Classic Presentations: Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)

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Classic Presentations: Severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

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Classic Presentations: Severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

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Rovsing sign (acute appendicitis)

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Classic Presentations: Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney sign (acute appendicitis)

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Classic Presentations: Short stature, cafe au lait spots, thumb/radial defects, increased incidence of tremors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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

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Classic Presentations: Single palmar crease

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Down syndrome

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Classic Presentations: Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

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Classic Presentations: Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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Primary adrenocortical insufficiency (ie Addison disease) causes increased ACTH and increased alpha-MSH production

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Classic Presentations: Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker muscular dystrophy (X-linked missense mutation in dystrophin, less severe than Duchenne)

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Classic Presentations: Small, irregular red-spots on buccal/lingual mucosa with blue-white centers

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Koplick spots (measles-Rubeola virus)

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Classic Presentations: Smooth, moist, painless, wart-like, white lesions on genitals

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Condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

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Classic Presentations: Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

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Classic Presentations: “Strawberry tongue”

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Scarlet fever;

Kawasaki disease

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Classic Presentations: Streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidey, cystic hygroma at birth, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema

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Turner syndrome (45,X)

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Classic Presentations: Sudden swollen/painful big toe, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

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Classic Presentations: Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechiae

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

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Classic Presentations: Swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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

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Classic Presentations: Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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Aortic stenosis

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Classic Presentations: Telangiectasias, recurrent epistaxis, skin discoloration, arteriovenous malformations, GI bleeding, hematuria

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Olser-Weber-Rendu syndrome

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Classic Presentations: Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A (autosomal dominant RET mutation)
(MEN = multiple endocrine neoplasia)
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Classic Presentations: Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B (autosomal dominant RET mutation)
(MEN = multiple endocrine neoplasia)
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Classic Presentations: Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

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Classic Presentations: Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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LMN facial nerve (CN VII) palsy;

UMN lesions spare the forehead

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Classic Presentations: Urethritis, conjuctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

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Classic Presentations: Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain) of the face

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Nevus flammeus (benign, but associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome)

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Classic Presentations: Vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

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Classic Presentations: Weight loss diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple disease (Tropheryma whipplei)

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Classic Presentations: “Worst headache of my life”

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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