First Aid Classic Presentations Flashcards
Classic Presentations:
Abdominal pain;
Ascites;
Hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome / posthepatic venous thrombosis
Classic Presentations: Abdominal pain; Diarrhea; Leukocytosis; Recent antibiotic use
Clostridium Difficile infection
Classic Presentations:
Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signaling)
Classic Presentations:
Adrenal hemorrhage;
Hypotension;
DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningiococcemia)
Classic Presentations:
Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion
IgA deficiency
Classic Presentations:
Anterior “drawer sign” +
Anterior cruciate ligament injury
Classic Presentations: Arachnodactyly; Lens dislocation; Aortic dissection; Hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Classic Presentations:
Athlete with polycythemia
Secondary to erythropoietin injection
Classic Presentations:
Back pain;
Fever;
Night sweats
Pott disease (vertebral TB)
Classic Presentations:
Bilateral acoustic schwannomas
Neurofibromatosis Type 2
Classic Presentations:
Bilateral hilar adenopathy;
Uveitis
Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
Classic Presentations:
Black eschar on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis
Mucor or Rizopus fungal infection
Classic Presentations:
Blue sclera
Osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)
Classic Presentations:
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton line (lead poisoning)
Classic Presentations:
Bone pain;
Bone enlargement;
Arthritis
Paget disease of bone (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)
Classic Presentations:
Bounding pulses;
Diastolic heart murmur;
Head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
Classic Presentations:
“Butterfly” facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in a young female
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Classic Presentations: Cafe-au-lait spots; Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma); Cutaneous neurofibromas; Pheochromocytomas; Optic gliomas
Neurofibromatosis type I;
Pheochromocytomas;
Optic gliomas
Classic Presentations: Cafe-au-lait spots (unilateral); Polyostic fibrous dysplasia; Precocious puberty; Multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
Classic Presentations:
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne, due to X-linked recessive frameshift mutation of dystrophin gene)
Classic Presentations: Cervical lymphadenopathy; Desquamating rash; Coronary aneurysms; Red conjunctivae and tongue
Kawasaki disease (treat with IVIG and aspirin)
Classic Presentations:
“Cherry red” spots on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation);
Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation);
Central retinal artery occlusion
Classic Presentations:
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with minimal exertion or at rest)
Classic Presentations:
Chest pain;
Pericardial effusion/friction rub;
Persistent fever following MI
Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2-12 weeks after cute episode)
Classic Presentations:
Chest pain with ST depression on EKG
Unstable angina (troponins -) or NSTEMI (troponins +)
Classic Presentations:
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Gower’s sign)
Classic Presentations:
Child with a fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
Erythema infectiosum/Fifth Disease/Parvovirus B19 (“Slapped cheeks”)
Classic Presentations:
Chorea;
Dimentia;
Caudate degeneration
Huntington disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)
Classic Presentations:
Chorioretinitis;
Hydrocephalus;
Intracranial calcifications
Congenital toxoplasmosis
Classic Presentations:
Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
Classic Presentations: Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Classic Presentations: Conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internuclear opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF, may be unilateral or bilateral)
Classic Presentations: Continuous “machine-like” heart murmur
PDA (close with indomethacin; open or maintain with PGE analogs)
Classic Presentations: Cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm
Carcinoid syndrome (right-sided cardiac valvular lesions, increased 5-HIAA)
Classic Presentations: Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in patients with AIDS
Kaposi sarcoma, associated with HHV-8
Classic Presentations: Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul respirations (diabetic ketoacidosis)
Classic Presentations: Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin [B3] deficiency)
Classic Presentations: Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine [B1] deficiency)
Classic Presentations: Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
Classic Presentations: Dry eyes, mouth, arthritis
Sjodren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)
Classic Presentations: Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)
Classic Presentations: 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)
Classic Presentations: Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)
Classic Presentations: Episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss
Meniere disease
Classic Presentations: Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T-cells
Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or Sezary syndrome (mycosis fungoides + malignant T-cells in blood
Classic Presentations: Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)
Classic Presentations: Fat, female, forty and fertile
Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
Classic Presentations: Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in endotoxin release)
Classic Presentations: Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles
Classic Presentations: Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma