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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 hypercholesterolimia (decrease LDL receptor signaling)

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Adrenal hemorrhage, hypOtension, DIC

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (menigococcemia)

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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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Secondary to EPO injection

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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 (noncaseating granulomas)

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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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Burtons line = lead poisoning

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Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis

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Paget’s Disease of the Bone (increase osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)

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Bounding Pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

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Aortic regurgitation

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Butterfly rash and Raynauds phenomenon in young female

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SLE

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

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Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (+pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas)

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

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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 Duchennes): 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 on exertion

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Angina (Stable: with moderate exercise; unstable: with minimal exertion)

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

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Dressler’s Syndrome (AI-mediated post-MI fibrinouse pericarditis, 1-12 weeks after acute episode)

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Child uses arms to stand up from a squat

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Gower’s Sign = they prob have Duchenne’s MD

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

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“Slapped Cheeks”= erythema infectiosum/fifth disease = Parvovirus B19

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntingtons Disease (AD CAG repeat expansion)

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

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McArdles Disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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Cold Intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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Intranuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral=MS, unilateral = stoke)

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Continuous “machinery” heart murmur

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Patent ductus arteriosus (close with indomethacin, keep 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=pretibial)

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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules

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Kaposi’s sarcoma (usually AIDS patients, associated with HHV-8)

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Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul breathing (diabetic ketoacidosis)

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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra (niacin [B3] deficiency)

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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Wet Beriberi (thiamine [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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Sjorgens syndrome (AI 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

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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, Fertile

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gall stones

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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

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41
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Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma

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42
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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-mutilating 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 in Wilson’s)

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Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction, increase cancer risk)

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Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms

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Gaucher’s disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in alpha chain of 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 skin present

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UMN damage

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Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasciculations

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LMN damage

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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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“Blue Bloater” (chronic bronchitis: hyperplasia of mucous cells)

52
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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Nonpainful: chancre (1 syphilis, Treponema pallidum)

Painful, with exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

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

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Patau’s syndrome (trisomy 13)

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Infant with failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, and 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 diesease (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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Jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gall bladder

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Courvoiser’s sign (distal 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’s disease (X linked agammaglobulinemia)

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Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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

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Muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension

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Beck’s triad of cardiac tamponade

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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 a-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-C6] brachial plexus injury: waiters tip)

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No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan’s syndrome (pituitary blew up (infarction))

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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Oscillating fast/slow breathing

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations (central apnea in CHF or increased intracranial pressure) [basically gonna die probs]

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Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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

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Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes

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Raynaud’s phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

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Painful, raised red lesions on pad of fingers/toes

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Osler’s node (infective endocarditis, immune complex depostition)

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Painful 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 pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

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Palpable purpura on butt/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, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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Nephrotic syndrome

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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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“Pink Puffer” (emphysema: centriacinar [smoking], panacinar [a1 antitrypsin deficiency])

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Poluria, renal tubular acidosis Type II, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances, hypophosphatemic rickets

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Fanconi’s syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect)

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Positive anterior “drawer sign”

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ACL injury

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Pruritic, purple, polygonal planar papules and plaques

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Lichen planus

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Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner’s syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

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Pupil accommodates but doesn’t 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 (acute AI inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy)

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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, 2 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 “currant jelly” sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Red “currant jelly” stools

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Acute mesenteric ischemia (adults), intussusception (infants)

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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Pagets disease of the breast (represents underlying neoplasm)

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Red urine in the morning, fragile RBC’s

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

90
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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 tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability

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Parkinson’s Disease (nigrostriatal dopamine depletion)

92
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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth’s 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’s sign (acute appendicitis)

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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney’s sign (appendicitis)

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

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

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Single palmar crease

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Simian crease (Down’s syndrome)

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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener’s syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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Addison’s disease (1 adrenocortical insuficiency causes increase ACTH, and increase a-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 severe 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)

102
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Smooth, flat, moist, painless white lesions on genitalia

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Condylomata lata (2 syphilis)

103
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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

104
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“Strawberry tongue”

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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease, Toxic shock syndrome

105
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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 swolled/painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

107
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Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, spots on skin

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

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Swollen, hard, painful finger joint

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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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MEN2A (AD ret mutation)

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Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN2B (AD ret mutation)

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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinksi Sign (UMN lesion)

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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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Facial Nerve (LMN CN VII palsy)

114
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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

115
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Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)

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

116
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Vomiting blood following esophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss tears (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

117
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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple’s disease (Tropheryma whipplei)

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“Worst headache of my life”

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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