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Memorize Classic Presentations Flashcards

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Gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in a boy

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

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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

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Blue sclera

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)

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Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints,  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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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation (upward), aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)

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Café-au-lait spots (unilateral), 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 Duchenne, due to X-linked recessive frameshift mutation of dystrophin gene)

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Child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Gowers sign)

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

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Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)

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

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Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)

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Single palmar crease

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Down syndrome

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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Wet beriberi (thiamine [vitamin B1] deficiency)

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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra (niacin [vitamin B3] deficiency)

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Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechiae

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

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

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McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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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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Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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

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“Cherry-red spots” on macula

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

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Hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, aseptic necrosis of femoral head, bone crises

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Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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Achilles tendon xanthoma

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Familial hypercholesterolemia ( LDL receptor signaling)

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Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion

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IgA deficiency

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Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)

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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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“Strawberry tongue”

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Scarlet fever Kawasaki disease

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Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)

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Red “currant jelly” sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients

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Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia

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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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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Nonpainful: chancre (1° syphilis, Treponema pallidum) Painful, with exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

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Pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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Neurosyphilis (Argyll Robertson pupil)

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Smooth, moist, painless, wart-like white lesions on genitals

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Condylomata lata (2° syphilis)

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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 endotoxin-like release)

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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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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, 2° syphilis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Black eschar on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis

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Mucor or Rhizopus fungal infection

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Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications

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Congenital toxoplasmosis

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Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles

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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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Back pain, fever, night sweats

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Pott disease (vertebral TB)

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

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Erythema infectiosum/fifth disease (“slapped cheeks” appearance, caused by parvovirus B19)

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Abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use

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Clostridium difficile infection

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Bounding pulses, wide pulse pressure, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

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Aortic regurgitation

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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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Aortic stenosis

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Continuous “machine-like” heart murmur

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PDA (close with indomethacin; keep open with PGE analogs)

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Chest pain on exertion

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

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Chest pain with ST depressions on ECG

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Angina (⊝ troponins) or NSTEMI (⊕ troponins)

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

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Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2 weeks to several months after acute episode)

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Painful, raised lesions on pads of fingers/toes

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Osler nodes (infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition)

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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/ microabscesses)

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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)

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Distant heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension

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Beck triad of cardiac tamponade

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Cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctivae and tongue, hand-foot changes

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Kawasaki disease (treat with IVIG and aspirin)

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Palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain (child), hematuria

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

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Telangiectasias, recurrent epistaxis, skin discoloration, arteriovenous malformations, GI bleeding, hematuria

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Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-WeberRendu syndrome)

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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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1° adrenocortical insufficiency (eg, Addison disease) causes  ACTH and  α-MSH production)

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Cold intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Cutaneous/dermal edema due to deposition of mucopolysaccharides in connective tissue

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

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Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)

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No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan syndrome (postpartum hemorrhage leading to pituitary infarction)

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Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Diabetic ketoacidosis (Kussmaul respirations)

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Cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm

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

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Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN 1 (autosomal dominant)

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Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis, Marfanoid habitus

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MEN 2B (autosomal dominant RET mutation)

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Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A (autosomal dominant RET mutation)

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Jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier sign (distal malignant obstruction of biliary tree)

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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

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Vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

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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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Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)

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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple disease (Tropheryma whipplei)

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Severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

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(Rovsing sign (acute appendicitis)

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Severe RLQ pain with deep tenderness

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McBurney sign (acute appendicitis)

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Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands/genitalia

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction;  cancer risk, mainly GI)

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

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Gardner syndrome (subtype of FAP)

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Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)

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Severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

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Golden brown rings around peripheral cornea

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Wilson disease (Kayser-Fleischer rings due to copper accumulation)

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Fat, female, forty, fertile, familial

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Cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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Short stature, café-au-lait spots, thumb/radial defects,  incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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

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Red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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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, CLL)

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Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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

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Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms of lymphoma

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Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or Sézary syndrome (mycosis fungoides + malignant T cells in blood)

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WBCs that look “smudged”

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Athlete with polycythemia

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2° to erythropoietin injection

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Neonate with arm paralysis following difficult birth, arm in “waiter’s tip” position

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Erb-Duchenne palsy (superior trunk [C5–C6] brachial plexus injury

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Anterior “drawer sign” ⊕

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Anterior cruciate ligament injury

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Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis

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Paget disease of bone ( osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)

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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints in an elderly individual, pain worse with activity

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

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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjögren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)

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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

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

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Systemic lupus erythematosus

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Painful fingers/toes changing color from white to blue to red with cold or stress

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Raynaud phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

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Anticentromere antibodies

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Scleroderma (CREST)

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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS

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Kaposi sarcoma, associated with HHV-8

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Anti-desmoglein (anti-desmosome) antibodies

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Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)

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

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Lichen planus

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⬆ AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Dating error, anencephaly, spina bifida (open neural tube defects)

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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Klüver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)

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Lucid interval after traumatic brain injury

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Epidural hematoma (middle meningeal artery rupture)

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Resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability, shuffling gait

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Parkinson disease (loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta)

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)

106
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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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Multiple sclerosis

107
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Rapidly progressive limb weakness that ascends following GI/upper respiratory infection

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Guillain-Barré syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy subtype)

108
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Café-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas

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Neurofibromatosis type I

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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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Bilateral acoustic schwannomas

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Neurofibromatosis type 2

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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, Babinski sign 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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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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LMN facial nerve (CN VII) palsy; UMN lesions spare the forehead

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Episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss

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Meniere disease

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Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

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

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Fanconi syndrome (multiple combined dysfunction of the proximal convoluted tubule)

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Bluish line on gingiva

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Burton line (lead poisoning)

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Periorbital and/or peripheral edema, proteinuria (> 3.5g/ day), hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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Nephrotic syndrome

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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in collagen IV)

120
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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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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget disease of the breast (sign of underlying neoplasm)

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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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Chronic bronchitis (hyperplasia of mucous cells, “blue bloater”)

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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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Emphysema (“pink puffer,” centriacinar [smoking] or panacinar [α1-antitrypsin deficiency])

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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)

125
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Elderly, pain worsen with activity

Joint deformity without fusion

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Osteoarthritis

126
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Morning stiffness, improves with activity, symmetric involvement

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Rheumatoid arthritis

127
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Arthritis, urethritis, conjunctivitis

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Reiter syndrome

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Involved single joint, usually the knee, warm, erythematoid joint with limited range of motion, fever, increased WBC, elevated ESR

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septic arthritis

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