PANCE buzz words Flashcards
“bag of worms” in scrotum
varicocele
“bamboo appearance” on x-ray of spine
ankylosing spondylitis
“beefy red tongue”
pronounced anemia
“bird beak” deformity on x-ray
achalasia or sigmoid volvulus
“blood and thunder” retina
CR vein occlusion
“boggy uterus”
adenomyosis
“bulls eye” skin lesion
skin manifestation & cause
erythema migrans from lyme dz
“cherry red spot” (red fovea) on fundoscopy
CRAO
“coin shaped” or “discoid” plaques with vesicles and papules
nummular eczema
“corkscrew” esophagus on barium swallow
esophageal spasm
“crescent sign” of hip x-ray
avascular necrosis of hip
“cup and saucer” appearance of proximal phalanx on x-ray
psoriatic arthritis
“dew drops on a rose petal”
chicken pox
“diamond-shaped murmur” (crescendo-decrescendo) on precordial chest
aortic stenosis
“egg on a string” (narrow mediastinum)
TOGA
“eggshell” pattern from calcified LNs on CXR
silicosis
“figure 3 sign” on CXR
coarctation of aorta
“floppy baby syndrome”
botulism
“fungus ball” on CXR
aspergillus fumigatus PNA
“honey” golden crusts on face
impetigo (strep pyoderma)
“hot potato voice”
peritonsillar abscess
“machine-like” murmur
PDA
“moon facies and buffalo hump”
Cushings
“onion skin” appearance on x-ray
Ewings sarcoma
“palpable olive”
pyloric stenosis
“parrot beaked” esophagus (dilated esophagus taper to the distal obstruction) on barium swallow
achalasia
“pea soup” diarrhea
typhoid (aka enteric) fever
“pill rolling” tremor
Parkinsons
“pizza pie” (neovascularization with proliferation) on fund
CMV
“raccoon eyes”
orbital fx
“rice water” diarrhea (gray, turbid, without odor, blood, pus)
cholera
“ring of fire” on US
ectopic pregnancy
“rope-like” on CBE
fibrocystic breasts
“sack of grapes” or “grape-like vesicles” on TVU
complete hydatidiform mole
“sandpaper” rash (like sunburn with goosebumps
Scarlet fever
“satellite lesions” on buttocks
diaper dermatitis with candida
“sentinel loop” or “colon cut off sx” of gas pattern on KUB
pancreatitis
sentinel loop = dilation of a segment of small intestine
colon cutoff sign = dilation of a segment of large bowel
indicates localized ileus
“shaggy” mucosa on barium swallow
candida
“slapped cheek” syndrome
parvo B19/ fifth’s dz/ erythema infectiosum
“snowstorm” on TVU with elevated BHcg
Hydatidiform mole
“strawberry tongue”
scarlet fever & kawasaki
“strawberry” cervix
trichomonas
“string of pearls” on ovarian US
PCOS
“string sign”/ sign of kantor (stricture or stenosis) on barium enema
crohn’s disease
“stuck on” waxy lesion
SK
“sunburst” on bone x-ray
osteosarcoma
“tea and toast diet”
folate deficiency
“thumbprinting” of bowel
ischemia
“whirlpool” of intraluminal worms on KUB
ascariasis (ascariasis lumbricoides)
(+) heterophile antibodies (monospot)
mononucleosis
(+) scotch tape test
pinworms
(+) widal agglutination test
typhoid fever
5 Ps (purpule, planar, polygonal, pruritic, papule)
lichen planus
immune system mistakenly attacks cells of the skin or mucous membranes
aaron sx (mcburney’s point palpation causes stomach or chest pain)
appendicitis
absence of “scottie-dog” sign on spinal film
spondylolysis
absent or decreased femoral pulses with a murmur
coarctation of the aorta (patho)
amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles
alzheimer’s
anatomical snuffbox pain/ tenderness
scaphoid fx
anterior pat pad sign
hemarthrosis in radial head fx
anti-glomerular basement membrane abs with hematuria and hemoptysis
good-pasteur’s syndrome (path)
apple-core lesion on barium enema
colon CA
auer rods on peripheral smear (needle-like inclusions in eosinophils)
AML (less likely ALL)
auspitz sign (pin point bleed on peeling of scab)
psoriasis
“water bottle” appearance of cardiac silhouette
pericardial effusion
“string sign” (long narrow pyloric lumen)
pyloric stenosis
azure (blue) lunulae on nails
wilson’s disease
barking cough like a seal
croup
battle sx
basilar skull fx
bell-clapper deformity
abnormal attachment of testis in the scrotum (RF for torsion)
bence jones proteins in urine
multiple myeloma
bile stained eggs and proglottids in stool exam
fish tapeworm
bilious vomiting and abdominal distention in a newborn
duodenal atresia
bite cells (loss of heinz body) on peripheral smear
G6PD deficiency - anemia, jaundice, hemolysis, may confer selective advantage from malaria
(x-linked recessive)
blast crisis
CML
boot shaped heart
RVH from tet of fallot
bouchard’s nodes (PIP nodes)
OA
boutinniere deformity (extended DIP, flexed PIP)
RA
brushfield spots (on the iris)
downs syndrome
bubbly lytic lesion on x-ray (“ground glass”)
fibrous dysplasia
cafe au lait spots and rubbery skin nodules
neurofibromatosis
chadwick sign (blue cervix)
pregnancy
chandelier sign on pelvic/ speculum exam (cervical motion tenderness) (2)
PID, ectopic pregnancy
fever, RUQ pain, jaundice
charcot’s triad = ascending cholangitis
chvostek’s sign (twitch facial nerve on tap)
hypocalcemia
often due to hypoparathyroidism
clue cells on wet prep and positive whiff test (amine odor)
BV (gardnerella vaginalis)
cobblestone-pattern filling defects with segmental areas of involvement (skip lesions) on barium enema or CT
crohn’s disease
cobblestoning on colonoscopy
crohn’s disease
codman’s sign (peri-osteal elevation that forms an angle with the bone cortex)
osteosarcoma
Codman triangle is a radiologic sign seen most commonly on musculoskeletal plain films. It is the name given to a periosteal reaction that occurs when bone lesions grow so aggressively they lift the periosteum off the bone and do not allow the periosteum to lay down new bone
coral red fluorescence with wood’s lamp
erythrasma
superficial infection of the skin, macerated, scaly plaques between the toes or erythematous to brown patches or thin plaques in intertriginous areas
CSF oligoclonal bands
MS
cullen and grey-turner sxs
acute/ necrotizing pancreatitis (also in ectopic)
(cullen = periumbilical)
(grey-turner = flank)
currant jelly sputum
klebsiella pneuno PNA
currant jelly stools
intussusception
curschmann spirals (mucus casts in small airways)
asthma
CXR honeycombing
pulmonary fibrosis or bronchiectasis
CXR visceral pleural line or “deep sulcus sign” on supine
PTX
dance sign (no BS in RLQ)
intussesception
delta waves on EKG
WPW syndrome