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PATHOGNOMONIC SIGN Flashcards

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Charcot’s Triad (IAN)

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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

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bronze like skin pigmentation

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ADDISON’S DISEASE

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3
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Machine like murmur

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PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS

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Kussmauls breathing (DEEP RAPID RR)

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DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS (DKA

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5
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Salty skin

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CYSTIC FIBROSIS

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6
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Expiratory Grunt

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FIBRIN HYALIN

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Reduced size & force of urine

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BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA

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Strawberry tongue

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KAWASAKI SYNDROME

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9
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Red beefy tongue

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PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

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10
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Stepladder like fever with chills

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malaria

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Stepladder like fever with chills
-Rose spots in abdomen.

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typhoid

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12
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Butterfly rashes

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SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

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13
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Rebound tenderness

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APPENDICITIS

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14
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Petechiae or (+) Herman’s sign

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dengue

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15
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Kernig’s sign (leg flex then leg pain on extension), Brudzinski sign (neck flex = lower leg flex)

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meningitis

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16
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Chipmunk face

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THALASEMIA/ BULIMIA NERVOSA

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17
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Lioning face

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LEPROSY

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18
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Koplik’s spots

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MEASLES

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19
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Spider like varices

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LIVER CIRRHOSIS

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20
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Pseudomembrane

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DIPTHERIA

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21
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Rice watery stool

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CHOLERA

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22
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Protruding tongue

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DOWN SYNDROME

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23
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Barrel chest

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EMPHYSEMA

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24
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Wheezing on expiration

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ASTHMA

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25
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Low-grade afternoon fever

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TUBERCULOSIS

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26
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Rusty sputum

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PNEUMONIA

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27
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Painless vision loss, Opacity of the lens, blurring of vision

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CATARACT

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Cat’s eye reflex (grayish discoloration of pupils)

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RETINO BLASTOMA

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Chvostek & Trosseaus sign

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HYPOCALCEMIA

30
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Recurrent bloody diarrhea

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ULCERATIVE COLITIS

31
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Burning on urination

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CYSTITIS

32
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Bull’s eye rash

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LYME’S DSE

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Painfull vision loss, tunnel/gun barrel/halo vision (Peripheral Vision Loss)

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GLAUCOMA

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Cushing’s Triad (HYPERBRADYBRADY) HYPERtension BRADYpnea BRADYcardia

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INCREASE ICP

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Bossing sign (prominent forehead)

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HYDROCEPHALUS

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Vertigo, Tinnitus

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MENIERE’S DSE

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Descending muscle weakness

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MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

38
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Ascending muscle weakness

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GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME

39
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homan’s Sign

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DVT

40
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Crushing stubbing pain relieved by NTG

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ANGINA

41
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Inspiratory stridor

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CROUP

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(HYPOTACHYTACHY) HYPOtension TACHYpnea TACHYcardia

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SHOCK

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Vesicular Rash (central to distal) dew drop on rose petal

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CHICKEN POX

44
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Barretts esophagus (erosion of the lower portion of the esophageal mucosa)

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GERD

45
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Gowers’ sign (use of hands to push one’s self from the floor)

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DUCHENNE’S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

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Coarse facial feature

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ACROMEGALY

47
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Flapping hand tremor

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HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY

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Visual Floaters, flashes of light, curtain veil like vision

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RETINAL DETACHMENT

49
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Exopthalmus

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HYPERTHYROIDISM/GRAVE’S DISEASE

50
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Sausage shaped mass, Dance Sign

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INTUSSUSCEPTION

51
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Moon face appearance and buffalo hump

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CUSHING’S SYNDROME

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Cullen’s sign (ecchymosis of umbilicus); (+) Grey turners spots PYLORIC STENOSIS

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PANCREATITIS

53
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Olive like mass

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PYLORIC STENOSIS

54
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Hallmark: sore throat, cervical lymph adenopathy, fever

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INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS

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Pill-rolling tremors

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PARKINSON’S DISEASE

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3Ds’ Drooling, Dysphonia, Dysphagia

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EPIGLOTITIS

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Reedstenberg Cells

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HODGEKIN’S DSE/LYMPHOMA

58
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Maple syrup urine odor

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MSUD

59
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Rag Doll appearance
-floppy
-Head sag
-Large tongue

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Congenital Hypothyroidism:

60
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Risus sardonicus

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TETANUS

61
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Hypocalcemia (+) Trousseau’s sign/carpopedal spasm; Chvostek sign (facial spasm)

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TETANY

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Coarse facial feature

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ACROMEGALY

63
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wheezing on expiration

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ASTHMA

64
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Cs’ Coughing, Choking, Cyanosis, Continous Drooling

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tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)

65
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(separation of epidermis caused by rubbing of the skin)

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PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS

66
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Crushing stubbing pain which radiates to left shoulder, neck, arms, unrelieved by NTG

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mi

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