Pathognomonic Signs

Question 1

GERD

Answer 1

Barrett esophagus

Question 2

Pernucious Anemia

Answer 2

Beefy Red Tongue

Question 3

PKU

Answer 3

Blue eye

Question 4

Hydrocephalus

Answer 4

Bossing sign and Setting sun eyes

Question 5

Meningitis

Answer 5

Brudzinski’s sign and Kernig’s sign

Question 6

Lyme’s disease

Answer 6

Bull’s eye

Question 7

SLE

Answer 7

Butterfly rash

Question 8

Retinoblastoma

Answer 8

Cat’s eye

Question 9

Tetany; hypocalcemia

Answer 9

Chvostek’s sign

Question 10

Cataract

Answer 10

Cloudy vision

Question 11

Ectopic pregnancy/ pancreatitis

Answer 11

Cullen’s sign

Question 12

Intussusception

Answer 12

Currant- jelly like stool, Dance Sign and sausage like mass

Question 13

Increased IOP

Answer 13

Doll’s eye

Question 14

Grave’s disease

Answer 14

New bilateral Exopthalmos

Question 15

Duchenne’s Muscular dystrophy

Answer 15

Gower’s sign

Question 16

Thrombophlebitis

Answer 16

Homan’s sign

Question 17

CVA

Answer 17

Homonymous Hemianopsia

Question 18

Appendicitis

Answer 18

MC Burney’s sign

Question 19

Cushing’s syndrome

Answer 19

Moon face

Question 20

Pemphigus vulgaris

Answer 20

Nikolsky’s sign

Question 21

Multiple Sclerosis

Answer 21

Nystagmus

Question 22

Pyloric Stenosis

Answer 22

Olive like mass

Question 23

Parkinson’s disease

Answer 23

Pill rolling

Question 24

Myasthenia Gravis

Answer 24

Ptosis

Question 25

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Answer 25

Pulsating Abdominal Mass

Question 26

Basilar Fracture

Answer 26

Raccoon’s eye

Question 27

Hirschprung’s disease

Answer 27

Ribbon- like stool

Question 28

Bulimia nervosa

Answer 28

Russel's sign
Chipmunk facies (parotid gland swelling)

Question 29

Pancreatitis

Answer 29

Steatorrhea

Question 30

Kawasaki disease

Answer 30

Strawberry tongue

Question 31

Varicosities

Answer 31

Tortuous veins

Question 32

Developmental dysplasia of the hip

Answer 32

Trendelenburg sign

Question 33

Hypocalcemia

Answer 33

Trousseau’s sign

Question 34

Retinal detachment

Answer 34

Visual floaters

Question 35

Hepatic Encephalopathy

Answer 35

Asterixis

Question 36

Addison’s disease

Answer 36

Bronze-like skin

Question 37

Angina Pectoris

Answer 37

Levine’s sign (hand clutching of chest)

Question 38

Cholecystitis

Answer 38

Murphy’s sign

Question 39

Cholera

Answer 39

Rice watery stool

Question 40

Chronic hemorrhagic pancreatitis

Answer 40

Grey - turner’s sign

Question 41

Diphtheria

Answer 41

Pseudomembrane on tonsils, pharynx and nasal cavity

Question 42

Emphysema

Answer 42

Barrel chest

Question 43

Hyperthyroidism

Answer 43

Exophthalmos

Question 44

Liver Cirrhosis

Answer 44

Spider Angioma

Question 45

Leprosy

Answer 45

Leonine facies (thickened lion-like facial skin)

Question 46

Measles

Answer 46

Koplik’s spot

Question 47

Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Answer 47

Machine- like murmur

Question 48

Rib fracture

Answer 48

Pain produced with attempts to sleeping on one’s back

Question 49

Tetanus

Answer 49

Risus sardonicus

Question 50

Typhoid fever

Answer 50

Rose spots in abdomen

Question 51

Whipple’s disease

Answer 51

Oculo-Masticatory Myorhythmia