RAPID REVIEW Flashcards
Gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, XR)
Situs inversus, chronic ear infections, sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility
Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)
Blue sclera
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (type 1 collagen defect)
Elastic skin, hyper-mobility of joints, increased bleeding tendency
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (Type 5 collagen defect, type 3 collagen defect seen in vascular subtype of ED)
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation (upward & temporal), aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Arachnodactyly, pectus deformity, lens dislocation (downward)
Homocystinuria (AR)
Cafe au lait spots (unilateral), polyostotic fibrous dysplasia - leading to uneven growth, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (Gs- protein activating mutation)
Meconium ileus in neonate, recurrent pulmonary infections, nasal polyps, pancreatic insufficiency, infertility/subfertility
Cystic fibrous (CFTR gene defect, chromosome 7, Phe508 deletion)
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne, due to XR frame shift mutation of dystrophin gene)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Gowers sign)
Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys
Becker muscular dystrophy (X-linked non-frameshift deletions in dystrophin; less severe than Duchenne)
Infant with cleft lip/palate, microcephalic or holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, cutis aplasia
Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)
Infant with microcephalic, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, & structural heart defect
Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)
Single palmar crease
Down syndrome
Confusion, ophthalmoplegia/nystagmus, ataxia
Wernicke encephalopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy/ high output heart failure, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine/B1 deficiency)
Burning feet syndrome
Vitamin B5 deficiency
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin/B3 deficiency)
Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechiae
Scurvy (vitamin C deficiency: can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis)
- tea & toast diet
Bowlegs in children, bone pain, & muscle weakness
Rickets (children), osteomalacia (adults); vitamin D deficiency
Hemorrhagic disease of newborn with increased PT and PTT
Vitamin K deficiency
Bluish-black connective tissue, ear cartilage, sclera; urine turns black on prolonged exposure to air
Alkaptonuria (Homogentisate oxidase deficiency; ochronosis)
Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
Infant with hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly
Cori disease (debranching enzyme deficiency) OR Von Gierke disease (glucose 6 phosphatase deficiency - more severe)
Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance
Pompe disease (lysosomal alpha 1,4 glucosidase deficiency)
“Cherry red spots” on macula
Tay Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) OR Neimann Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occlusion
Hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, avascular necrosis of femoral head, bone crises
Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase [beta-glucosidase] deficiency)
Achilles’ tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signaling)
Recurrent Neisseria infection
Terminal complement deficiencies (C5-C9)
Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion
IgA deficiency
Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells
Bruton disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)
Recurrent cold (non-inflammed) abscesses, eczema, high serum IgE, increased eosinophils
Hyper IgE syndrome (Job syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)
Late separation (>30 days) of umbilical cord, no pus, recurrent skin & mucosal bacterial infections
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency (type 1; defective LFA-1 integrin)
Recurrent infections and granulomas with catalase + organisms
Chronic granulomatous disease (defect of NAPDH oxidase)
Fever, vomiting, diarrhea, desquamating rash following use of nasal pack or tampon
Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome
“Strawberry tongue”
Scarlet fever
Kawasaki disease
Colon cancer diagnosed a few years after endocarditis
Streptococcus Bovis
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use
Clostridium difficile infection
Flaccid paralysis in newborn after ingestion of honey
Clostridium botulinum infection (floppy baby syndrome)
Tonsillar pseudomembrane with “bull’s neck” appearance
Corynebacterium diphtheria infection
Back pain, fever, night sweats
Pott disease (vertebral TB)
Adrenal insufficiency, fever, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
Red “currant jelly” sputum in patients with alcohol overuse or diabetes
Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia
Large rash with bull’s eye appearance
Erythema migrans from Ixodes tick bite (Lyme disease: Borrelia)
Ulcerated genital lesion
Nonpainful, indurated: chancre (primary syphilis, Treponema pallidum)
Painful, with exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)
Pupil accommodates but doesn’t react to light
Neurosyphilis (Argyll Robertson pupil)
Smooth, moist, painless, wart-like white lesions on genitals
Condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)
Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (due to host response to sudden release of bacterial antigens)
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection (cellulitis, osteomyelitis)
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
Atypical “walking pneumonia” with x-ray looking worse than patient
Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection
Rash on palms and soles
Coxsackie A
Secondary syphilis
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications
Congenital toxoplasmosis
Pruritus, serpiginous rash after walking barefoot
Hookworm (Ancylostoma spp, Necator americanus)
Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
Erythema infectiosum/ fifth disease (“slapped cheeks” appearance, caused by parvovirus B19)
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles
Small, irregular red spots on buccal/lingual mucosa with blue-white centers
Koplik spots (measles [rubeola] virus)
Bounding pulses, wide pulse pressure, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo), narrow pulse pressure, pulses parvus et tardus
Aortic stenosis
Continuous “machine-like” heart murmur
PDA (close with indomethacin; keep open with PGE analogs)
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with minimal exertion or at rest)
Chest pain with ST depressions on ECG
Angina (neg. troponins) or NSTEMI (pos. Troponins)
Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2 weeks to several months after acute episode)
Distant heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension
Beck triad of cardiac tamponade
Painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers/toes
Osler nodes (infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition)
Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles
Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/ micro-abscesses)
Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails
Bacterial endocarditis
Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers
Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)