Rapid Review Flashcards
abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome
posthepatic venous thrombosis
abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent abx use
c diff infection
achilles tendon xanthoma
familial hypercholesterolemia
decreased LDL receptor signaling
adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
meningococcemia
anaphylaxis after blood transfusion
IgA deficiency
anterior drawer sign +
ACL injury
arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan
fibrillin defect
athlete w/ polycythemia
secondary to EPO injection
back pain, fever, night sweats
Pott’s disease
vertebral TB
bilateral acoustic schwannomas
NF2
bilateral hilar LAD, uveitis
sarcoidosis
noncaseating granulomas
black eschar on face w/ T2DM
mucor or rhizopus fungal infection
blue sclera
OI
type I collagen defect
choroidal veins
bluish line on gingiva
burton line
lead poisoning
bone pain, bone enlargement, arthriitis
paget disease of bone
bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
aortic regurg
butterfly malar rash, raynaud, young woman
sle
cafe au lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas
NF1
cafe au lait spots, polostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, endocrine abnormalities
McCune Albright
mosaic G protein signaling mutation
calf pseudohypertrophy
muscular dystrophy
Duchenne- X linked recessive frameshift mutation of dystropin gene
cervical LAD, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctiva and tongue
Kawasaki
treat w/ IVIG and ASA
cherry red spots on macula
Tay-Sachs- ganglioside accumulation
Niemann-Pick- sphingomyelin accumulation
central retinal artery occlusion
chest pain on exertion
angina
stable- moderate exertion
unstable- minimal exertion or rest
chest pain, pericardial effusion, friction rub, persistent fever after MI
Dressler syndrome
autoimmune mediated post MI fibrinous pericarditis
2-12 weeks post MI
chest pain w/ ST depressions on EKG
unstable angina- troponins neg
NSTEMI- troponins pos
child uses arms to stand up from squat
Gower’s sign
DMD
child w/ fever later develops red rash on race that spreads to body
Slapped cheeks- erythema infectiousum
Parvo B19
chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
huntingtons
CAG AD repeat expansion
chorioretinitis, hydrocephalis, intracranial calcifications
congenital toxoplasmosis
chronic exercise intolerance w/ myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle
skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency
cold intolerance
hypothyroidism
conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizonal diplopia
internuclear opthalmoplegia
damage to MLF
continuous machine-like murmur
PDA
close w/ indomethacin
keep open w/ PGE analogs
cutaneous dermal edema due to CT deposition
myxedema
glucosaminoglycans
hypothyroidism and graves (pretibial)
cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm
carcinoid syndrome
right sided cardiac valvular lesions
increased 5IAA
dark purple skin/mouth nodules in AIDS patient
Kaposi’s sarcoma
HHV8
deep, labored breathing while hyperventilating
Kussmaul breathing
DKA
dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra
B3 niacin deficiency
dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism, malnutrition
wet beriberi
B1 thiamine deficiency
dog or cat bite infection
pasteurella multocida
dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
sjogrens
autoimmune destruction of glands
dysphagia, esophageal webs, glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
Plummer Vinson
may progress to SCC
elastic skin , joint hyper mobility, increased bleeding
Ehlers- Danlos
Type V collagen
Type III collagen- vascular type
enlarged hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow’s node
abdominal metastasis
episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss
meniere disease
endolymphatic hydrops
erythroderma, LAD, HSM, atypical T cells
Mycosis fungiodes- cutaneous T cell lymphoma
Sezary- malignant T cells in blood
facial spasm upon tapping
Chvostek sign- hypocalcemia
fat, female, forty, fertile
cholelithiasis
fever, chills, HA, myalgia following abx treatment of syphillis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction- rapid lysis of spirochetes results in endotoxin release
fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
measles
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma
fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis with abnormal curvature
Peyronie’s disease
golden brown rings around peripheral cornea
Kayser-Fleisher rings- copper accumulation in Wilson’s disease
gout, intellectual disability, self mutilating behavior, boys
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome- HGPRT deficiency, X-linked recessive
hamartomatous GI polyps, hyper pigmentation of mouth hands feet and genitals
Peutz-Jeghers- inherited benign polyposis, can cause bowel obstruction, increased cancer risk
HSM, pancytopenia, osetoporosis, aseptic necrosis of femur, bone crises
Gaucher disease- glucocerebrosidase deficiency
hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts
Alport syndrome- collagen IV mutation
hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility
Kluver Bucy syndrome- bilateral amygdala lesion
hyperreflexia, hypertonia, Babinski sign +
UMN damage
hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasciculations, absent Babinski
LMN damage
hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia
blue bloater chronic bronchitis
hyperplasia of mucus cells
indurated ulcerated genital lesion
nonpainful- syphilis T. pallidum
painful w/ exudate- chancroid H. ducreyi
infant w/ cherry red spot on macula, HSM, neurodegeneration
Niemann-Pick disease- genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency
infant w/ cleft lip/palate, microcephaly, polydactyly, cutus aplasia
Patau trisomy 13
jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder
Courvoisier sign- distal obstruction of biliary tree
infant w/ hypoglycemia and hepatomegaly
Cori disease- deb ranching enzyme deficiency
Von Gierke- glucose 6 phosphatase deficiency
infant w/ microcephaly, rocker bottom feet, clenched hands, structural heart defect
Edwards trisomy 18
large rash w/ bull’s eye appearance
erythema migrans from ixodes tick bite (lyme disease borrelia)
lucid interval after TBI
epidural hematoma- middle meningeal artery rupture
male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells
Bruton disease- X linked agammaglobulinemia
mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time
Glanzmann thrombasthenia- defect in platelet aggregation due to lack of GpIIb/IIIa
muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension
beck triad of cardiac tamponade
multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors of face, impacted supernumerary teeth
Gardner syndrome
myopathy- infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, exercise intolerance
Pompe disease- lysosomal a 1,4 glucosidase deficiency
neonate w/ arm paralysis following difficult birth
Erb-Duchenne palsy- C5-C6 brachial plexus injury, waiter’s tip
no lactation post partum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance
Sheehan syndrome- pituitary infarction
nystagmus, intensional tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear opthalmoplegia
multiple sclerosis
painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia
cold agglutinin disease- autoimmune hemolytic anemia
painful fingers/toes change color from blue to white to red with cold or stress
Raynauds- vasospasm
painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers/toes
Osler nodes- infective endocarditis, immune complex deposits
painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles
Janeway lesions- infective endocarditis, septic emboli
painless jaundice
cancer of pancreatic head obstructing bile duct
palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain, hematuria
Henock-Schonlein purpura- IgA vasculutus affecting skin and kidneys
pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors
MEN1- autosomal dominant
periorbital/peripheral edema, proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia
nephrotic syndrome
pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation
pink puffer emphysema
pan acinar- a1 antitrypsin deficiency
centri acinar- smoking
polyuria, renal tubular acidosis type II, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances, hypophosphatemic rickets
Fanconi syndrome
pruritic, purpule, polygonal, plana papules and plaques. sawtooth appearance of dermal-epidermal junction
lichen planus
ptosis, miosis, anhydrosis
Horner syndrome- sympathetic chain lesion
pupil accommodates but doesn’t react to light
Argyll-Robertson pupil- neurosyphilis
rapidly progressive limb weakness that ascends following GI/URTI
Guillain Barre- acute inflammatory segmental demyelinating polyradiculopathy
rash on palms and soles
coxsackie A, secondary syphilis, rocky mountain spotted fever
recurrent cold non inflamed abscesses, unusual eczema, high serum IgE
Job syndrome- neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
red currant jelly sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients
Klebsiella PNA
red currant jelly stools
acute mesenteric ischemia- adults
intussusception- peds
red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola
Paget’s disease of the breast- underlying carcinoma
Red urine in the AM, fragile RBCs
paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
bilateral RCC, hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma
von Hippel Lindau- dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation
resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability, shuffling gait
Parkinsons- loss of DA neurons in SN pars compacta
retinal hemorrhages w/ pale centers
Roth spots- bacterial endocarditis
severe jaundice in neonate
Crigler Najjar- congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
severe RLQ pain w/ palpation of LLQ
Rovsing sign- acute appendicitis
severe RLQ pain w/ rebound tenderness
McBurney sign- acute appendicitis
short stature, cafe au lait spots, thumb/radial defects, increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia
Fanconi anemia- genetic loss of DNA cross link repair, often progresses to AML
Single palmar crease
Down syndrome
situs inversis, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility
Kartagener syndrome- dynein arm defect affecting cilia motility
skin hyper pigmentation, hypotension, fatigue
primary adrenocortical insufficiency- Addison disease
increased ACTH and MSH
slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys
Becker muscular dystrophy- X linked missense mutation in dystrophin
small, irregular red spots on buccal/lingual mucosa w/ blue white centers
Koplik spots- measles rubeola virus
smooth, moist, painless wart like lesions on genitals
condylomata lata- secondary syphilis
splinter hemorrhages in fingernails
bacterial endocarditis
strawberry tongue
Kawasaki disease
Scarlet fever
streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth, short stature, lymphedema, webbed neck
turner syndrome XO
sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi
Gout/podagra
Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechia
Scurvy- vitamin C deficiency, can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis
swollen, hard, painful finger joints
osteoarthritis- causes osteophytes
PIP- Bouchard
DIP-Herbenden
systolic ejection murmur crescendo-decrescendo
aortic stenosis
telangectasis, recurrent epistaxis, skin discoloration, AV malformations, GI bleeding, hematuria
Osler-Weber-Rendu
thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma
MEN 2A- AD RET
thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis (mucosal neuromas)
MEN2B- AD RET
toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape
Babinski sign
unilateral facial drooping involving forehead
CN VII palsy (LMN)
UMN injury spares forehead- bilateral innervation
urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis
reactive arthritis (Reiters) HLA B 27
Vascular birthmark (port wine stain) on face
Benign but can be associated w/ Sturge-Weber syndrome
vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations
Mallory-Weiss syndrome- alcoholics and bulemics
Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy
Whipple disease
“worst headache of my life”
subarachnoid hemorrhage
anticentromere antibodies
scleroderma CREST
anti desmoglein antibodies
pemphigus vulgaris
anti glomerular BM antibodies
Goodpasture
anti histone antibodies
drug induced SLE
anti IgG antibodies
RA
antimitochondrial antibodies
primary biliary cirrhosis
pANCA antibodies
Churg Strauss- microscopic polyangiitis
cANCA antibodies
Wegener’s granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis
anti Smith antibodies
SLE
anti dsDNA antibodies
SLE
anti-topoisomerase antibodies
diffuse systemic scleroderma
anti transglutaminase, gliadin, endomysial antibodies
celial
apple core lesion on barium enema x-ray
colorectal cancer
usually left sided
atypical lymphocytes
EBV
azurophilic peroxidase + granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeoblasts
Auer rods- AML
Bacitracin sensitive
GAS
Bacitracin resistant
GBS
bamboo spine on X-ray
ankylosing spondylitis
HLA B 27
basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs
Howell-Jolly bodies- splenic dysfunction
basophilic stippling of RBCs
lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia
bloody tap on LP
subarachnoid hemorrhage
boot shaped heart on X ray
tetralogy of fallot (RVH)
branching gram + rods w/ sulfur granules
actinomyces israelii
bronchogenic apical lung tumor + Horner syndrome
Pancoast tumor
brown tumor of bone
hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica- hemosiderin deposition from hemorrhage
cardiomagaly w/ apical atrophy
Chagas disease- trypanosome cruzi
cellular crescents in Bowman capsule
rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
chocolate cyst of ovary
endometriosis
cellular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils
Homer-Wright rosettes
neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma
colonies of mucoid pseudomonas in lungs
CF- AR mutation CTFR
decreased AFP in amniotic fluid and maternal serum
Down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormalities
degeneration of dorsal column fibers
tabes dorsalis- tertiary syphilis
delta wave on EKG, short PR interval, supra ventricular tachycardia
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome- bundle of Kent bypasses AV node
depigmentation of neurons in SN
Parkinsons
desquamated epithelium casts in sputum
Curshmann spirals- whorled mucus plugs in asthma
disarrayed granulosa cells arranged around collections of eosinophilic fluid
Call-Exner bodies- granulosa cell tumor of the ovary
dysplastic squamous cervical cells w/ raisinoid nuclei and hyperchromasia
koilocytes
HPV associated
electrical alternans- alternating amplitude on EKG
pericardial tamponade
enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies
owl eyes
CMV
enlarged thyroid cells with ground glass nuclei and central clearing
orphan annie eyes
papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell
Mallory body- alcoholic liver disease
eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in nerve cell
Lewy body- Parkinsons
eosinophilic globule in liver
Councilman body- viral hepatitis, yellow fever
represents apoptosis
extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter
Senile plaques- Alzheimer
giant B cells with bilobed uncle and prominent inclusions
Reed-Sternberg cells
Hodgkin lymphoma
glomerulus like structure surrounding vessel in germ cells
Schiller Duvall bodies- yolk sac tumor
hair on end crew cut appearance on X ray
B thalassemia and sickle cell disease (marrow expansion)
hCG elevated
choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole