Rapid Review: Classic Presentations Flashcards
Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic VT)
Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
Anterior drawer sign
Anterior cruciate ligament injury
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Athlete with polycythemia
Secondary to epo injection
Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott disease (vertebral TB)
Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
Blue sclera
Osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton line (lead poisoning)
Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget disease of bone (increased osteoclast and blast activity)
Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
Butterfly facial rash and Raynaud phenomenon in a young female
SLE
Café-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)
Neurofibromatosis type I (+pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas)
Café-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy, e.g., Duchenne (X-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene)
Cherry-red spots on macula
Central retinal artery occlusions from Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation)
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable = with moderate exertion, unstable = with minimal exertion)
Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis 1-12 weeks after an acute episode)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Gowers sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)
Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
Slapped cheeks from parvovirus B19 (erythema infectiosum, fifth disease)
Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)
Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgias, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia due damage to MLF (bilateral from MS, unilateral from stroke)
Continuous machine-like heart murmur
Patent ductus arteriosus (close with indomethacin, open or maintain with misoprostol)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (from hypothyroidism, Graves disease)
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS
Kaposi sarcoma (HHV-8)
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul respirations (diabetic ketoacidosis)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin (B3) deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine (B1) deficiency)
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjögren syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)
Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (can progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints
Ehlers-Danos syndrome (type III collagen defect)
Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)
Erythroderma, LAD, HSM, atypical T cells
Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T cell lymphoma) or Sézary syndrome (malignant T cells spread to blood)
Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat, female, forty, and fertile
Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measles
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms of lymphoma
Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis
Peyronie disease (connective tissue disorder)
Gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X-linked recessive)
Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea
Kayser-Fleischer rings (Wilson disease)
Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk, mainly GI)
HSM, osteoperosis, neurologic symptoms
Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)