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Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)

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Achilles tendon xanthoma

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Familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL signaling)

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Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC

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Waterhouse-Friederichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)

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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan’s syndrome (fibrillin defect)

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Athlete with polycythemia

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Secondary to erythropoietin injection

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Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss

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Pott’s disease (vertebral tuberculosis)

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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)

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Blue sclera

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)

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Bluish line on gingiva

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Burton’s line (lead poisoning)

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Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis

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Paget’s disease of bone (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)

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Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

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aortic regurgitation

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Butterfly facial rash and Raynaud’s phenomenon in a young female

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SLE

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Cafe-au-lait spots, Lische nodules (iris hamartoma)

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NF1 (+ pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas)

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Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty; multiple endocrine abnormalities

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McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)

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Calf pseudohypertrophy

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Muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne’s): X-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene

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Cherry-red spot on macula

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Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occlusion

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Chest pain on exertion

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Angina (stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with minimal exertion)

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Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI

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Dressler’s syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12 weeks after acute episode)

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Child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Gower’s sign (Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy)

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Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body

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Slapped checks (erythema infectiosum/fifth disease: parvovirus B19)

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntington’s disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat expansion)

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Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria

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McArdle’s disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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Cold intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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Internuclear opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral –> multiple sclerosis, unilateral –> stroke)

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Continuous machinery heart murmur

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PDA (close with indomethicin; open or maintain with misoprostol)

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Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition

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Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves’ disease [pretibial])

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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules

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Kaposi’s sarcoma (usually AIDS presents [MSM]: associated with HHV-8)

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Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul breathing (DKA)

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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra (niacin [vitamin B3] deficiency)

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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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Wet beriberi (thiamine [vitamin B1] deficiency)

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Dog or cat bite resulting in infection

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Pasturella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)

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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjogren’s syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)

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Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia

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Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)

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Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type III collagen defect)

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Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow’s node (abdominal metastasis)

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Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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Sezary syndrome (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or mycosis fungoides

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Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek’s sign (hypocalcemia)

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Fat, female, forty, and fertile

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Cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis

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Jarisch0Herzheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)

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Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles (Morbillivirus)

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Fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma

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Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis

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Peyronie’s disease (connective tissue disorder)

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Gout, mental retardation, self-mutilating behavior in a boy

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Lesch-Nyan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X-linked recessive)

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Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation from Wilson’s disease)

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Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk, mainly GI)

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Hepatosplenomegaly, osteroporosis, neurologic symptoms

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Gaucher’s disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in alpha chain of collagen IV)

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome

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Hyporeflexia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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Blue bloater (chronic bronchitis: hyperplasia of mucous cells)

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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Nonpainful: chancre (primary syphilis, Treponema pallidum); painful with exudate: chanchroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

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Infant with cleft lip/palate, microcephaly or holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, cutis aplasia

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Patau’s syndrome (trisomy 13)

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Infant with failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, and neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

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Infant with hypoglycemia, failure to thrive, and hepatomegaly

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Cori’s disease (debranching enzyme deficiency)

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Infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, and structural heart defect

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Edward’s syndrome (trisomy 18)

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Jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier’s sign (distal obstruction of biliary tree)

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Large rash with bull’s eye appearance

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Erythema chronicum migrams from Ixodes tick bite (Lyme disease: Borrelia)

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Lucid interval after traumatic brain injury

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Epidural hematoma (middle meningeal artery rupture)

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Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton’s disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)

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Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia (defect in platelet aggregation due to lack of GpIIb/IIIa)

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Muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension

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Beck’s triad of cardiac tamponade

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Multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/supernumerary teeth

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Gardner’s syndrome (subtype of FAP)

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Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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Pompe’s disease (lysosomal alpha- 1,4-glucosidase deficiency)

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Neonate with arm paralysis following difficult birth

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Erb-Duchenne palsy (superior trunk [C5-C6] brachial plexus injury: waiter’s tip)

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No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan’s syndrome (pituitary infarction)

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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear opthalmoplegia

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MS

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Oscillating slow/fast breathing

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations (central apnea in CHF or increased intracranial pressure)

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Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin disease (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae, infectious mononucleosis)

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Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes

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Raynaud’s phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

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Painful, raised red lesions on pad of fingers/toes

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Osler’s node (infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition)

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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/microabscesses)

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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

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Palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain (child), hematuria

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Henoch-Schonlein purpura (IgA vasculitis affecting skin and kidneys)

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Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN1 (autosomal dominant)

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Periorbital and/or peripheral edema, proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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Nephrotic syndrome

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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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Pink puffer (emphysema: centriacinar [smoking], panacinar [alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency])

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Polyuria, renal tubular acidosis type II, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances, hypophosphatemic rickets

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Fanconi’s syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect)

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Positive anterior drawer sign

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Anterior cruciate ligament injury

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Pruritic, purple, polygonal planar papules and plaques (6 Ps)

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Lichen planus

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Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner’s syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

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Pupil accomodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll-Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

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Rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends following GI/upper respiratory infection

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Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy)

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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, secondary syphilis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Recurrent colds, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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Hyper-IgE syndrome (Job’s syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)

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Red currant jelly sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Red currant jelly stools

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Acute mesenteric ischemia (adults), intussusception (infants)

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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget’s disease of the breast (represents underlying neoplasm)

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Red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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Renal cell carcinoma (bilateral), hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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von Hippel-Lindau disease (dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation)

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Resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability

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Parkinson’s disease (nigrostriatal dopamine depletion)

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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth’s spots (bacterial endocarditis)

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Severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney’s sign (appendicitis)

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Short stature, increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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Fanconi’s anemia (genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair; often progresses to AML)

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Single palmar crease

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Simian crease (Down syndrome)

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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener’s syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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Addison’s disase (primary adrenocortical insufficiency causes increased ACTH and increased alpha-MSH production

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Slow, progessive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker’s muscle dystrophy (X-linked missense mutation in dystrophin; less severe than Duchenne’s)

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Small, irregular red spots on buccal/lingual mucosa with blue-white centers

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Koplik spots (measles; rubeola virus)

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Smooth, flat, moist, painless white lesions on genitals

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Condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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Bacterial endocarditis

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Strawberry tongue

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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome

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Streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema

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Turner syndrome (45,XO)

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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

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Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, spots on skin

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Scurvy (vitamin C deficiency: can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis)

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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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Osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP [Bouchard’s nodes], DIP [Heberden’s nodes])

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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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Aortic valve stenosis

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Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN2A (autosomal dominant ret mutation)

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Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN2B (autosomal dominant ret mutation)

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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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Facial nerve (LMN CN VII palsy)

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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

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Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)

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Hemangioma (benign, but associated with Stuge-Weber syndrome)

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Vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple’s disease (Tropheryma whipplei)

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Worst headache of my life

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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