Rapid Review - Classic Presentations Flashcards
Classic Presentations
Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
Achilles tendon xanthoma
Familial hypercholesterolemia (decreased LDL receptor signaling)
Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan’s syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Athlete with polycythemia
2 to erythropoietin injection
Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott’s disease (vertebral tuberculosis)
Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
Blue sclera
Osteogenesis imperfect (type I collagen defect)
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton’s line (lead poisoning)
Bone pain, bone enlargment, arthritis
Paget’s disease of bone (increased osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)
Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic regurgitation
Butterfly facial rash and Raynaud’s phenomenon in young female
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Cafe-au-lait spots, lisch nodules(iris hemartoma)
Neurofibromatosis type I (+pheochromocytoma, optic gliomas)
Cafe-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutations)
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystropy (Duchenne’s) : X linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene
“Cherry-red spot” on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Nieman-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina (stable: with moderate exertion; unstable: with minimal exertion)
Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dressler’s syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12 weeks after acute episode)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Gower’s sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)
Child with fever later develops rash on face that spreads to body
“slapped cheeks” (erythema infectiosum/fifth disease: parvovirus B19)
Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntington’s disease (autosomal-dominant CAG repeat expansion)
Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle’s disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diploplia
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral [multiple sclerosis], unilateral stroke)
Continuous “machine” like murmur
PDA (close with indomethacin, open or maintain with misoprotol)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, Graves’ disease)
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules
Kaposi’s sarcoma (usually AIDS patients [MSM]: assoc. w/ HHV-8)
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul breathing (diabetic ketoacidosis)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra (niacin [vit B3] deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism, malnutrition
Wet beriberi (thiamine [vit B1] deficiency)
Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
Pasteurella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal SCC)
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type 3 collagen defect)
Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow’s node (abdominal metastasis)
Erythoderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells
Sezary syndrome (cutaneous T cell lymphoma) or mycosis fungoides
Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek’s sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat, female, forty, fertile
Cholelithiasis (gallstone)
Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
Jarisch Herxheimer rxn (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)
Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
Measle (morbillivirus)
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms (staging) of lymphoma
Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis
Peyronie’s disease (connective tissue disorder)
Gout, mental retardation, self mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X linked recessive)
Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea
Kayser-Fleischer rings (copper accumulation from Wilson’s disease)
Hamartomatous GI polymps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; increased cancer risk, mainly GI)
Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms
Gaucher’s disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)
Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts
Alport syndrome (mutation in alpha chain of collagen IV)
Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility
Kluver Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion)