Rapid Review - Clinical Presentations Flashcards
Abd pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari Syndrome
Abd pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use
C Diff Infection
Achilles Tendon Xanthoma
Familial Hypercholesteremia ( Decreased LDL Receptor Signaling)
Adrenal Hemorrhage, Hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome (Meningococcemia)
Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion
IgA Deficiency
Anterior Drawer Sign
ACL Injury
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation (upward), aortic dissection, hyper flexible joint
Marfan Syndrome (Fibrillin Defect)
Athlete with polycythemia
Secondary to EPO injection
Back pain, fever, night sweats
Pott Disease (Vertebral TB)
Bilateral Acoustic Shwannomas
Neurofibromatosis Type 2
Bilateral Hilar Adenopathy, Uveitis
Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
Black eschar on face of patient in DKA
Mucor or Rhizopus fungal infection
Blue Sclera
Osterogenesis Imperfecta (Type 1 Collagen Defect)
Bluish Line on Gingiva
Burton Line (Lead Poisoning)
Bone Pain, Bone Enlargement, Arthritis
Paget Disease of the Bone (Increased osteoblast and osteoclast activity)
Bounding Pulses, Wide Pulse Pressure, Diastolic Heart Murmur, Head Bobbing
Aortic Regurgitation
Butterfly facial rash and raynaud phenomenon in young female
Lupus
Cafe-au-lait spots, lisch nodules (iris hamartomas), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas
Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Cafe-au-lait spots (unilateral), polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright Syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
Calf Pseudohypertrophy
Muscular Dystrophy (Duchennes, X-linked recessive frame shift mutation of the dystrophin gene)
Cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctiva and tongue, hand-foot changes
Kawasaki Disease (treat with IVIG and aspirin)
Cherry Red Spots on Macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation)
Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation)
Central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following an MI
Dressler Syndrome (autoimmune mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2 weeks to several months after acute episode)
Chest pain with ST depressions
Unstable Angina (negative troponin) NSTEMI (positive troponin)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Gower’s Sign)
Child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body
Erythema Infectiosum/Fifth Disease (“slapped cheeks” appearance, caused by Parvovirus B19)
Chorea, Dementia, Caudate Degeneration
Huntington Disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat)
Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications
Congenital Toxoplasmosis
Chronic exercise intolerance, myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle Disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
Cold Intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Internuclear Opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF, may be unilateral or bilateral)
Continuous “machine like” heart murmur
PDA (close with indomethacin, keep open with PGE analogs)
Cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema (caused by hypothyroidism, graves disease, pretibial)
Cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm
Carcinoid Syndrome (right sided cardiac valvular lesions, elevated 5-HIAA)
Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS
Kaposi Sarcoma, associated with HHV-8
Deep, labored breathing, hyperventilation
DKA (Kussmaul Respirations)
Dermatitis, Dementia, Diarrhea
Pellagra (Niacin/Vitamin B3 Deficiency)
Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
Wet Beri Beri (Thiamin/Vitamin B 1 Deficiency)
Dog or cat bite resulting in an infection
Pasturella Multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren Syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands)
Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints, increased bleeding tendency
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Type 5 collagen defect, Type 3 collagen defect seen in vascular subtype)
Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)
Episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss
Meniere’s Disease
Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells
Mycosis Fungoides (Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma) or Sezary Syndrome (mycosis fungoides plus malignant T cells in blood)
Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek Sign (hypocalcemia)
Fat, female, forty, fertile
Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
Fever, chills, headache, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis
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