Rapid Review - Clinical Presentations Flashcards

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Abd pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari Syndrome

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Abd pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use

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C Diff Infection

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Achilles Tendon Xanthoma

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Familial Hypercholesteremia ( Decreased LDL Receptor Signaling)

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Adrenal Hemorrhage, Hypotension, DIC

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome (Meningococcemia)

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5
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Anaphylaxis following blood transfusion

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IgA Deficiency

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Anterior Drawer Sign

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ACL Injury

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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation (upward), aortic dissection, hyper flexible joint

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Marfan Syndrome (Fibrillin Defect)

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Athlete with polycythemia

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Secondary to EPO injection

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Back pain, fever, night sweats

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Pott Disease (Vertebral TB)

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Bilateral Acoustic Shwannomas

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Neurofibromatosis Type 2

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Bilateral Hilar Adenopathy, Uveitis

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Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)

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Black eschar on face of patient in DKA

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Mucor or Rhizopus fungal infection

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Blue Sclera

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Osterogenesis Imperfecta (Type 1 Collagen Defect)

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Bluish Line on Gingiva

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Burton Line (Lead Poisoning)

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Bone Pain, Bone Enlargement, Arthritis

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Paget Disease of the Bone (Increased osteoblast and osteoclast activity)

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Bounding Pulses, Wide Pulse Pressure, Diastolic Heart Murmur, Head Bobbing

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Aortic Regurgitation

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17
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Butterfly facial rash and raynaud phenomenon in young female

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Lupus

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Cafe-au-lait spots, lisch nodules (iris hamartomas), cutaneous neurofibromas, pheochromocytomas, optic gliomas

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Neurofibromatosis Type 1

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Cafe-au-lait spots (unilateral), 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 (Duchennes, X-linked recessive frame shift mutation of the dystrophin gene)

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Cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctiva and tongue, hand-foot changes

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Kawasaki Disease (treat with IVIG and aspirin)

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Cherry Red Spots on Macula

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Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation)
Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation)
Central retinal artery occlusion

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

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Dressler Syndrome (autoimmune mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 2 weeks to several months after acute episode)

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24
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Chest pain with ST depressions

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Unstable Angina (negative troponin) 
NSTEMI (positive troponin)
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Child uses arms to stand up from squat

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Gower’s Sign)

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

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Erythema Infectiosum/Fifth Disease (“slapped cheeks” appearance, caused by Parvovirus B19)

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Chorea, Dementia, Caudate Degeneration

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Huntington Disease (autosomal dominant CAG repeat)

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Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications

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Congenital Toxoplasmosis

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

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McArdle Disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

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30
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Cold Intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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Internuclear Opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF, may be unilateral or bilateral)

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32
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Continuous “machine like” heart murmur

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PDA (close with indomethacin, keep open with PGE analogs)

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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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Cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm

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Carcinoid Syndrome (right sided cardiac valvular lesions, elevated 5-HIAA)

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Dark purple skin/mouth nodules in a patient with AIDS

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Kaposi Sarcoma, associated with HHV-8

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Deep, labored breathing, hyperventilation

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DKA (Kussmaul Respirations)

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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 Beri Beri (Thiamin/Vitamin B 1 Deficiency)

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39
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Dog or cat bite resulting in an infection

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Pasturella Multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)

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40
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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjogren 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, increased bleeding tendency

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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Type 5 collagen defect, Type 3 collagen defect seen in vascular subtype)

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Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow node (abdominal metastasis)

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Episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss

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Meniere’s Disease

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Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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Mycosis Fungoides (Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma) or Sezary Syndrome (mycosis fungoides plus malignant T cells in blood)

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46
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Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek Sign (hypocalcemia)

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47
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Fat, female, forty, fertile

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Cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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

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Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in endotoxin release)

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49
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Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles

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50
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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 tissues of penis with abnormal curvature

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Peyronie Disease (connective tissue disorder)

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Golden brown rings around peripheral cornea

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Wilson Disease (Kayser-Fleischer rings due to copper accumulation)

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Gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in a boy

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Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome (HGPRT Deficiency, X-Linked Recessive)

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Harmartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth, feet, hands, and genitalia

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

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Hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, aseptic necrosis of femoral head, bone crises

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Gaucher Disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport Syndrome (mutation in collagen 4)

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-Brucy Syndrome (Bilateral Amygdala Lesion)

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Hyperreflexia, Hypertonia, Positive Babinski Sign

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UMN Damage

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Hyporeflexia, Hypotonia, Atrophy, Fasciculations

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LMN Damage

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Hypoxemia, Polycythemia, Hypercapnia

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Chronic Bronchitis (hyperplasia of mucous cells, “blue bloater”)

61
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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Nonpainful = Chancre (primary syphilis, treponema pallidum)

Painful with exudate = Chancroid (haemophilus ducreyi)

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

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Patau Syndrome (Trisomy 13)

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Infant with hypoglycemia and hepatomegaly

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Cori Disease (debranching enzyme deficiency) 
Von Gierke Disease (Glucose 6-Phosphatase deficiency, more severe)
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Infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, and structural heart defect

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Edwards Syndrome (Trisomy 18)

65
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Jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier Sign (distal malignanct obstruction of biliary tree)

66
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Large rash with bull’s-eye appearance

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Erythema chronicum migrans from Ixodes tick bite (Lyme Disease from 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 Disease (X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia)

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Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzmann 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 triad of cardiac tamponade

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

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Gardner Syndrome (subtype of FAP)

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Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) exercise intolerance

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Pompe Disease (Lysosomal alpha-1,4-glucosidase deficiency)

73
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Neonate with arm paralysis following a difficult birth

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Erb-Duchenne Palsy (superior trunk, C5 and C6 brachial plexus injury, “waiter’s tip”)

74
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No lactation post-partum, absent menstruation, cold-intolerance

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Sheehan Syndrome (pituitary infarction)

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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin disease (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by Mycoplasma Pneumonia, infectious mononucleosis, CLL)

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Painful fingers/toes changing color from blue to white to red with cold or stress

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Raynaud Phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

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Painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers/toes

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Osler Nodes (infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition)

79
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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway Lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli, microabscesses)

80
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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing the 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 the skin and kidneys)

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Pancreatic, pituitary, and parathyroid tumors

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MEN 1 (autosomal dominant)

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Periorbital/peripheral edema, proteinuria >3.5g/day, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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Nephrotic Syndrome

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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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Emphysema (Centriacinar - Smoking; Panacinar - Alpha 1 anti-trypsin deficiency)

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

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Fanconi Syndrome (multiple combined dysfunction of the proximal convoluted tubule)

86
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Pruritic, purple, polygonal planar papules and plaques

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Lichen Planus

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Ptosis, miosis, anhydrosis

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Horner’s Syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

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Pupil accommodates but does not react

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Neurosyphilis

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Rapidly progressing limb weakness that ascends following a GI or upper respiratory infection

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Guillain-Barre Syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy subtype)

90
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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A
Secondary Syphilis
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

91
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Recurrent cold and non-inflamed abscesses, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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Hyper-IgE (Job 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 (kids)

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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipples/areola

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Paget’s disease of the breast - sign of underlying neoplasm

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Red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria

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Bilateral Renal Cell Carcinoma, Hemangioblastomas, Angiomatosis, Pheochromocytoma

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von-Hippel-Lindae Disease (Dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation)

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Resting tremor, cog-wheel rigidity, akinesia, postural instability, shuffling gait

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Parkinson Disease (loss of dopaminergic neurons from the substantia nigra)

98
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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth Spots (bacterial endocarditis)

99
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Sever jaundice in a neonate

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Crigler-Najjar Syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

100
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Severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

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Rovsing sign (appendicitis)

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Severe RLQ pain with deep tenderness

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McBurney’s sign (appendicitis)

102
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Short stature, cafe au lait spots, thumb/radial defects, increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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Fanconi Anemia (genetic loss of DNA cross-link repair, often progresses to AML)

103
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Single Palmar Crease

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Down Syndrome

104
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Situs Inversus, Chronic Sinusitis, Bronchiectasis, Infertility

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Kartagener Syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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Primary Adrenocortical Insufficiency (Addison Disease, causes increase of ACTH and alpha-MSH production)

106
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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker Muscular Dystrophy (X-linked missense mutation in dystrophin, less severe than Duchene)

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

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Koplik Spots (measles virus)

108
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Smooth, moist, painless wart-like lesions on the genitals

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Condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

109
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Splinter hemorrhages in finger nails

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Bacterial Endocarditis

110
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Strawberry Tongue

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Scarlet Fever

Kawasaki Disease

111
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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’s Syndrome (45 XO)

112
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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, joint

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Gout (hyperuricemia)

113
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Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechiae

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

114
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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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Osteoarthritis (Osteophytes on PIP - Bouchard Nodes; DIP - Heberden Nodes)

115
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Systolic Ejection Murmur (crescendo-descrendo)

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Aortic Stenosis

116
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Telangiectasis, recurrent epistaxis, skin discoloration, AVM, GI bleeding, hematuria

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Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome

117
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Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A (autosomal dominant, RET mutation)

118
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Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B (autosomal dominant, RET mutation)

119
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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski Sign (UMN lesion)

120
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Unilaterlal face drooping involving forehead

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LMN Facial Nerve (CNVII) palsy

UMN lesions spare the forehead

121
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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in male

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Reactive Arthritis involving HLA-B27

122
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Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain) on face

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Nevus Flammeus (benign, but associated with Sturge-Weber Syndrome)

123
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Vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss Syndrome (alcoholics and bulimics)

124
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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma Whipplei)

125
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“Worst headache of my life”

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage