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Von Hippel-Lindau disease

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AD, chromosome 3; RCCs (clear cell), renal cysts, pheochromocytomas, pancreatic islet cell tumors, serous cystadenomas (pancreas), pancreatic cysts, liver cysts, hemangioblastomas (brain, cord), endolymphatic sac tumors, choroid plexus papillomas

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Tuberous sclerosis

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spontaneous and AD, chromosome 16; multiple AMLs, renal cysts, cardiac rhabdomyomas, cortical hamartomas (tubers), subependymal nodules, SEGAs, lymphangioleiomyomatosis; seizures, developmental delay

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Down syndrome

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endocardial cushion defects/ASD/VSD, echogenic bowel, duodenal atresia, calcified papillary muscle, Hirschsprung’s, omphalocele, DDH; mental retardation, early Alzheimer’s; increased risk of leukemia; assoc. with annular pancreas

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Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome)

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strawberry skull, congenital heart disease, choroid plexus cysts, cleft lip/palate, omphalocele, CDH, horseshoe kidney, hydronephrosis, clenched hands, rocker bottom feet, single umbilical artery

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Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)

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holoprosencephaly, cleft lip/palate, congenital heart disease, polycystic kidneys, bladder exstrophy, polydactyly, rocker bottom feet

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NF1 (von Recklinghausen disease)

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sporadic and AD, chromosome 17; cafe au lait spots, neurofibromas, optic gliomas, FASI, renal artery stenosis, sphenoid wing dysplasia, Lisch nodules, dural ectasia; increased risk of pheochromocytomas, MPNSTs, Wilms, rhabdomyosarcoma, AMLs, gliomas, carcinoid, leiomyosarcoma (and some others), non-lymphocytic leukemia

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NF2

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chromosome 22; multiple intracranial schwannomas, meningiomas, and enchondromas (MISME)

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Gaucher disease

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AR; deficiency of glucocerebrosidase; H-shaped vertebral bodies, Erlenmeyer flask deformity, osteonecrosis (esp. femoral heads), splenomegaly +/- nodules

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Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

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sporadic, 15% AD, chromosome 11; hemihypertrophy, omphalocele, macroglossia, cardiac anomalies, organomegaly, neonatal hypoglycemia; increased risk of Wilms, rhabdomyosarcoma, neuroblastoma, pancreatoblastoma, hepatoblastoma, nephroblastomatosis; assoc. with hypospadia, cryptorchidism, nephrolithiasis, polyhydramnios

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Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome

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AD; skin lesions, cystic lung disease, multiple oncocytomas and RCCs (chromophobe)

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Behcet disease

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oral and genital ulcers, uveitis, arthralgias, pulmonary artery aneurysms

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Ollier disease

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multiple enchondromas

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Maffucci syndrome

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multiple enchondromas, venous malformation/hemangiomas

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Mazabraud syndrome

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polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, multiple soft tissue myxomas

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McCune-Albright syndrome

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polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, cafe au lait spots, precocious puberty

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Sturge-Weber syndrome

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port wine stain (V1 distribution), subcortical calcification, parenchymal volume loss; seizures, developmental delay, +/- hemiplegia/hemiparesis; assoc. with aortic coarctation, paragangliomas

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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)

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AD, chromosome 5, ⅓ cases are sporadic; increased risk of colorectal cancer, hepatoblastoma (400x), desmoid tumors, osteomas

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Gardner syndrome

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FAP + desmoid tumors, osteomas, papillary thyroid cancer, epidermoid cysts

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Turcot syndrome

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FAP + gliomas, medulloblastomas

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Lynch syndrome (HNPCC)

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AD, DNA mismatch repair; adenomatous colon polyps; increased risk of endometrial, gastric, small bowel, liver, and biliary malignancy

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

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AD; GI hamartomas (small bowel especially), perioral mucocutaneous pigmented spots; increased risk of gynecologic, gastric, duodenal, and colonic malignancy

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Cowden syndrome

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AD; GI hamartomas, skin/mucous membrane hamartomas; increased risk of breast, thyroid (follicular), Lhermitte-Duclos, skin, oral, and uterine malignancy

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Cronkhite-Canada syndrome

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non-inherited; GI hamartomas, abnormal skin pigmentation, alopecia, onychodystrophy

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MEN 1

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parathyroid hyperplasia, pituitary adenoma, pancreatic islet cell tumors

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MEN 2a
medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, parathyroid hyperplasia
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MEN 2b
medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, neuromas (mucosal or ganglioneuromas), marfanoid habitus
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Carney complex
a.k.a. LAMB or NAME syndrome; AD, considered MEN syndrome; cardiac myxomas, skin pigmentation (blue nevi); assoc. with Sertoli cell tumors (testes)
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Gorham disease
a.k.a. vanishing bone disease; any age (young adults most often); osteolysis (humerus, shoulder girdle, pelvis, skull, mandible), splenic cysts
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Jaffe-Campanacci syndrome
multiple NOFs, cafe au lait spots, intellectual disability
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Metachondromatosis
AD; enchondromatosis and osteochondromatosis
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POEMS syndrome
plasma cell dyscrasia; Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal gammopathy, Skin changes (hyperpigmentation, thickening)
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VACTERL
Vertebral, Anal, Cardiac, Tracheal, Esophageal, Renal, and Limb anomalies
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Williams syndrome
supravalvular aortic/pulmonic stenosis, short stature, craniofacial dysmorphism; mental retardation, renal insufficiency, hypercalcemia (medullary nephrocalcinosis)
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Turner syndrome
45X; cystic hygroma, bicuspid aortic valve, aortic coarctation, horseshoe kidney, streak ovaries, short 4th metacarpal
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Marfan syndrome
lens problems, tall, pectus deformity, scoliosis, long fingers, aortic root dilation (cystic medial necrosis), mitral/aortic regurgitation, berry aneurysms, aortic dissection/aneurysm, pulmonary artery dilation
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
stretchy skin, hypermobile joints, hemarthroses, aortic dissection/aneurysm
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Loeys-Dietz syndrome
tortuous arteries and aneurysms (prone to aortic rupture), hypertelorism (widely-spaced eyes), bifid uvula or cleft palate; similar to Marfan’s
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Noonan syndrome
pulmonic stenosis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cystic hygromas
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Alagille syndrome
paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts, peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis, aortic coarctation
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Holt-Oram syndrome
thumb/radial ray anomalies, VSD/ASD, aortic coarctation
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DiGeorge syndrome
CATCH-22; TOF, truncus arteriosis, 3rd/4th pharyngeal pouch malformations (hypoparathyroidism, hypocalcemia), cleft lip/palate, decreased immunity (hypoplastic thymus)
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Hughes-Stovin syndrome
recurrent thrombophlebitis, pulmonary artery aneurysms; similar to Behcet disease (but no genital involvement)
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Heyde syndrome
aortic valve stenosis, GI bleeding (angiodysplasias?)
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Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome
port-wine nevi (cutaneous hemangiomas), extremity hypertrophy, capillary and/or venous malformations, varicose veins
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Cogan syndrome
vertigo/tinnitus, inflammatory eye disease, aortitis
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Bland-White-Garland syndrome
a.k.a. ALCAPA
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Blue toe syndrome
acute thromboembolism in the toes
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PHACES syndrome
Posterior fossa (Dandy-Walker), Hemangiomas (e.g. subglottic), Arterial anomalies, Coarctation/cardiac defects, Eye abnormalities, Sternal cleft or supraumbilical raphe
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CHARGE syndrome
Coloboma, Heart defects, Atresia of choanae, Retardation of development, Genitourinary anomalies, Ear anomalies
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Cystic fibrosis
upper lobe bronchiectasis, recurrent pneumonia, pancreatic insufficiency => fatty replacement, DIOS, meconium ileus
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Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
pancreatic insufficiency => fatty replacement, diarrhea, eczema, metaphyseal flaring
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Kasabach-Merritt syndrome
vascular neoplasms (hemangioendotheliomas or hemangiomas) => consumptive coagulopathy, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia
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Fanconi anemia
thumb/radial ray anomalies, marrow failure; assoc. with horseshoe kidney
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Prune belly syndrome
a.k.a. Eagle Barrett syndrome; abdominal wall underdevelopment (pear shape), gross ureteric dilation +/- hydronephrosis and posterior urethral dilation, bilateral cryptorchidism
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Sotos syndrome
macrocephaly, craniofacial dysmorphism; increased birth weight, mental retardation; ?increased risk of Wilms
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Denys-Drash syndrome
Wilms, pseudohermaphroditism, progressive glomerulonephritis
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WAGR syndrome
Wilms tumor, Aniridia, Genitourinary anomalies, Retardation (mental)
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Li Fraumeni syndrome
p53 mutation; increased risk of osteosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, breast cancer, adrenal cortical carcinoma, medulloblastoma, gliomas, choroid plexus carcinoma
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Hand-Schuller-Christian disease
subtype of LCH; pituitary hypophysitis (=> diabetes insipidus), exophthalmos, lytic bone lesions (skull often)
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SAPHO syndrome
Synovitis, Acne, Pustulosis, Hyperostosis, Osteitis; assoc. with CRMO
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Kartagener syndrome
subset of primary ciliary dyskinesia; situs inversus, bronchiectasis, nasal polyposis and/or chronic sinusitis, infertility in males and subfertility in females
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Meckel-Gruber syndrome
AR; encephalocele/holoprosencephaly, renal cystic dysplasia (analogous to ARPKD), polydactyly
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Plummer-Vinson syndrome
iron-deficiency anemia, dysphagia, weight loss, esophageal web; increased risk for hypopharyngeal SCC
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Ogilvie syndrome
a.k.a. colonic ileus or colonic pseudo-obstruction
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Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome
a.k.a. Bean syndrome; skin and bowel venous anomalies; risk of lower GI bleeding
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McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome
villous adenoma => mucous diarrhea => severe fluid/electrolyte depletion; may lead to acute renal failure
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Trousseau syndrome
cancer-associated migratory thrombophlebitis (often undiagnosed cancer)
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Ataxia-telangiectasia
a.k.a. Louis Bar syndrome; vermian hypoplasia with compensatory enlargement of 4th ventricle; increased incidence of malignancy (including radiation-induced)
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BRCA 1 (hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome)
increased risk of breast cancer, ovarian, prostate, pancreatic, colorectal; bold = higher risk than BRCA 2
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BRCA 2 (hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome)
increased risk of breast cancer (especially male), ovarian, prostate, pancreatic; bold = higher risk than BRCA 1
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Lipase hypersecretion syndrome
occurs in the setting of acinar cell carcinoma; subcutaneous fat necrosis, eosinophilia, bone infarcts => polyarthralgias
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Felty syndrome
rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly, neutropenia
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Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome
Mullerian duct anomaly; upper vaginal atresia, absent or rudimentary uterus; may have assoc. renal anomalies
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Alport syndrome
X-linked recessive, glomerular basement membrane defect; hematuria, sensorineural hearing loss, ocular abnormalities, multiple leiomyomas (uterus, esophagus, trachea), cortical nephrocalcinosis
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Caroli syndrome
Caroli disease + hepatic fibrosis; assoc. with medullary sponge kidney, ADPKD, ARPKD
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Meigs syndrome
ascites, pleural effusion, benign ovarian tumor (fibroma >>> fibrothecoma, thecoma, granulosa cell tumor, Brenner tumor)
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Zinner syndrome
Wolffian duct anomaly; unilateral renal agenesis, ipsilateral ejaculatory duct obstruction, ipsilateral seminal vesicle cyst
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Conn syndrome
increased aldosterone => hypertension, hypokalemia; most commonly due to a functional adenoma
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Cushing syndrome
over-production of ACTH due to paraneoplastic syndrome, adrenal adenoma, or primary adrenal hyperplasia
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Cushing disease
ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma
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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
post-hemorrhagic adrenal failure in the setting of N. meningitidis
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CHAOS
Congenital High Airway Obstruction Syndrome, with or without TE fistula
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Gorlin-Goltz syndrome
a.k.a. basal cell nevus syndrome; multiple odontogenic keratocysts, dural calcifications; increased risk of medulloblastoma, cardiac fibroma, ovarian fibroma (calcified)
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Kallmann syndrome
cleft lip, renal agenesis, enlarged paranasal sinuses, septo-optic dysplasia, small anterior pituitary; mental retardation, hypogonadism, anosmia; assoc. with arhinencephaly
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Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Kallmann syndrome without anosmia
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COACH syndrome
Cerebellar vermis defect (Joubert syndrome), Oligophrenia, Ataxia, Coloboma, Hepatic fibrosis
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Apert syndrome
classic triad of brachycephaly (craniosynostosis), facial hypoplasia, syndactyly; hypertelorism
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Crouzon syndrome
craniosynostosis => abnormal skull shape (can be cloverleaf), exophthalmos, midface hypoplasia
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Caplan syndrome
rheumatoid arthritis + upper lobe pneumoconiosis changes (fibrosis)
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Shone syndrome
supravalvular mitral membrane, parachute mitral valve, subaortic stenosis, coarctation
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Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome
osteopoikilosis + yellow skin lesions
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Aicardi syndrome
X-linked; corpus callosum dysgenesis, intracranial cysts, infantile spasms, chorioretinal lacunae, Dandy-Walker spectrum anomalies
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CREST syndrome
variant of scleroderma; Calcinosis, Raynaud’s, Esophageal dysmotility, Sclerodactyly, Telangiectasia
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Fahr disease
basal ganglia calcification and atrophy
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Klinefelter syndrome
XXY; tall stature, androgen deficiency, sparse body hair; assoc. with choroid plexus cysts, omphalocele; increased risk of male breast cancer and extragonadal NSGCT
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Letterer-Siwe disease
pulmonary LCH, hepatosplenomegaly, rash, bone marrow failure; fulminant, poor prognosis
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Nail-patella syndrome
a.k.a. Fong disease; absent or hypoplastic nails and patella; bilateral iliac horns (“Fong’s prongs”), hypoplastic radial head
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Yellow nails syndrome
dystrophic discolored nails, peripheral lymphedema, pleural effusions, bronchiectasis/recurrent pneumonias
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Carney triad
Chondroma (pulmonary), Extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma, GIST
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Gradenigo triad
petrous apicitis, lateral rectus palsy (CN 6), facial pain (CN V3)
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Rigler triad
pneumobilia, small bowel obstruction, gallstone ileus
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Charcot triad
fever, abdominal pain, jaundice
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O’donoghue unhappy triad
ACL tear, medial meniscus tear, MCL tear/sprain
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Currarino triad
anorectal malformation, sacrococcygeal osseous defect, presacral mass (meningocele, teratoma, hamartoma)
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Whipple triad
2/2 insulinoma; hypoglycemia, symptoms of hypoglycemia, alleviation of symptoms after administration of glucose
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Pentalogy of Cantrell
ectopia cordis, omphalocele, diaphragmatic defect, pericardial defect, disruption of sternum
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Ramsay Hunt syndrome
due to VZV infection; facial paralysis (CN 7), sensorineural hearing loss (CN 8), vesicular rash of external ear
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Samter's triad
nasal polyposis, aspirin intolerance, asthma
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Pendred syndrome
enlarged vestibular aqueduct, absence of bony modeolus, +/- Mondini malformation; assoc. with thyroid goiter

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