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abdominal pain; ascites; hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venus thrombosis)

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achilles tendon canthoma

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familial hypercholesterolemia (low LDL receptor signaling)

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adrenal hemorrhage; hypotenion; DIC

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen 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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epo 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 granuloma)

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blue sclera

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osteogenesis imperfecta (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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parget’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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café au lat sports; Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)

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NF I (plus pheochromocytoma; optic gliomas) NF II (plus bilateral acoustic neuromas)

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café au lait spots; polyostotic fibrous dysplasia; precocious puberty

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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 (sphingomylein accumulation); central retinal artery occlusion

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chest pain on exertion

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angina (stable: moderate exertion; unstable: 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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gowers’ sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)

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chorea; dementia; caudate degeneration

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Huntington’s disease (AD CAG repeat expansion)

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chronic exercise intolerance with myalagia; fatigue; painful cramps; myoglobinuria

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McArdle’s dz (muscle glycogen phosphrylase deficiency)

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cold intolerance

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hypothyroidism

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conjugate lateral gase palsy; horizontal diplopia

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internuclear opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral [MS]; unilateral [stroke])

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continuous “machinery” heart murmur

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PDA (close with indomethacin; open with misoprostol)

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deep; labored breathing/ hyperventilation

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Kussmaul breathing (diabetic Keto acidosis)

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Dermatitis; dementia; diarrhea

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Pellagra (nice and [vitamin B3] deficiency)

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Dilated cardiomyopathy; edema; Piner of the

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Wet beriberi thiamine deficiency

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Dog or cat bite resulting in infection

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Pasteurella multocida (sideways at inoculation site)

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Dry eyes; dry mouth; arthritis

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Sjogren’s syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine lands)

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Dysphagia (esophageal webs); glossitis; iron deficiency anemia

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

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Elastic skin; hyper mobility of joints

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Ehlers-danlos (type three collagen in 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; a typical T cells

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Sezary sandro (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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acute cholelithiasis (bil duct blockage)

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fever; chills; headache; myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphilis

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochete results in toxin relase)

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fever; cough; chroyza; conjunctivitis; diffuse rash

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measles (morbillivirus)

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fever; night sweats; weight loss

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B symptoms (lymphoma)

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fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis

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peyronie’s disease (connective tissue d/o)

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gout; mental retardation; self-mutilating behavior in a boy

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lesch-nyahan syndrome (HGPRT def; 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 dz)

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hamartomatous GI polyups; hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands

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peutx-Jeghers syn (genetic benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; inc cancer risk)

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hepatosplenomegale; osteoporosis; neurologic symptoms

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Gaucher’s dz (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

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hereditary nephritis; senorineural hearing loss; cataracts

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Alport syndrome (mutation in alpha chain of collagen IV)

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hypercoagulability (leading to migrating DVTs and casculitis)

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Trousseau’s sign (adenocarcinoma of panc aor lung)

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hyperphagia; hypersexuality; hyperorality; hyperdocility

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (b/l amygdala lesion)

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hyperreflexia hypertonia; positive Babinski sign

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UMN damage

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Hypertension; hpyokalemia; metabolic alkalosis

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Conn’s syndrome (low cortisol?)

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hyporeflexia; hypotonia; atrophy

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LMN damage

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hypoxemia; polycythemia; hyporcapnia

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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); Painful with exudate: chancroid (Haemophilis ducreyi)

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infant with failure to thrive; hepatosplenomegaly; neurodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick dz (genetic sphingomyelinase def)

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infant with hypoglycemia; failure to thrive; and hepatomegaly

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Cori’s dz (debbranching enzyme def)

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infant with microcephaly; rocker-bottom feet; clenched hands; and stuctural heart defect

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Edwards’ syndrome (trisomy 18)

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large rash with bull’s eye appearance

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erythema chonicum migrans from Ixodes tick bite (Lyme dz: 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 dz (z linked a gammaglobulinemia)

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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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multiple colon polups. Osteomas/soft ts 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 dz (lysosomal alpha 1.4 glucosidase deficiency)

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necrtizing vaculitis of lungs and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Wegner’s (c-ANCA positive) and goodpastures’s syndromes (anti-basement membrane antibodies)

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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 menstuation; cold intolerance

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Sheehan’s syndrome (pituitary ifarction)

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nystagmus; intention trmor; scanning apeech; b/l internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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oscillating slow/fast breathing

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

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painful blue fingers/toes; hemolytic anemia

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cold agglutinin dz (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae; infectious mononucleosis)

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painful; pale; cold finger/toes

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Raynaud’s syndrome (vasospasm in extremities)

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painful; raised red lesions on palm and soles

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Osler’s node (infective endocarditis)

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painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis)

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painless jaundice

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cnacer of the panc head obstruction bile duct

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palpable purpura on buttocks/lags; joint pain; abdominal pain (child)

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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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MEN I (Autosomal dominant)

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pink complexion; dyspnea; hyperventiliation

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“pink puffer” (emphysema: centroacinal (smoking); panacinar (alpha antitrypsin def))

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polyuria; acidosis; groth failure electrolyte imlbalnces

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Fanconi’s syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect)

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positive anterior “drawer sign”

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ptosis; miosis; anhidrosis

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Horner’s (sympatheitc chain lesion)

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pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll Robertson pupil (neurospphilis)

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rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascentds (following GI/URI)

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Guillain Barre syndrome (autoimmune acute inflammatory demyelinatin gpolyneuropathy)

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rash on pals and soles

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cozaskie A; secondary syphilis; RMSF

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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 pt

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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red; itchy; swollen rash of nipple/areola

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paget’s dz of the breast (represents underlying neoplasm)

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red urin in morning; fragile RBCs

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paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglubinuria

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renal cell carcinoma (b/l); hemangioblastomas; angiomatosis; pheochromocytoma

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con Hippel-Linday dz (dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation)

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resting tremor; rigidity; akinesia; postural instability

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Parkinson’s dz (nigrostriatal dopamine depletion

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reinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth’s spots (bacterial endocarditis)

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sever 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; inc incidence of tumor/lukemia; aplasitc anemia

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Fanoci’s anemia (genetic loss of DNA crosslink repoair; often progresses to AML)

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single palm crease

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simian crease (T21)

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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

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addison’s dz( primary adrenocortical insufficiencey causesincr ACTH and alpha MSH production)

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slow; progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Backer’s muscular dystrophy (X0linked missense mutation in dystophin; less sever than Duchenne’s)

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small; irregular red spots on buccal/lingual mucosa with blue-white centers

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koplik spits (measles; rubeola virus)

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smooth; flat; moist white lesions on genetals

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condylomata late (secondary syphilis)

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splinter hemorrhages in finger nailsx

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bacterial endocarditis

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strawberry tongue

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scarlet fever; kawasaki dz; tozic shock syndrome

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streak ovaries; congenital heart dz; horseshoe kidney; cystic hygroma at birth

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turner syndrome (45 XO; short-stature; webbed neck lymphedema)

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sudden swollen/painful big toe joint; tophi

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gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

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swollen gums; mucous 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 (cresendo-decresendo)

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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; gangioneuromastosis

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MEN2B (sutosomal dominant ret mutation)

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tow 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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bell’s palsy) LMN CN VII palsy)

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urethritis; conjunctivitis; arthritis in a mole

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reactive arthritis a/w HLA-B27

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vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)

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hemangio (benigh; but a/w sturge -weber syndrome)

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vomiting blood following esophagogastric lacerations

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Mallory-weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic lts)

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waxy casts with very low urin flow

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chronic end-stage renal dz

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WVC cast in urine

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acute pyleonephritis

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weight loss; diarrhea; arthritis; fever; adenopathy

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whipple’s dz (Tropheryma whippleii)

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wort headace of life

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subarachnoid

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