USMLE- classic presentations - Sheet1 Flashcards

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Abdominal pan, ascites, hepatomegaly

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Budd-Chiari (post-hepatic venous thrombosis)

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Achilles Tendon Xanthoma

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Familial Hypercholesterolemia Fucked up LDLR

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Adrenal Hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC

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Waterhouse Friederichsen Syndrome, Meningococcus

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Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan Syndrome

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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

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Bilateral hular adenopathy, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis

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Blue Sclerae

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Osteogenesis imperfecta; Collagen I 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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Paget’s disease of bone; Up osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity (osteoclast problem)

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Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

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Aortic Regurgitation

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Butterfly Facial rash, Raynaud’s in a young female

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SLE

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Café au lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)

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NF1 (+ pheo, optic glioma)

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Café au lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)

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NF2 (Bilateral acoustic gliomas)

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Café au lait spots, Polyostotic (many bones) 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; X-linked recessive deletion in Dystrophin gene

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Cherry-red spot on macula

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Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation), Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin 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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Gower’s sign (think Duchenne muscular dystrophy)

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

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“slapped cheeks” Erythema infectiosum/fifth disease; Parvovirus B19

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntingon’s disease; AD CAG repeat expansion

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

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McArdle’s disease; Myophosphorylase deficiency, Glycogen storage disorder type V

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Cold intolerance

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Hypothyroidism

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Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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INO (damage to MLF) 2/2 MS if bilateral, stroke if unilateral

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Continuous “machinery-like” murmur

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PDA; (close with indomethacin, open with misoprostol)

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cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition

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Myxedema- caused by hypothyroidism. Periorbital? think Grave’s

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Dark Purple skin/mouth nodules

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Kaposi Sarcoma; Seen in AIDS, caused by HHV-8

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Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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Kussmaul Breathing (DKA)

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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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Pellagra; Niacin (B3) deficiency

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Dilated CM, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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wet beriberi; Thiamine (B1) deficiency

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Dog/cat bote resulting in infection

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Pasteurella Multocida; Cellulitis at inoculation site

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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjögren’s syndrome; Autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands

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Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency, anemia

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Plummer-Vinson Syndrome- can progress to esophageal SCC)

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Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints, bad healing

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; Collagen III defect

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Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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Virchow’s node; Abdominal mets

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Erythroderma, Lymphadenopathy, Hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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Sézary syndrome (T-cell lymphoma) or mycosis fungoides

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Facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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Chvostek sign; Hypocalcemia

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Fat, Female, Forty, Fertile

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Acute cholelithiasis

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

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jarisch-Herxheimer reaction; Rapid spirochete lysis causes release of toxin)

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Fever, Cough, Conjunctivitis, Coryza, 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 disorder

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Gout, MR, self-mutilating behavior in a boy

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Lesch Nyhan syndrome; HGPRT deficiency, X-linked, recessive

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Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-Fleischer rings, wilson’s disease

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Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, genetic benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction, increased cancer risk

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HSM, osteoporosis, neuro Sxs

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Gaucher’s disease; Glucocerebrosidase deciciency, also think Ashkenazi Jews

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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport’s syndrome; Mutation of alpha chain in collagen IV

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Hypercoagulability, migratory DVTs and vasculitis

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Trousseau’s sign (adenocarcinoma of the pancreas or lung)

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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, Hyperdocility

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Klüver-Bucy syndrome; Bilateral amygdala lesion

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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, Babinski

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UMN damage

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Hypertension, Hypokalemia, Metabolic Alkalosis

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Conn syndrome

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Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy

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LMN damage

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hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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Chronic Bronchitis-Blue bloater, hyperplasia of mucous cells

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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Non painful: chancre (1o syph), painful, with exudate: chancroid (haemophilus ducreyi)

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Infant with FTT, HSM, nerodegeneration

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Niemann-Pick disease; Genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency, Ashkenazi Jews

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Infant with hypoglycemia, FTT, and hepatomegaly

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Cori’s Dz- Debranching enzyme deficiency

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Infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, and structural heart defects

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Edward’s syndrome, trisomy 18

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Keratin Pearls on a skin biopsy

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SCC

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Large rash with bull’s eye apperance

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Erythema Chronicum migrans from ixodes tick bite, lyme disease, borrelia

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Lucid interval after TBI

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Epidural Hematoma- middle meningeal artery

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Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton’s dz’ X-linked agammaglobulinemia

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Mucosal bleeding, prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia; defect in GPIIb/IIIa

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

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Gardner’s syndrome; subtype of FAP

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Myopathy, infantile hypertrophic CM, exercise intolerance

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Pompe’s dz; lysosomal alpha1,4 glucosidase deficiency

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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing GN

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Wegener’s (c-ANCA) and Goodpasture’s dz (anti BM abs)

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Neonate with arm paralysis following difficult birth

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Erb-Duchenne palsy; superior trunk brachial plexus injury; waiter’s tip

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No lactation post-partum absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan’s syndrome; pituitary infarction

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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral INO

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MS

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Oscilating slow/fast breathing

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations (central apnea in CHF or increased ICP)

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Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin disease (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by mycoplasma, infectious mono)

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Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes

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Raynaud’s

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Painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers/toes

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Osler’s nodes (Infective endocarditis, IC deposition)

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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (Infective endocarditis, septic emboli/microabcesses)

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Painless Jaundice

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Pancreatic Head adenocarcinoma obstructing bile duct

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Child with palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain

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Henoch-Schönlein purpura; IgA vasculitis affecting skin and kidneys

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Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN I (AD)

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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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Emphysema; pink puffer; centroacinar from smoking, panacinar from alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency

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Polyuria, acidosis, growth failure, electrolyte imbalance, hypophosphatemic rickets, RTA type 2

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Fanconi’s syndrome (proximal tubular reabsoprtion defect)

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Positive anterior drawer sign

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ACL injury

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Ptosis, miosis, anhydrosis

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horner’s syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

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Pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll-Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

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Rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends (following GI/URI)

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Guillain-Barré syndrome; autoimmune acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsacke A, 2 syphilis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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Recurrent colds, unusual eczema, high serum IgE, facies, abscess, retained primary teeth

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Hyper IgE syndrome (Job’s syndrome; Th1 cells fail to produce IFN-gamma –> neutrophils can’t respond to chemotactic stimuli)

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Red currant jelly sputum in alcoholic or DM pt

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget’s disease of the breast (represents 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, pheo

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von Hippel-Landau dz; dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation

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Resting Tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability

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Parkinson’s disease; nigrostriatal dopamine delpletion

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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth’s spots (SBE)

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Severe jaundice in a neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome; congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia

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severe RLQ pain (Mc Burney’s point) with rebound tenderness

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Appendicitis

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Short stature, increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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fanconi’s anemia: genetic loss of DNA cross-link repair; often progresses to AML

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Single palm crease

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simian crease in Down syndrome

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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 disease (1o adrenocortical insufficiency causes increased ACTH and MSH production)

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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker’s muscular dystrophy: X-linked missense mutation in dystrophin, less severe than duchenne’s)

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

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Koplik spots (measles; rubeola virus)

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Smooth, flat, moist white lesions on genitals

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condylomata lata (2o syphilis)

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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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SBE

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Strawberry tongue

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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki, Toxic Shock Syndrome

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Streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth

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Turner syndrome: 45XO, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema, coarctation

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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi

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Podagra/gout

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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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Osteoarthritis

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Osteophytes on PIP

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Bouchard’s nodes

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Osteophytes on DIP

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Heberden’s nodes

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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo decrescendo)

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Aortic Stenosis

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Parathyroid and Thyroid (medullary) tumors, Pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A: AD ret mutation

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Ganglioneuromas, Marfanoid habitus, Thyroid tumors (medullary), Pheo

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MEN 2B: AD ret mutation

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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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Bell’s palsy; LMN CN CVII palsy

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Urethritis, Conjunctivitis, Arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis; associated with HLA B-27 (MHC-I)

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Infant with port-wine stain in V1, seizures, glaucoma

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Sturge-Weber syndrome

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Vomiting blood following esophagogastric laceration

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (EtOH, Bulimia)

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“Waxy” casts with very low urine flow

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Chronic ESRD

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WBC casts in urine

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Acute Pyelo

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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple’s disease (trophyrema whippelii)

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Worst headache of life

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SAH

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Rash on face that spreads down, and Post-Auricular lymphadenopathy

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Rubella

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“eggshell” calficiation of hilar lymph nodes

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Silicosis