USMLE- classic presentations - Sheet1 Flashcards
Abdominal pan, ascites, hepatomegaly
Budd-Chiari (post-hepatic venous thrombosis)
Achilles Tendon Xanthoma
Familial Hypercholesterolemia Fucked up LDLR
Adrenal Hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
Waterhouse Friederichsen Syndrome, Meningococcus
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
Marfan Syndrome
Athlete with Polycythemia
EPO injection
Back Pain, Fever, Night Sweats, Weight Loss
Pott’s disease
Bilateral hular adenopathy, uveitis
Sarcoidosis
Blue Sclerae
Osteogenesis imperfecta; Collagen I defect
Bluish line on gingiva
Burton’s line; Lead poisoning
Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
Paget’s disease of bone; Up osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity (osteoclast problem)
Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing
Aortic Regurgitation
Butterfly Facial rash, Raynaud’s in a young female
SLE
Café au lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)
NF1 (+ pheo, optic glioma)
Café au lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)
NF2 (Bilateral acoustic gliomas)
Café au lait spots, Polyostotic (many bones) fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty
McCune Albright Syndrome, Mosaic G-protein signaling mutation
Calf Pseudohypertrophy
Muscular dystrophy; X-linked recessive deletion in Dystrophin gene
Cherry-red spot on macula
Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation), Niemann-Pick (sphingomyelin accumulation), Central retinal artery occlusion
Chest pain on exertion
Angina; Stable: moderate exertion, unstable: minimal exertion
Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
Dressler’s syndrome; Autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-12 weeks after acute episode)
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Gower’s sign (think Duchenne muscular dystrophy)
Child with fever develops red rash on face that spreads to body
“slapped cheeks” Erythema infectiosum/fifth disease; Parvovirus B19
Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration
Huntingon’s disease; AD CAG repeat expansion
Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria
McArdle’s disease; Myophosphorylase deficiency, Glycogen storage disorder type V
Cold intolerance
Hypothyroidism
Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
INO (damage to MLF) 2/2 MS if bilateral, stroke if unilateral
Continuous “machinery-like” murmur
PDA; (close with indomethacin, open with misoprostol)
cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
Myxedema- caused by hypothyroidism. Periorbital? think Grave’s
Dark Purple skin/mouth nodules
Kaposi Sarcoma; Seen in AIDS, caused by HHV-8
Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation
Kussmaul Breathing (DKA)
Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
Pellagra; Niacin (B3) deficiency
Dilated CM, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition
wet beriberi; Thiamine (B1) deficiency
Dog/cat bote resulting in infection
Pasteurella Multocida; Cellulitis at inoculation site
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjögren’s syndrome; Autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands
Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency, anemia
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome- can progress to esophageal SCC)
Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints, bad healing
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; Collagen III defect
Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
Virchow’s node; Abdominal mets
Erythroderma, Lymphadenopathy, Hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells
Sézary syndrome (T-cell lymphoma) or mycosis fungoides
Facial muscle spasm upon tapping
Chvostek sign; Hypocalcemia
Fat, Female, Forty, Fertile
Acute cholelithiasis
Fever, chills, HA, myalgia following antibiotic antibiotic treatment for syphilis
jarisch-Herxheimer reaction; Rapid spirochete lysis causes release of toxin)
Fever, Cough, Conjunctivitis, Coryza, diffuse rash
Measles; Morbillivirus
Fever, night sweats, weight loss
B symptoms; Lymphoma
Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis
Peyronie’s disease; connective tissue disorder
Gout, MR, self-mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch Nyhan syndrome; HGPRT deficiency, X-linked, recessive
Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea
Kayser-Fleischer rings, wilson’s disease
Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, genetic benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction, increased cancer risk
HSM, osteoporosis, neuro Sxs
Gaucher’s disease; Glucocerebrosidase deciciency, also think Ashkenazi Jews
Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts
Alport’s syndrome; Mutation of alpha chain in collagen IV