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Abdominal pIn, Ascites, Hepatomegaly

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Budd Chiari Syndrome- post hepatic venous thrombosis

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Achilles tendon xanthoma

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Familial Hypercholesterolemia- Dec LEL receptor signaling

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Adrenal Hemorrhage, Hypotension, DIC

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Waterhouse Friedrichsen syndrome- meningococcemia

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Arachnodactyly, lends dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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Marfan Syndrome- fibrillin syndrome

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Athlete with polycythemia

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secondary to EPO injection

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Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss

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Pott’s disease- vertebral Tb

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Bilateral hilar LAD, uvevitis

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Sarcoidosis- noncaseating granulomas

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blue sclera

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Osteogenesis Imperfecta- Type 1 collegen defect

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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 phenomenon in a young female

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SLE

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Cafe-au - lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)

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NFB type 1 + pheochromocytoma + optic gliomas

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Cafe-au-lait spots, polycystic fibrous dysplasia, percocious 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 (normally Duchenne’s): X linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene

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Cherry red spot 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= with 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- AI mediated post MI fibrinous pericarditis 1-12 weeks after an episode

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Child uses ams to stand up from squat (Gower’s sign0

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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

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slapped cheeks= erythema infectosum/ fifth disease= parvovirus B19)

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Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntingdon disease- CAG repeat expansion, AD

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

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McArdle’s disease= muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency

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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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NO- damage to MLF, bilat MS, or unilateral stroke

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Continuous machinery heart murmus

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PDA- close with indomethacin, open or maintain with misoprostol

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Cutaneous/dermal edema due to CT tissue deposition

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Myxedema from hypothyroidism, pretibial myxedema= Graves disease

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Dark Purple Skin/ Mouth Nodules

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Kaposi’s sarcoma, associated with HHV-8, in AIDS

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Deep, Labored breathing, hyperventilation

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Kussmal breathing- diabetic ketoacidosis

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Dermatitis, Dementia, Diarrhea

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Pellagra= Niacin/ B3 deficiency

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Dilated Cardiomypoathy, edema, alcoholism or malnutrition

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Wet Beriberi= Thiamin/ B1 deficiency

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Dor or Cat bite resulting in infection

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Pasturella multocida- cellulitis at inoculation site

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Dry eyes, Dry mouth, arthritis

cant see, can’t spit, can’t climb shit

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Sjogrens syndrome- autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands

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Dysphagia (esophogeal webs), glossitis, Fe deficiency anemia

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Plummer Vinson Syndrome that may progress to esophogeal squamous cell dysmotility

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Elastic skin, hypermotibility of joints

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Ehlers- Danlos Syndrome- type III collagen defect

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enlarged, hard left supraclavicular LN

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virchows node- abdominal mets

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Erythroderma, LAD, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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sezary syndrome- cutaenous T cell lymphoma or mycosis fungoides

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facial muscle spasm on tapping

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Chvostec sign- hypocalcemia

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Fat, female, forty, and fetile

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risk factors for cholelithiasis (cholesterol gallstones)

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Fever, chills, HA, myalgia following antibiotics for syphillis

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Jarisch- herxheimer rxn= rapid lysis of spirochetes resulting in toxin release

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fever, cough, conjuctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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Measles (morbillovirus)

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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 tissue of penis

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Peyronies disease (CT tissue disorder)

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Gout, MR, self mutilating behavior in a boy

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Lesh- Nyhan syndrome- HGPRT deficiency- X recessive

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Green- yellow rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser Fleisher rings= Cu buildup in Wilson’s disease

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Hamartomatous GI pyolyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands

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Peutz- Jeger’s syndrome- inherited, benign polyposis that can cause bowel obstruction, inc cancer risk, mostly GI

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Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoperosis, neurologic symptoms

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Guacher’s disease- glucocerebrosidase deficiency

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Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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Alport Syndrome- mutation in alpha chain oc collagen IV

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Hyperphasia, Hypersexuality, Hyperorality, Hyperdocility

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Kluver- Bucy syndrome- bilateral amygdala lesion

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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, babinski’s sign

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UMN lesion

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Hyporelfexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasciculations

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LMN damage

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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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COPD- blue bloater, hyperplasia of mucous cells

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Indurated, Ulcerated genital lesions

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Non painful= primary syphillis, chancre- treponema pallidum

Painful with exudate= Chancroid- Haemophilis ducreyi

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

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Patau’s syndrome- trisomy 13

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Infant with FTT, hepatosplenomegaly, and neurodegeneration

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Niemann Pick disease- genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency

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Infant with with hypoglycemia, FTT, and Hepatomegaly

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Cori disease- deficiency of debranching enzyme

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

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Edward syndrome Trisomy 18

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Jaundice, palpable, distended, and non tender gall bladder

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Courvoisier’s sign- distal obstruction of biliary tree

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Large rash with bull’s eye appearance

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Erythema Chronicum migrans from ioxdes tick- lyme disease, borellia

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Lucide interval after traumatic brain injury

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Epidural hematoma- MMA rupture

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Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton’s disease ( X- linked agammabulinemia)

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Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzman’s thrombocytopenia- defected in platelet aggregation due to lack of GpIIb/IIIa

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Muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension

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Becks triad of cardiac temponade

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Multiple colon polyps, osteomas/ soft tissue tumors, impacted supernumeray 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 disease- lysosomal alpha 1,4 glucosidase deficiency

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Neonate with arm paralysis following long difficult birth

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erb- duchenne palsy- superior trunk C5-C6 brachial plexus injury= waiters tip

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No lactation postpartum, 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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oscillating slow/ fast breathing

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Cheyne Stokes respirations- central apnea in CHF or inc ICP

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Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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cold agglutinin disease- AI hemolytic anemia caused by M. Pneumonia, or infections mono

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Painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers and toes

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Osler’s node- infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition

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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions- infective endocarditis, septic emboli, microabscesses

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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 in a child, hematuria

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Henoch Schonlein purpura- IgA vasculitis of skin and kidneys

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Pancreatic, pituitary, and parathyroid tumors

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MEN 1- AD

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Periorbital and/ or peripheral edema, proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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Nephrotic syndrome

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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hypoventialtion

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pink puffer- emphysema.

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

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Fanconis syndrome- proximal tubular reabsorption defect

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Positie anterior drawer sign

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ACL injury

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Puritic, purple, polygonal, planar papules and plaques- the 6 P’s

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Lichen Planus

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Ptosis, Miosis, Anhydrosis

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Horner’s syndrome- SNS chain lesion

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Pupil accommodates, but doesn’t react

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Argyll Robertson pupil- neurosyphyllis

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Rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascents following GI/ Upper respiratory infections

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GBS- Acute Autoimmune inflammatory demylenating polyneuropathy

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Rash on Palms and Soles

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Coxackie A, secondary syhphilis, Rocky Mountain Spotted fever

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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 an alcoholic or diabetic patient

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Klebsiella Pneumoniase

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Red “currant jelly” stool

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Acute mesenteric ischemia- adults

intusssception- intant

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Red, itchy, swollen rash or nipple or areola

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Paget’s disease of the breast- represents an underlying neoplasm

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Red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemaglobinuria

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renal cell carcinoma (bilateral), hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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von hipple lindau disease- dominant TSG mutation

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resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability

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PD

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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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roth spots- bacterial endocarditis

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Severe Jaundice in Neonate

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Crigler- Najjar syndrome congenital uncongigated hyperbilirubinemia

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severe RLQ pain with plapation of LLQ

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Rovsing’s sign- acute apendicitis

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Severe RLQ with rebound tenderness

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McBurney’s point- acute appendicitis

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Short stature, inc incidence of turmos/ leukemia, aplastic anemia

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Fanconi’s anemia- genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair, often progresses to AML

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Single Palmar crease

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Simian crease- Down Syndrome

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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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kartagener’s syndrome- dynein arm defect of cilia

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skin hyper-pigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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addison’s disease- primary adrenocortical insufficiency causes increase of ACTH and alpha 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/inguinal mucosa with blue-white centers

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koplic spots- measles- rubeola virus

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smooth, flat, moist, painless white lesions on genitals

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condyloma lata, secondary syphilis

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splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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bacterial endocarditis

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“strawberry tongue”

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scarlet fever, kawasaki disease, toxic schock syndrome

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streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth, short stature, webbed neck, lympedema

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Turner syndrome- 45, XO

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sudden swollen/ painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/ Podagra- hyperuricemia

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swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, spots on skin

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scurvy- vitamin C defeciency- cant hydroxylate proline and lysine for collagen synthesis

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swollen, hard, painful finger joints- PIP AND DIP

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Osteoarthritis- osteophytes on PIP (broucahrd’s nodes), DIP (Herberden’s nodes)

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Systolic ejection murmur- crescendo/decrescendo

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aortic valve stenosis

107
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thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A- AD ret mutation

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thryroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B- AD ret mutation

109
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Toe extenstion, fanning upon planta scrape

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babinski sign- UMN lesion

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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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facial nerve palsy- LMN CN VII

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Urethritis, conjuctivitis, arthritis in male

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reactive arthritis assoc with HLA- B27

cant see, cant pee, cant climb a tree

112
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Vascular birthmark (port wine stain)

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hemangioma- benign but associated with sturge weber syndrome

113
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vomiting blood following gastroesophogeal lacerations

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mallory- weiss syndrome- alcoholic and bulemic patients

114
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weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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whipple disease- Trophyerma whippeli

115
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worst headache of my life

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SAH

116
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FEVERSS
Fever
Erythema Marginatum
Valvular damage
ESR increase
Red hot joints (migratory polyarthritis)
Subcutaneous nodules
Syndenham's chorea
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Rheumatic fever

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