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abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

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budd-chiari syndorme (poshepatic venous thrombosis)

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abdominal pain, diarrhea, leukocytosis, recent antibiotic use

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clostridium difficili infection

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achilles tendon xanthoma

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familial hypercholesterolemia

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adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC

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waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome

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anaphylaxis following blood transfusion

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IgA deficiency

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anterior drawer sign positive

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anterior cruciate ligament injury

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arachnodactylyl, lens dislocation upward, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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marfan syndrome

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athlete with polycythemia

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secondary to erythropoietin injection

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back pain, fever, night seats

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pots disease (vertebral TB)

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bilateral acoustic schwannomas

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neurofibromatosis type 2

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bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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sarcoidosis

12
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black eschar on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis

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mucor or rhizopus fungal infection

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blue sclera

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osteogenesis imperfecta (type 1 collagen defect)

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bluish line on gingiva

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burton line (lead poisoning)

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bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis,

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Paget disease of bone (incr osteoblast and clast activity)

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bounding pulses, wide pulse pressure, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

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aortic regurgitation

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butterfly facial rash and raynaud phenomenon in young female

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SLE

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cafe-au-alit spots (U/L), polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities

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mccune-albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)

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cervical lymphadenopathy, desquamating rash, coronary aneurysms, red conjunctivae and tongue, hand-foot changes

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kawasaki disease

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cherry red spots on macula

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tay-sacks or niemann-pick, central retinal artery occlusion

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chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI

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dressler syndrome

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child uses arms to stand up from squat

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duchenne muscular dystrophy (towers sign)

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child with fever later develops red rash on face that spreads to body

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erythema infectiosum/fifth disease (caused by parvovirus B19)

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chorea, dementia, caudate degen

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huntington disease

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chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications

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congenital toxoplasmosis

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

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McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

27
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cold intolerance

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hypothyroidism

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conjugate horizontal gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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internuclear ophthalmoplegia

29
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continous machine like heart murmur

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PDA

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cutaneous/derma edema due to connective tissue deposition

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myxedema (d/t hypothyroid, graves); usually pretibial

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cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm

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carcinoid syndrome

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dark purple skin/mouth nodules patient with AIDS

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KAPOSI sarcoma

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deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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diabetic ketoacidosis (kussmaul respirations)

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dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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pellagra (niacin deficiency)

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dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, alcoholism, or malnutrition

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wet beriberi (thiamine deficiency)

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dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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sjogren syndrome (autoimmune destruciton of exocrine glands)

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dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia

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plummer-vinson syndrome

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enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node

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virchow node (abdominal metastasis)

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episodic vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss

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Meniere disease

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erythrooderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells

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mycosis fungicides (cutaneous T cell lymphoma) or Sezary syndrome (mycosis + malignant T cells in blood)

41
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facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)

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fat, female, forty, and fertile

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cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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

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jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in endotoxin-like release)

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fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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measles

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fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms of lymphoma

46
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fibrous places in soft tissue of penis with abnormal curvature

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peyronie disease (connective tissue disorder)

47
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golden brown rings around peripheral cornea

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wilson disease

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gout, intellectual disability, self-mutiliatin behavior in a boy

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Lesch-nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency)

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hamartomatous GI polyps, hyper pigmentation of mouth/feet/hands/genitalia

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peutz-Jeghers syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis)

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hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, aseptic necrosis of femoral head, bone crises

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gaucher disease

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hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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alport syndrome (type IV collagen defect)

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hyperphagia, hyper sexuality, hyperorality, hyperdociliy

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kluver-bucy syndrome (B/L amygdala lesion)

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hyperreflexia, hypertonia, babinski sing present

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UMN damage

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hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasciculations

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LMN damage

55
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hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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chronic bronchitis

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infant with cleft lip/palate, microcephaly or holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, cutis aplasia

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patau syndrome (trisomy 13)

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infect with hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly

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cori disease (debranching enzyme def) or von gierke disease (G6PD def)

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infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, structural heart defect

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edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)

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jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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courvoisier sign (distal malignant obstruction of biliary tree)

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lucid interval after traumatic brain injury

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epidural hematoma

61
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male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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bruton disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)

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mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time

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Glanzmann thrombasthenia (defect in platelet aggregation due to lack of GpIIb/IIIa)

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muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension

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beck triad of cardiac tamponade

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multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/sup/ernumerary teeth

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gardner syndrome (Subtype of FAP)

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myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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pompe disease (alpha 1,4 glucosidase def)

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no lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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sheehan syndrome

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nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, B/L internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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multiple sclerosis

68
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painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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cold agglutinin disease (autoimmune hemolysis d/t M. pneumonia, IM, or CLL)

69
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painful fingers/toes chaining color from white to blue to red with cold or stress

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raynaud phenomenon

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painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers/toes

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osler nodes

71
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painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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janeway lesion

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painless jaundice

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cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

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palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain (child), hematuria

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henoch-schonlein purpurn (IgA vasculitis)

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pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN1

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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, hyperventilation

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emphysema or alpha 1 antitrypsin def

77
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polyuria, renal tubular acidosis type 2, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances, hypophosphatemic rickets

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Fanconi snydorme (multiple combined dysfunction of prox convoluted tubule)

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pruritus purple, polygonal planar papules and plaques

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lichen planus

79
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ptosis, mitosis, anhidrosis

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horner syndrome

80
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pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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neurosyphilis (argyll robertson pupil)

81
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rapidly progressive limb weakness that ascends following GI/URI

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guillain-barre syndrome

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rash on palms and soles

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coxsachie A, secondary syphilis, rocky mountain spotted fever

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recurrent cold (non inflamed) abscesses, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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hyper IgE syndrome (Job syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)

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red currant jelly sputum in alcoholics or diabetics

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klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia

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red currant jelly stools

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acute mesenteric ischemia (adults), intussusception (children)

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red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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paget disease of breast

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red urine in morning, fragile RBCs

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paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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renal cell carcinoma (B/L), hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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von hippel landau disease

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resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability, shuffling gait

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parkinson disease

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retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)

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severe jaundice in neonates

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crigler-najjar syndrome

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several RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

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rovsing sign

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short stature, cafe au late spots, thumb/radial defects, increased incidence of tumors/leukemias, aplastic anemia

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Fanconi anemia (genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair; progresses to AML)

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single palmar crease

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down syndrome

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situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

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skin hyperpigmenation, hypotension, fatigue

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primary adrenocortical insufficiency (Addison’s) (incr ACTH and alpha-MSH)

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slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker muscular dystrophy

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

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koplike spots

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smooth, moist, painless, wart-like white lesions on genitals

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condylomata lata (secondary syphilis)

100
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spilinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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bacterial endocarditis

101
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strawberry tongue

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scarlet fever, kawasaki disease

102
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streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema

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turner syndrome

103
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sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi

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gout

104
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swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechiae

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scurvy (can’t hydroxylate proline/lysin for collagen)

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swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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osteoarthritis

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systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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aortic stenosis

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telangiectasias, recurrent epistaxis, skin discoloration, arteriovenous malformations, GI bleeding, hematuria

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Osler-Weber-Rendu-sydrome

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thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A (RET mutation)

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thyroid tumors, pheochromocytomas, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B (RET mutation)

110
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toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrap

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babinski sign

111
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urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in male

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reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

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vascular birthmark (pot wine stain) on face

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nevus flames

113
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vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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mallory-weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

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weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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whipple disease (d/t T. whipplei infection)

115
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worst headache of my life

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subarachnoid hemorrhage

116
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Calf pseudohypertrophy

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muscular dystrophy (duchenne)

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Elastic skin, hyper-mobility of joints, increased bleeding

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Ehlers-Danlos (type V defect, III in vascular type)

118
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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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painless: primary syphilis

painful w/exudate: H. ducreyi

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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