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1
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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/microabscesses)

2
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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

3
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Palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain (child), hematuria

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Henoch-Schonlein purpura (IgA vasculitis affecting skin and kidneys)

4
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Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN 1 (autosomal dominant)

5
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Periorbital and/or peripheral edema, proteinuria, hypoabuminemia, hypercholestrolemia

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Nephrotic syndrome

6
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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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“Pink puffer” (emphysema: centriacinar [smoking], panacinar [alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency])

7
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Polyuria, renal tubular acidosis type II, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances, hypophosphatemic rickets

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Fanconi syndrome (multiple combined dysfunction of the proximal convoluted tubule)

8
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Puritic, purple, polygonal planar papules and plaques

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Lichen planus

9
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Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

10
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Pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

11
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Rapidly progressive limb weakness that ascends following GI/upper respiratory infection

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Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute inflammatory demylinating polyradiculopathy subtype)

12
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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A, 2° syphilis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Recurrent cold (noninflamed) abscesses, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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Hyper-IgE syndrome (Job syndrome: Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)

14
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Red “currant jelly” sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients

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Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia

15
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Red “currant jelly” stools

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Acute mesenteric ischemia (adults), intussusception

16
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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget disease of breast (Sign of underlying neoplasm)

17
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Red urine in the morning, fragile RBC’s

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

18
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Renal cell carcinoma (bilateral) hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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von Hippel Lindau disease (dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation)

19
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Resting tumor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability, shuffling gate

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Parkinson disease (loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta)

20
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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)

21
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Severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

22
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Severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

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Rovsing sign (acute appendicitis)

23
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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney sign (acute appendicitis)

24
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Short stature, cafe au lait spots, thumb/radial defects, increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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

25
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Single palmar crease

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Down syndrome

26
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Situs inversus, Chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Zach Fredman syndrome

But really Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

27
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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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1° adrenocortical insufficiency ([e.g. Addison disease] causes increased ACTH and increased alpha-MSH production)

28
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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys

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Becker muscular dystrophy (X-linked missense mutation in dystrophin; less severe than Duchenne)