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Murphy’s sign

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Cholecystits

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Trosseau’s sign

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hypocalcaemia. Carpo spasm with inflated BP cuff

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Trosseau’s sign (cancer)

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thrombophelbitis

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Grey turner’s and cullen’s

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pancreatitis

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Chvostek’s sign

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hypocalcaemia. Face twitch on tap zygomatic arch

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Trossier’s sign

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Virchow’s node in gastric cancer

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Kernig’s sign

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meningitis

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Rovsing’s sign

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appendicitis

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beck’s triad

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raised JVP, low BP, muffled heart sounds

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charcot’s triad

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Jaundice, fever (rigors), pain

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Hoffman’s sign

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UMN, tap distal phalynx

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Glabellar sign

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Parkinson’s, blinking on continuous tapping of forehead

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Felty syndrome

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RA, splenomegaly, neutropenia

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HUS

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Haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia, acute renal failure

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TTP

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HUS triad + fever and neuro symptoms

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normal pressure hydronephrosis

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dyspraxia, confusion, incontinence

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berger’s disease

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IgA nephropathy

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Bechet’s

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Mouth and genital ulcers

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Reiter’s

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can’t pee, can’t see, can’t climb a tree

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Bulbar palsy triad

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dysphagia, dysarthia, nasal regurgitation

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Lewy body dementia triad

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hallucinations, alzheimers and parkinsons

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Churg-Strauss disease

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asthma, eosinophila, vasculitis

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Liddle’s

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like Conn’s

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C-J disease

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hallucinations, memory loss, myoclonus

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Wilson's disease
tremor, rigidity, deranged LFTs
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cerebellar syndrome triad
nystagmus, ataxia, dysartia
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Gold SE
aplastic anaemia, exfoliative dermatitis, nephrotic syndrome, peripheral neuropathy
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Beri Beri
thiamine def... wernicke's encephalopathy + cardiac symptoms
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Pick's disease
frontotemporal dementia
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Borhaave's syndrome
oesophageal bleeding
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Caplan's syndrome
miners, lung nodules, RA
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Plummer Winson syndrome
oesophageal webs, iron deficiency anaemia, dysphagia
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Sturge Webber
port wine strains, brain tumour
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nephrotic syndrome
proteinuria, hypoalbuminaemia, oedema
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nephritic syndrome
hypertension, haematuria, proteinuria, oliguria, uraemia
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Wernicke's encephalopathy
nystagmus, ataxia, confusion, opthalmoplegia
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Dressler's syndrome
pericarditis 4-6 weeks after an MI
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Dubin-Johnson syndrome
bilirubin
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Friedreich's ataxia
young cerebellar - ataxia, dysarthia, nystagmus corticospinal - absent ankle jerk, babinski pes cavus cardiomyopathy
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Goodpasture's syndrome
haematuria haemoptysis anti-GBM antibodies
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Meigs syndrome
ascites pleural effusion ovarian ca
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milroy's syndrome
unilateral lymphoedema
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Peutz-Jegher's syndrome
GI polyps | buccal, palm pigmentation
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Romano Ward
prolonged QT interval
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Steven Johnson syndrome
hypersensitivity reaction | erythema multiforme
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Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
renal cell carcinoma phaeo brain blastoma
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Men I
pancreatic tumour pituitary tumour parathyroid tumour
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Men IIa
phaeo primary hyperparathyroidism medullary thyroid carcinoma
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Men IIb
marfans organ fibrosis amyloid producing tumour phaeo
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nephrotic syndrome causes
minimal change membranous amyloidosis diabetes
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nephritic syndrome causes
berger's disease | post strep glomerulonephritis
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children lymphadenopathy increased infections, anaemia blast cells
ALL
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auer rods | adults
AML
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incidental finding smear cells increased WCC
CLL
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25-40 Philadelphia Chromosome increased WCC tx - imatinib
CML
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Kartagener's syndrome
Situs invertus recurrent sinusitis bronchiectasis
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Pemberton's sign
SVC obstruction
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Grawtiz tumour
AKA renal cell carcinoma
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Cancer drugs SE 1) doxorubicin 2) cyclophosphamide 3) vinka alkaloids
1) cardio toxicity 2) hemorrhagic cystitis 3) peripheral neuropathy
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Rheumatology antibodies 1) RA 2) SLE 3) anti-phospholipid 4) sjogren's 5) myositis 6) diffuse systemic scerosis 7) limited systemic sclerosis
1) CCP 2) anti ds- DNA 3) anti-cardiolipin 4) anti-Ro 5) anti- Jo 6) anti- topoisomerase (anti-Scl-70) 7) anti-centromere
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Leriche's syndrome
Aorto-illiac occlusive disease | triad of - erectile dysfunction, absent femoral pulse, buttock claudication
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Buerger's disease
thromboangiitis obliterans | smoking related vasculitis

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