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abd pain, ascites, hepatomeagly

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Budd-chiari syndrome (post-hepatic venous thrombosis)

2
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achilles tendon xanthoma

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familial hypercholesterolemia (decr LDL receptor signaling

3
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adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, dic

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waterhouse-friederichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)

4
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anterior drawer sign (+)

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ACL injury

5
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arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints

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marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)

6
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athlete with polycythemia

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2˚ to EPO inj.

7
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back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss

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pott disease (vertebral TB, usually at the thoracic + upper lumbar vertebrae, resulting from hematogenous spread - usually lungs)

8
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bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis

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sarcoidosis (non-caseating granuloma)

9
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blue sclera

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osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)

10
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bluish line on gingiva

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burton line (lead poisoning)

11
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bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis

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paget disease of bone (incr. osteoblastic + osteoclastic activity causes excessive breakdown and formation of bone, followed by disorganized bone remodelling. )

12
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bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

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aortic regurgitation

13
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butterfly facial rash, raynaud’s phenomenon in a young female

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SLE

14
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cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)

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Neurofibromatosis type I (+pheochromocytoma, optic glioma)

15
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cafe-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities

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McCune-Albright Syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)

16
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Calf pseudohypertrophy

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muscular dystrophy (commonly Duchenne) - X-linked recessive deletion of dystrophin gene

17
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cherry-red spots on macula

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Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or NPC (sphingomyelin accumulation), central retinal artery occlusion

18
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chest pain on exertion

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angina

stable with moderate exertion
unstable with minimal exertion

19
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Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI

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Dressler syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis, 1-2 weeks after acute episode)

20
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child uses arm to stand up from squat

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Gower’s sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy)

21
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child with fever later develops rash on face that spreads to body

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Parvo-B19 - slapped cheeks (erythema infectiosum/5th disease)

22
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chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration

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Huntingtons (autosomal CAG repeat expansion)

23
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chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria

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McArdle disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency

24
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cold intolerance

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hypothyroidism

25
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conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia

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internuclear ophthalmoplegia (damage to MLF)

if bilateral, think multiple sclerosis
if unilateral, think stroke

26
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continuous machine like heart murmur

Rx to close? keep open?

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PDA

  • close w. indomethacin
  • keep open w. misoprostol or PGE2
27
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cutaneous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition

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myxedema (hypothyroidism, grave’s disease (pretibial)

28
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newborn with abd distension w. or w.o emesis, progressive pallid cyanosis, vasomotor collapse, irregular respiration, and refusal to suck
- mom received this Rx close to delivery date

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chloramphenicol

“gray baby syndrome”

29
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infant with growth failure, cataracts, liver disease, aminoaciduria, mental retardation

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galactosemia - def. of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase

30
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dark purple skin/mouth nodules in an immunocompromised patient

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Kaposi sarcoma (HHV-8)

31
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deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation

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kussmaul respirations (DKA)

32
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increased JVP on inspiration

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kussmaul sign - normally decreases but because the negative intrathoracic pressure is not transmitted to the heart -> impaired R filling of the RV, blood backs up into vena cava -> JVD

usual causes: constrictive pericarditis, restrictive cardiomyopathies, RA or RV tumors

33
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Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, OH, or malnutrition

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Wet beriberi (thiamine/Vit B1 deficiency)

34
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bites (dog/cat) resulting in infection

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pasturella multocida (cellulitis at inoculation site)

35
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dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis

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Sjogren syndrome (exocrine gland destruction)

36
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dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, IDA

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plummer-vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)

37
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elastic skin, hypermobility of joints

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ehler-danlos syndrome (Type III collagen defect)

38
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enlarged, hard L supraclaviular node

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Virchow node (abd. metz)

39
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erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomeagly, atypical T cells

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

40
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facial muscle spasm upon tapping

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chvostek sign (hypocalcemia)

41
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fat, female, forty, and fertile

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cholelithiasis (gall stones)

42
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fever, chills, HA, myalgia following antibiotic treatment for syphillis

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Jarish-Herxheimer reaction (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)

43
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fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

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measles

44
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fever, night sweats, weight loss

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B symptoms of lymphoma

45
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fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis

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peyronie disease (CT d/o)

46
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gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in boy

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Lesh-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency, X-link recessive)

47
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green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea

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Kayser-flescher rings (Cu accumulation - Wilson’s disease)

48
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hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth, feet, hands

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peutz-Jegher’s syndrome (inherited, benign polyposis) - can cause bowel obstruction, increase cancer risk elsewhere

49
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hepatosplenomeagly, osteoporosis, neurologic symptoms

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gaucher’s disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

50
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hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts

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alport syndrome (mutation in collagen IV)

51
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hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility

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Kluver-bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion

52
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Hyperreflexia, hypertonia, Babinski sign present

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UMN damage

53
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Hyporeflexia, hypotonia, atrophy, fasciculations

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LMN damage

54
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Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia

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“Blue bloater” (chronic bronchitis: hyperplasia of mucous cells)

55
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Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion

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Nonpainful: chancre (1° syphilis, Treponema pallidum)

Painful, with exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

56
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Infant with cleft lip/palate, microcephaly or holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, cutis aplasia

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Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)

57
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infant with failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, and neurodegeneration w/ retinal pallor

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Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)

58
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Infant with hypoglycemia, failure to thrive, and hepatomegaly

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Cori disease (debranching enzyme deficiency) or Von Gierke disease (glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency, more severe)

59
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Infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, and structural heart defect

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Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)

60
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Jaundice, palpable distended non-tender gallbladder

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Courvoisier sign (distal obstruction of biliary tree)

61
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Large rash with bull’s-eye appearance

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Erythema chronicum migrans from Ixodes tick bite (Lyme disease: Borrelia)

62
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Lucid interval after traumatic brain injury

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Epidural hematoma (middle meningeal artery rupture)

63
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Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells

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Bruton disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)

64
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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)

65
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Muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, hypotension

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Beck triad of cardiac tamponade

66
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Multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/ supernumerary teeth

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Gardner syndrome (subtype of FAP)

67
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Myopathy (infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), exercise intolerance

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Pompe disease (lysosomal α-1,4-glucosidase deficiency)

68
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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”)

69
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No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance

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Sheehan syndrome (pituitary infarction)

70
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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech, bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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multiple sclerosis

71
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Oscillating slow/fast breathing

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations (central apnea in CHF or increased intracranial pressure)

72
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Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia

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Cold agglutinin disease (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, infectious mononucleosis)

73
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Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes

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Raynaud phenomenon (vasospasm in extremities)

74
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Painful, raised red lesions on pad of fingers/toes

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Osler nodes (infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition)

75
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Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles

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aneway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/ microabscesses)

76
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Painless jaundice

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Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct

77
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Palpable purpura on buttocks/legs, joint pain, abdominal pain (child), hematuria

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

78
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Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors

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MEN 1 (autosomal dominant)

79
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Periorbital and/or peripheral edema, proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia

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Nephrotic syndrome

80
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Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation

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“Pink puffer” (emphysema: centriacinar [smoking], panacinar [α1AT deficiency])

81
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Polyuria, renal tubular acidosis type II, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances, hypophosphatemic rickets

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Fanconi syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect)

82
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Pruritic, purple, polygonal planar papules and plaques (6 P’s)

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Lichen planus

83
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Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis

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Horner syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)

84
Q

Pupil accommodates but doesn’t react

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Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)

85
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Rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends following GI/upper respiratory infection

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Guillain-Barré syndrome (acute autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy)

86
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Rash on palms and soles

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Coxsackie A
2° syphilis
Rocky Mountain spotted fever

87
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Recurrent colds, unusual eczema, high serum IgE

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

88
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Red “currant jelly” sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

89
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Red “currant jelly” stools

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Acute mesenteric ischemia (adults), intussusception (infants)

90
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Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola

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Paget disease of the breast (sign of underlying neoplasm)

91
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Red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

92
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Renal cell carcinoma (bilateral), hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma

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von Hippel-Lindau disease (dominant TSG mutation)

93
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Resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability

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Parkinson disease (nigrostriatal dopamine depletion)

94
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Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers

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Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)

95
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Severe jaundice in neonate

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

96
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Severe RLQ pain with palpation of LLQ

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Rovsing sign (acute appendicitis)

97
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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness

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McBurney sign (acute appendicitis)

98
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Short stature, increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia

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

99
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Single palmar crease

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Down syndrome

100
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Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility

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Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)

101
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Skin hyperpigmentation, hypotension, fatigue

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Addison disease (1° adrenocortical insufficiency causes increased ACTH and α-MSH production)

102
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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)

103
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Small, irregular red spots on buccal/lingual mucosa with blue-white centers

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Koplik spots (measles; rubeola virus)

104
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Smooth, flat, moist, painless white lesions on genitals

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Condylomata lata (2° syphilis)

105
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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails

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bacterial endocarditis

106
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“Strawberry tongue”

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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome

107
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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 (45,XO)

108
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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi

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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)

109
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Swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, petechiae

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Scurvy (vitamin C deficiency: can’t hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis)

110
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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints

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Osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP [Bouchard nodes], DIP [Heberden nodes])

111
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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)

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Aortic valve stenosis

112
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Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma

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MEN 2A (autosomal dominant ret mutation)

113
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Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis

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MEN 2B (autosomal dominant ret mutation)

114
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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape

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Babinski sign (UMN lesion)

115
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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead

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Facial nerve (LMN CN VII palsy)

116
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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male

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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27

117
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Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)

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Hemangioma (benign, but associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome)

118
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Vomiting blood following gastroesophageal lacerations

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients)

119
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Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy

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Whipple disease (Tropheryma whipplei)

120
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“Worst headache of my life”

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

121
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labs: increase proteases, glycosylase, lipases

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I-cell disease - inability of GOLGI to phosphorylate mannose residues –> proteins are secreted extracellularly rather than delivered to lysosomes

122
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coarse facies (gargoyle facies), clouded corneas, restricted joint movement, and high plasma levels of lysosomal enzymes

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I-cell disease - inability of GOLGI to phosphorylate mannose residues –> proteins are secreted extracellularly rather than delivered to lysosomes

123
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patient with sickle cell anemia should be vaccinated against what

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pneumococcus

encapsulated due to autosplenectomy; also at risk for salmonella and klebsiella

124
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diabetic foot ulcer with gram (-) bacilli, oxidase (+).

other toxin that has the same mxm?

A

pseudomonas aeruginosa, exotoxin A.µ
ADP-ribosylation.
diphtheria toxin.

125
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sympathetic cholinergic neurons activation

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diaphoresis

126
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baby with chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, and intracranial calcifications

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congenital toxoplasmosis

127
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patient with increased blood ammonium and urine orotic acid levels

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defect in ornithine transcarbamoylase (see page 108 FA2014)

128
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patient with polycystic kidney disease with sudden onset of severe headache and evidence of nuchal rigidity, never had it in the past.

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subarachnoid hemorrhage - berry aneurysms

129
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patient with HTN and bradycardia

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Cushing reflex due to incr. ICP (–> constricts arterioles –> cerebral ischemia and reflex sympathetic increase in perfusion pressure/HTN -> stretch -> reflex baroreceptor induced bradycardia)

130
Q

testicular atrophy, eunuchoid body shape, tall long extremities, gynecomastia, female hair distribution

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Klinefelter syndrome, XXY

131
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short stature, ovarian dysgenesis, shield chest, bicuspid aortic valve, preductal coaractation, webbed neck or cystic hygroma, horseshoe kidney

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Turner syndrome

132
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male, very tall, severe acne, normal fertility, antisocial behavior (some are autistic)

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double male, XYY

133
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both ovary + testicular tissue are present, ambiguous genitalia

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true hermaphroditism, 46XX or 47XXY

134
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ovaries, but external genitalia are virilized or ambiguous.

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female pseudo-hermaphrodite; commonly due to exposure to androgenic steroids during early gestation (CAH, exogenous steroid use)

135
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testes, but external genitalia are feminized or ambiguous.

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male pseudo-hermaphrodite; commonly due to androgen insensitivity

136
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ambiguous genitalia
increased serum testosterone and androstenedione
maternal virilization during pregnancy

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aromatase deficiency, 46XX
Masculinization of female infants
Cannot synthesize estrogens from androgens –> high levels of androgens

137
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femal external genitalia with rudimentary vagina
uterus + fallopian tubes are absent
scant sexual hair
balls found in labia majora 
increased T, E, LH
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androgen insensitivity 46 XY

138
Q

ambiguous genitalia until puberty, where it starts to become masculinized
normal T, E, normal or high LH
internal genitalia are normal

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5a reductase deficiency

139
Q

anosmia, infertility

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kallmann syndrome

140
Q

cyclic pelvic pain, bleeding, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, dyschezia (pain w/ defecation), infertility, normal sized uterus

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endometriosis

141
Q

dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia

enlarged soft globular uterus

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adenomyosis (endometrial cells invading into muscular part of uterus)

142
Q

signs of menopause after puberty but before age 40

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premature ovarian failure

143
Q

ascites, hydrothorax, pulling sensation in groin

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Meigs syndrome - ovarian fibroma - contains spindle shaped fibroblasts

144
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F with abnormal uterine bleeding, sexual precocity (in preadolescents), breast tenderness

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Granulosa cell tumor (estrogen-secreting)

145
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tumor that develops during pregnancy or after pregnancy in mother OR BABY. MOther presents with increased levels of ßhCG, shortness of breath, hemoptysis, with hematogenous spread to lungs

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choriocarcinoma - increased hCG

146
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abnormal uterine bleeding in a post-menopausal woman

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thecoma

147
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bloody dipple discharge

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intraductal papilloma (grows in lactiferous ducts)

148
Q

eezematous patches on nipple

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Paget disease - malignant breast tumor that results from underlying DCIS

149
Q

large bulky mass of CT and cysts with “leaf-like projections” in stroma of breast

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phyllodes tumor

150
Q

firm, fibrous rock hard mass with sharp margins and small, glandular duct-like cells

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invasive ductal breast tumor

151
Q

peau d’orange breasts

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inflammatory breast cancer; due to dermal lymphatic invasion.

152
Q

painless, homogenous testicular enlargement

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seminoma - testicular germ cell tumor with fried egg appearance, increased ALP

153
Q

M w/ gynecomastia and hyperthyroidism

comes into the ER with a hemorrhagic stroke

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choriocarcinoma - can metz to lungs and brain (hemorrhagic stroke due to bleeding into the metz); hyperthyroidism because hCG is a LH/TSH analog

154
Q

child w/ brittle kinky hair, growth retardation, and hypotonia

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CT d/o due to impaired Cu absorption + transport -> leads to decreased activity of lysyl oxidase (Cu is a necessary cofactor)

155
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aorta w/ tree-bark appearance

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syphilis - due to wrinkling of the intima as a result of ischemia and atrophy of the media layer

156
Q

MRI shows a “ball valve obstruction”, patient has fever + weight loss

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myxomas - tend to produce IL6, which causes the fever + weight loss

157
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dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea

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pellagra (niacin/Vit B3 deficiency)