Term
| Polyuria, acidosis, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances |
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Definition
| Fanconi's syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect |
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Term
| Positive anterior drawer sign |
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Definition
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Term
| Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis |
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Definition
| Horner's syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion; seen with a pancoast tumor of the lung) |
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Term
| pupil accommodates but does not react |
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Definition
| Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis) |
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Term
| Rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends (following GI/ URI) |
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Definition
| Guillain Barre syndrome (autoimmune acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy)-->may also present after vaccine or Campylobacter jejuni infection |
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Term
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Definition
Coxsackie A virus
Rocky mountain spotted fever
Syphilis (2) |
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Term
| Recurrent colds, unusual eczema (truncal), high serum IgE |
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Definition
| Job's syndrome (neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality) |
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Term
| Red "currant jelly" sputum in an alcoholic or diabetic |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola |
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Definition
| Paget's diseae of the breast (represents underlying neoplasm) |
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Term
| Red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs |
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Definition
| Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria |
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Term
| Renal cell carcinoma (bilaterally), hemangioblastoma, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma |
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Definition
| von Hippel-Lindau disease (dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation) |
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Term
| Resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability |
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Definition
| Parkinson's disease (nigrostriatal dopamine depletion) |
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Term
| Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers |
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Definition
| Roth's spots (bacterial endocarditis) |
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Term
| Severe jaundice in neonate |
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Definition
| Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia) |
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Term
| Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness |
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Definition
| McBurney's sign (appendicitis) |
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Term
| Short stature, increased incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia |
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Definition
| Fanconi's anemia (genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair; often progresses to AML) |
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Term
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Definition
| Simian crease (Down's syndrome/Trisomy 21) |
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Term
| Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility |
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Definition
| Kartagener's syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia) |
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Term
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Definition
| Addison's disease (primary adrenocortical insufficiency causes increased ACTH and a-MSH production) |
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Term
| Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys |
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Definition
| Becker's muscular dystrophy (X-linked missense mutation in dystrophin) |
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Term
| Small, irregular red spots on buccal mucosa with blue-white centers |
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Definition
| Koplik spots (measles; Rubeola virus) |
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Term
| Smooth, flat, moist white lesions on genitals |
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Definition
| Condylomata lata (2 syphylis) |
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Term
| Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome |
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