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Severe jaundice in neonate |
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Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia) |
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Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness |
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McBurney's sign (appendicitis) |
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Short stature Increased incidence of tumors/leukemia Aplastic anemia |
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Fanconi's anemia (genetic loss of DNA crosslink repair; often progresses to AML) |
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Simian crease (Down syndrome) |
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Situs inversus Chronic sinusitis Bronchiectasis Infertility |
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Kartagener's syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia) |
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Addison's disease (primary adrenocortical insufficiency causes increased ACTH and alpha-MSH production) |
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Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys |
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Becker's muscular dystrophy (X-linked missense mutation in dystrophin; less severe than Duchenne's) |
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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) |
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Smooth, flat, moist white lesions on genitals |
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Condylomata lata (secondary syphilis) |
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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails |
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Scarlet fever Kawasaki disease Toxic shock syndrome |
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Streak ovaries Congenital heart disease Horseshoe kidney Cystic hygroma at birth |
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Turner syndrome (45XO, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema) |
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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint Tophi |
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Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia) |
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Swollen gums Mucous bleeding Poor wound healing Spots on skin |
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Scurvy (vitamin C deficiency: can't hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis) |
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Swollen, hard, painful finger joints |
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Osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP [Bouchard's nodes], DIP [Heverden's nodes]) |
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Systolic ejection murmur (cresendo-decrescendo) |
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Thyroid and parathyroid tumors Pheochromocytoma |
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MEN 2A (autosomal dominant ret mutation) |
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Thyroid tumors Pheochromocytoma Ganglioneuromatosis |
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MEN 2B (autosomal dominant ret mutation) |
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Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape |
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Babinski sign (UMN lesion) |
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Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead |
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Bell's palsy (LMN CN VII palsy) |
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Urethritis Conjunctivitis Arthritis In a male |
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Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27 |
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Vascular virthmark (port-wine stain) |
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Hemangioma (benign, but associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
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Vomiting blood following esophagogastric lacerations |
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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic patients) |
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"Waxy" casts with very low urine flow |
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Chronic end-stage renal disease |
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Weight loss Diarrhea Arthritis Fever Adenopathy |
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Whipple's disease (Tropheryma whippelii) |
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"Worst headache of my life" |
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