Medical Buzzwords

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Cogwheel rigidity?

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Parkinson's disease

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Tongue fasciculations?

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ALS - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis aka motor neurone disease

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Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day?

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TIA

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"Floppy baby history of honey ingestion?"

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Botulism

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"Obese female with headache takes OCPs?"

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Benign intercranial hypertension - also known as Pseudotumour cerebri

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Headache in band-like distribution?

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Tension headache

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"Unilateral headache tearing (lacrimation)?"

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Cluster headache

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"Blurred yellowing vision headache?"

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Digoxin toxicity

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Kayser Fleischer rings?

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Wilson's disease

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Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate?

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Streptococcus throat infection

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Kerley B lines?

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Congestive heart failure/Pulmonary oedema

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Janeway lesions/Osler's nodes

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Subacute bactirial endocarditis

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HACEK?

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"Acronym for the set of slow-growing Gram negative bacteria that form a normal part of the human oropharyngeal flora. They are a frequent cause of endocarditis in children.
Haemophilus (Haemophilus parainfluenzae Haemophilus aphrophilus and Haemophilus paraphrophilus)
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans)
Cardiobacterium hominis
Eikenella corrodens
Kingella (Kingella kingae)"

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Pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting forward?

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Pericarditis

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Rib notching?

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Coarctation of the aorta

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Irregularly irregular rhythm?

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AF

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Machinery like murmur?

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PDA

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Mid systolic click?

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Mitral valve prolapse

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Crescendo decrescendo murmur?

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Aortic stenosis

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Diminished absent lower limb pulses?

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Coarctation of the aorta

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"Shipyard workers ship builders?"

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Asbestosis

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"Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas?"

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Sarcoidosis

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Cobblestoning?

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Crohn's disease

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"RUQ pain/ fever / jaundice?"

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Ascending cholangitis - This is known as Charcot's triad

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"RUQ pain / fever / jaundice + altered mental state and shock?"

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Ascending cholangitis - This is known as Reynold's Pentad

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Food poisoning from reheated fried rice?

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Bacilus Cerues

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Positive Murphy's

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Acute cholecystitis

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"Alcoholic retching then haematemesis?"

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Mallory Weiss tear

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"Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass?"

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Pyloric stenosis

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Birds beak on barium swallow?

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Achalasia

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Sail sign

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Pneumomediastinum (aka mediastinal emphysema)

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Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep?

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Peptic ulcer disease

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Apple-green birefringence?

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Amyloidosis

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Night blindness leading to tunnel vision?

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Retinitis pigmentosa

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Ash leaf spots?

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Tuberous sclerosis - White or lighter patches of skin that may appear anywhere on the body and are caused by a lack of melanin.

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Shagreen patches?

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Tuberous sclerosis - Areas of thick leathery skin that are dimpled like an orange peel. Usually found on the lower back or nape of the neck

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"Asymptomatic shiny patches / red-brown with yellow / Diabetic?"

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Necrobiosis lipoidica
Skin lesions of classic NL begin as 1- to 3-mm well-circumscribed papules or nodules that expand with an active border to become waxy atrophic round plaques centrally. Initially these plaques are red-brown in color but progressively become more yellow and atrophic in appearance. Most commonly occur on pre-tibial area.

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"Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility?"

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PCOS

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Snowstorm on ultrasound?

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Hydatidiform mole

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Clue cells on wet mount?

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Bacterial vaginosis

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"Green frothy foul vaginal discharge?"

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Trichomoniasis

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Bag of worms?

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Varicocele

NB. Can be secondary to obstruction of left renal vein (such as with a renal cell carcinoma / a renal vein thrombus /or retroperitoneal adenopathy)"

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Positive testicular transillumination?

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Hydrocele

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Dinner fork deformity?

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Colle's fracture?

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Ascending weakness/paralysis?

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Guillain-Barre syndrome

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Chubby teen male with knee pain?

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Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (also known as slipped capital femoral epiphysis)

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Honey coloured crust?

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Impetigo

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Butterfly rash?

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SLE

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Target lesion on skin?

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Lyme disease

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Bilateral bell's palsy with target lesion on skin?

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Lyme disease

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Umbilicated papules?

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Molloscum contagiosum

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Silver scales?

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Psoriasis

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Christmas tree patterned rash?

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Pityriasis rosea

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Herald patch?

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Pityriasis rosea

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Cafe au lait spots?

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Neurofibromatosis

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'Lead pipe' rigidity from antipsychotics?

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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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High fever/ rigidity after anaesthesia?

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Malignant hyperthermia

In susceptible individuals the drugs for general anaesthesia can induce a drastic and uncontrolled increase in skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism which overwhelms the body's capacity to supply oxygen / remove carbon dioxide and regulate body temperature eventually leading to circulatory collapse and death if not treated quickly."

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"Heat intolerance / palpitations?"

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Hyperthyroidism

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"Cold intolerance / weight gain?"

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Hypothyroidism

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Pruritus after bath/shower?

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Polycythaemia (rubra) Vera

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Infant on cow's milk diet?

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Iron deficiency anaemia

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Bronze skin?

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Haemochromatosis

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Koplik's spots

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Measles

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Sandpaper rash?

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Scarlet fever (disease caused by an exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes)

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Blueberry muffin spots?

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Congenital rubella

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Atypical lymphocytosis?

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Mononucleosis

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Rice water stool?

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Cholera

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Black eschar on skin?

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Anthrax

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"Child with strawberry tongue / rash / fever > 5d"

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Kawasaki's disease

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Painless genital ulcer/chancre?

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Syphilis

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Steamy/cloudy cornea?

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Glaucoma

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"Oral ulcers / genital ulcers / arthritis?"

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Behcet's syndrome - a form of vasculitis that can lead to ulceration and other lesions. (Not Reiters!)

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Palmar crease/simian crease?

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Down syndrome

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Positive C-anca?

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Wegener's granulomatosis

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Unilateral headache inc ESR?

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Temporal arteritis