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CP: Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly
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Dx/Dis: Budd-Chiari syndrome (posthepatic venous thrombosis)
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CP: Achilles tendon xanthoma
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Dx/Dis: Familial hypercholesterolemia
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CP: Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC
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Dx/Dis: Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
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CP: Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints
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Dx/Dis: Marfan's syndrome (fibrillin defect)
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CP: Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
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Dx/Dis: Pott's Disease (vertebral tuberculosis)
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CP: Big toe extension/ fanning upon plantar scrape
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Dx/Dis: Babinski's sign (UMN lesion)
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CP: Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
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Dx/Dis: Sarcoidosis (noncaseating granulomas)
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CP: Blue sclera
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Dx/Dis: Osteogenesis imperfecta (collagen defect)
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CP: Bluish line on gingiva
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Dx/Dis: Burton's line (lead poisoning)
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CP: Bone pain, bone enlargement, arthritis
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Dx/Dis:Paget's disease of bone (INC osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity)
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CP: Cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules (iris hamartoma)
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Dx/Dis: Neurofibromatosis type I (+bilateral acoustic neuromas= Type II)
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CP: calf pseudohypertrophy
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Dx/Dis: muscular dystrophy (most commonly Duchenne's)
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CP: "Cherry red spot" on macula
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Dx/Dis:Tay-Sachs (ganglioside accumulation) or Niemann-Pick (lysosomal storage disease)
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CP: Chest pain, pericardial effusion/friction rub, persistent fever following MI
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Dx/Dis: Dressler's syndrome (autoimmune-mediated post-MI fibrinous pericarditis)
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CP: Child uses arms to stand up from a squat.
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Dx/Dis: Gower's sign (Duchenne muscular dystrophy: X-linked recessive deleted dystrophin gene)
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CP: child with fever develops red rash on face that spreads on body.
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Dx/Dis: "Slapped cheeks" (erythema infectiosum/fifth disease: parvovirus B19)
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CP: Chorea, dementia, caudate degeneration.
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Dx/Dis: Huntington's diease (autosomal-dominant CAG repeat expansion)
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CP: Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps
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Dx/Dis: McArdle's disease (muscle phosphorylase deficiency)
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CP: Cold intolerance
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Dx/Dis: Hypothyroidism
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CP: Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia.
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Dx/Dis: Internuclear opthalmoplegia (damage to MLF; bilateral [multiple sclerosis], unilateral [stroke])
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CP: Continuous "machinery" heart murmur
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Dx/Dis: PDA (close with indomethacin; open with misoprostol)
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CP: Cutanous/dermal edema due to connective tissue deposition
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Dx/Dis: Myxedema (hypothyroidism, Graves' disease)
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CP: Dark purple skin/ mouth nodules
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Dx/Dis: Kaposi's sarcoma (usually AIDS pts. [gay men]; associated with HHV-8)
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CP: Deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation.
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Dx/Dis: Kussmaul breathing (diabetic ketoacidosis)
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CP: Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea.
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Dx/Dis: Pellagra (niacin [vitamin B3] deficiency)
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CP: Dilated cardiomyopathy, edema, polyneuropathy
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Dx/Dis: Wet beriberi (thiamine--B1--deficiency)
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CP: Dog or cat bite resulting in infection
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Dx/Dis: Pasteurella multocida
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CP: Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
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Dx/Dis: Sjogren's syndrome (autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands).
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CP: Dysphagia (esophageal webs), glossitis, iron deficiency anemia
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Dx/Dis: Plummer-Vinson syndrome (may progress to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma)
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CP: Elastic skin, hypermobility of joints.
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Dx/Dis: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (collagen defect)
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CP: Enlarged, hard left supraclavicular node
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Dx/Dis: Virchow's node (abdominal metastasis)
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CP: Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical T cells.
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Dx/Dis: Sezary syndrome (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) or mycosis fungoides
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CP: facial muscle spasm upon tapping
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Dx/Dis: Chvostek's sign (hypocalcemia)
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CP: Fat, female, forty, and fertile
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Dx/Dis: acute cholecystitis (bile duct blockage)
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CP: Fever, chills, HA, myalgia following Abx. tx. for syphilis
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Jarisch-herxheimer rn (rapid lysis of spirochetes results in toxin release)
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CP: Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash
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Dx/Dis: Measles (Morbillivirus)
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CP: Fever, night sweats, weight loss
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Dx/Dis: B symptoms (lymphoma)
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CP: Fibrous plaques in soft tissue of penis
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Dx/Dis: Peyronie's disease (CT disorder)
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CP: Gout, mental retardation, self-mutilating behavior in a boy
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Dx/Dis: Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (HGPRT deficiency)
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CP: Green-yellow rings around peripheral cornea
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Dx/Dis: Kayser-Fleischer rings (Cu accumulation from Wilson's disease)
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CP: Hamartomatous GI polyps, hyperpigmentation of mouth/feet/hands
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Dx/Dis: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (genetic benign polyposis can cause bowel obstruction; INC in CA risk).
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CP: Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporesis, neurologic symptoms
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Dx/Dis: Gaucher's dieasese (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)
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CP: Hereditary nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss, cataracts.
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Dx/Dis: Alport's syndrome (collagen mutation)
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CP: Hypercoagulability (leading to migrating DVTs and vasculitis)
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Dx/Dis: Trousseau's sign (adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung)
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CP: Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility
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Dx/Dis: Kluver-Bucy syndrome (b/l amygdala lesion)
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CP: Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic acidosis
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Dx/Dis: Conn's syndrome (Primary hyperaldosteronism)
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CP: Hypoxemia, polycythemia, hypercapnia
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Dx/Dis: "Blue Bloater" (chronic bronchitis: hyperplasia of mucous cells).
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CP: Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion (nonpainful)
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Dx/Dis: Chancre (Primary syphillis: treponema pallidum)
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CP: Infant with FTT, hepatosplenomegaly, neurodegeneration
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Dx/Dis: Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingomyelinase deficiency)
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CP: Infant with hypoglycemia, FTT, and hepatomegaly.
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Dx/Dis: Cori's disease (debranching enzyme deficiency)
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CP: Infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, and structural heart defect.
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Dx/Dis: Edwards' syndrome (trisomy 18)
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CP: Jaundice, RUQ pain, fever.
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Dx/Dis: Charcot's triad 2 (ascending cholangitis)
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CP: Keratin pearls on a skin lesion.
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Dx/Dis: Squamous cell carcinoma
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CP: Large rash with bull's-eye appearance.
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Dx/Dis: Erythema chronicum migrans from tick bite (Lyme disease: Borrelia)
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CP: Lucid interval after traumatic brain injury.
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Dx/Dis: Epidural hematoma
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CP: Lucid interval after traumatic brain injury.
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Dx/Dis: Epidural hematoma
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CP: Male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells.
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Dx/Dis: Bruton's diease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)
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CP: Mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time.
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Dx/Dis: Glanzmann's thrombasthenia (defect in platelet aggregation due to lack of GpIIb/IIIa
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CP: Multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/supernumerary teeth.
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Dx/Dis: Gardner's syndrome (genetic disorder, predisposes to colon cancer)
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CP: Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
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Dx/Dis: Wegeners' and Goodpasture's syndromes (hemoptysis and glomerular disease).
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CP: Neonate with arm paralysis following difficult birth.
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Dx/Dis: Erb-Duchenne palsy (superior trunk [C5-C6] brachial plexus injury: "waiter's tip")
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CP: No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance.
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Dx/Dis: Sheehan's syndrome (pituitary infarction)
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CP: Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech
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Dx/Dis: Charcot's triad 1 (multiple sclerosis)
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CP: Oscillating slow/fast breathing
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Dx/Dis: Cheyne-Stokes respirations (central apnea in CHF or INC intracranial pressure)
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CP: Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia.
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Dx/Dis: Cold agglutin disease (autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, infectious mononucleosis)
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CP: Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes
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Dx/Dis: Raynaud's syndrome (vasospasm in extremities)
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CP: Painful, raised red lesions on palms and soles.
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Dx/Dis: Osler's node (infective endocarditis)
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CP: painless jaundice
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Dx/Dis: Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct.
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CP: Palpable purpura, joint pain, abdominal pain (child)
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Dx/Dis: Henoch-Schonlein purpura (IgA vasculitis affecting skin and kidneys)
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CP: Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors.
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Dx/Dis: Wermer's syndrome (MEN 1)
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CP: Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation.
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Dx/Dis:"pink puffer" (emphysema: centroacinar [smoking], panacinar [alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency])
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CP: Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, cafe-au-lait spots, short stature in a young girl.
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Dx/Dis: McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
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CP: Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes
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Dx/Dis: Raynaud's syndrome (vasospasm in extremities)
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CP: Polyuria, acidosis, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances.
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Dx/Dis: Fanconi's syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect).
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CP: Painful, raised red lesions on palms and soles.
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Dx/Dis: Osler's node (infective endocarditis)
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CP: Positive anterior "drawer sign"
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Dx/Dis: Anterior cruciate (ACL) injury
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CP: painless jaundice
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Dx/Dis: Cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct.
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CP: Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis.
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Dx/Dis: Horner's syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)
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CP: Palpable purpura, joint pain, abdominal pain (child)
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Dx/Dis: Henoch-Schonlein purpura (IgA vasculitis affecting skin and kidneys)
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CP: Pancreatic, pituitary, parathyroid tumors.
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Dx/Dis: Wermer's syndrome (MEN 1)
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CP: Pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation.
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Dx/Dis:"pink puffer" (emphysema: centroacinar [smoking], panacinar [alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency])
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CP: Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, cafe-au-lait spots, short stature in a young girl.
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Dx/Dis: McCune-Albright syndrome (mosaic G-protein signaling mutation)
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CP: Polyuria, acidosis, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances.
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Dx/Dis: Fanconi's syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect).
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CP: Positive anterior "drawer sign"
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Dx/Dis: Anterior cruciate (ACL) injury
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CP: Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis.
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Dx/Dis: Horner's syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)
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CP: Pupil accomodates but doesn't react.
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Dx/Dis: Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)
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CP: Rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends (following GI/upper respiratory infection).
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Dx/Dis:Guillain-Barre syndrome (autoimmune acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy).
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CP: Rash on palms and soles.
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Dx/Dis:2ndary syphillis, Rocky Mtn. spotted fever.
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CP: Recurrent colds, unusual eczema, high serum IgE.
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Dx/Dis: Job's syndrome (hyper-IgE syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality).
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CP: Red "currant jelly" sputum.
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Dx/Dis: Kebsiella pneumonia.
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CP: red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/areola.
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Dx/Dis: Paget's disease of the breast (represents underlying neoplasm).
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CP: red urine in the morning.
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Dx/Dis:paroxymal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
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CP: Renal cell carcinoma, hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma.
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Dx/Dis: von Hippel-Lindau disease (dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation).
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CP: Resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability.
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Dx/Dis: Parkinson's disease (nigrostriatal dopamine depletion)
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CP: Restrictive cardiomyopathy (juvenile form: cardiomegaly), exercise intolerance.
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Dx/Dis: Pompe's disease (Lysosomal glucosidase deficiency)
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CP: Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers.
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Dx/Dis: Roth's spots (bacterial endocarditis)
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CP: Severe jaundice in neonate.
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Dx/Dis: Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital UNconjugated hyperbilirubinemia).
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CP: Severe RLQ pain with rebound tenderness.
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Dx/Dis: McBurney's sign (appendicitis)
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CP: Short stature, INC incidence of tumors/leukemia, aplastic anemia.
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Dx/Dis: Fanconi's anemia (genetically inherited often progresses to AML)
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CP: Single palm crease.
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Dx/Dis: Simian crease (Down syndrome)
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CP: Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis.
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Dx/Dis: Kartaganer's syndrome (dynein defect affecting cilia)
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CP: Skin hyperpigmentation.
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Dx/Dis: Addison's disease (primary adrenocortical insufficiency of autoimmune or infectious etiology).
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CP: Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys.
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Dx/Dis: Becker's muscular dystrophy (X-linked, defective dystrophin; less severe than Duchenne's)
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CP: Small irregular red spots on buccal/lingual mucosa with blue-white centers.
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Dx/Dis: Koplik spots (measles)
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CP: small, nontender, erythematous lesions on palms/soles.
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Dx/Dis: Janeway lesions (infectious endocarditis)
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CP: smooth, flat, moist white lesions on genitals.
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Dx/Dis: Condylomata lata (2ndary syphilis)
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CP: Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails.
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Dx/Dis: bacterial endocarditis.
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CP: "Strawberry tongue"
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Dx/Dis: Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease, TSS.
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CP: Streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney.
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Dx/Dis: Turner's syndrome (XO, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema)
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CP: Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi
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Dx/Dis: Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)
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CP: Swollen gums, mucous bleeding, poor wound healing, spots on skin.
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Dx/Dis: Scurvy (vit. C deficiency: can't hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis.)
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CP: Swollen, hard, painful finger joints.
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Dx/Dis: Osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP [buchard's nodes], DIP [Heberden's nodes])
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CP: Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)
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Dx/Dis: Aortic valve stenosis.
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CP: Thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal tumors.
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Dx/Dis: Sipple's syndrome (MEN 2A)
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CP: Ulcerated genital lesion with exudate (Painful)
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Dx/Dis: Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)
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CP: Unilateral facial drooping.
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Dx/Dis: Bell's palsy (LMN CN VII palsy)
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CP: Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male
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Dx/Dis: Reiter's syndrome (reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27)
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CP: Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain)
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Dx/Dis: Hemangioma (benign, but assoc. w/ Sturge-Weber syndrome)
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CP: Vasculitis from exposure to endotoxin causing glomerular thrombosis.
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Dx/Dis: Schwartzman rxn. (following second exposure to endotoxin)
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CP: Vomiting blood following esophagogastric lacerations.
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Dx/Dis: Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholics and eating disorders)
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CP: "Waxy" casts with very low urine flow.
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Dx/Dis: Chronic end-stage renal disease.
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CP: WBC casts in urine.
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Dx/Dis: Acute pyelonephritis or cystitis.
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CP: Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy.
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Dx/Dis: Whipple's disease (Tropheryma whippelii)
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CP: "Worst headache of my life"
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Dx/Dis: Berry aneurysm (assoc. with adult polycystic kidney disease).
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Lab/Diag: Anticentromere antibodies
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Dx/Dis: Scleroderma (CREST)
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Lab/Diag: Antidesmoglein (epithelial) antibodies.
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Dx/Dis: Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)
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Lab/Diag: Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies.
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Dx/Dis: Goodpasture's syndrome (glomerulonephritis and lung hemorrhage).
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Lab/Diag: Antihistone Antibodies.
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Dx/Dis: Drug-induced SLE.
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Lab/Diag: Anti-IgG antibodies
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Dx/Dis: Rheumatoid arthritis (systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)
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Lab/Diag: Antimicrobial antibodies (AMAs)
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Dx/Dis: Primary biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, protal HTN)
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Lab/Diag: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs)
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Dx/Dis: Vasculitis (Wegener's microscopic polyangitis, glomerulonephritis).
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Lab/Diag: Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs: anti-Smith and anti-dsDNA)
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Dx/Dis: SLE (type III hypersensitivity)
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Lab/Diag: Antiplatelet antibodies.
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Dx/Dis: Idiopathic thrombocytic purpura (ITP) (bleeding diathesis)
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Lab/Diag: Anti-topoisomerase antibodies.
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Dx/Dis: diffuse systemic schleroderma.
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Lab/Diag: Anti-transglutaminase/antigliadin antibodies.
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Dx/Dis: Celiac disease (diarrhea, distention, weight loss)
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Lab/Diag: Azurophilic granular needles in leukemic blasts
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Dx/Dis: Auer rods (acute myelogenous leukemia--AML: especially the promyelocytic type)
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Lab/Diag: "Bamboo spine" on x-ray
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Dx/Dis: Ankylosing spondylitis (chronic inflammatory arthritis: HLA-B27)
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Lab/Diag: Basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs
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Dx/Dis: Howell-jolly bodies (due to splenectomy or nonfunctional spleen)
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Lab/Diag: Basophilic stippling of RBCs.
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Dx/Dis: Lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia.
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Lab/Diag: Bloody tap on LP
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Dx/Dis: Subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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Lab/Diag: "Boot-shaped" heart on x-ray
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Dx/Dis: Tetralogy of Fallot, RVH
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Lab/Diag: Branching gram-positive rods with sulfur granules.
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Dx/Dis: Actinomyces israelii
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Lab/Diag: Bronchogenic apical lung tumor.
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Dx/Dis: Pancoast's tumor (can compress sympathetic ganglion and cause Horner's syndrome)
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Lab/Diag: "Brown" tumor of bone
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Dx/Dis: Hemorrhage (hemosiderin) causes brown color of osteolytic cysts. due to: 1) hyperparathyroidism, 2) osteitis fibrosa cystica (von Recklinghausen's disease of bone)
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Lab/Diag: Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy.
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Dx/Dis: Chagas' disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)
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Lab/Diag: Cellular crescents in Bowman's capsule.
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Dx/Dis: Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis
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Lab/Diag: "Chocolate cyst" of ovary.
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Dx/Dis: Endometriosis (frequently invovles both ovaries).
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Lab/Diag: Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils.
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Dx/Dis: Homer Wright rosettes (neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma)
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Lab/Diag: Colonies of mucoid Pseudomonas in lungs.
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Dx/Dis: Cystic Fibrosis (CFTR mutation in Caucasians resulting in fat-soluble vit. deficiency and mucous plugs).
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Lab/Diag: Degeneration of dorsal column nerves.
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Dx/Dis: Tabes dorsalis (Tertiary syphilis)
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Lab/Diag: Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra.
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Dx/Dis: Parkinson's disease (basal ganglia disorder: rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia)
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Lab/Diag: Desquamated epithelium casts in sputum.
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Dx/Dis: Curschmann's spirals (bronchial asthma: can result in whorled mucous plugs)
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Lab/Diag: Disarrayed granulosa cells in eosinophilic fluid.
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Dx/Dis: Call-Exner bodies (granulosa-theca cell tumor of the ovary).
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Lab/Diag: Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with nuclear englargement and hyperchromasia.
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Dx/Dis: Koilocytes (HPV: predisposes to cervical cancer)
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Lab/Diag: Enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies.
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Dx/Dis: "Owl's-eye" appearance of CMV.
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Lab/Diag: Enlarged thyroid cells with ground-glass nuclei
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Dx/Dis: "Orphan Annie" eye nuclei (papillary carcinoma of the thyroid).
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Lab/Diag: Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell
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Dx/Dis: Mallory bodies (alcoholic liver disease).
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Lab/Diag: Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in nerve cell.
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Dx/Dis: Lewy body (parkinson's disease)
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Lab/Diag: Eosinophilic globule in liver.
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Dx/Dis: Councillman body (toxic or viral hepatitis, often yellow fever)
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Lab/Diag: Eosinophilic inclusion bodies in the cytoplasm of hippocampal nerve cells.
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Dx/Dis: Rabies virus (Lyssavirus)
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Lab/Diag: Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain.
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Dx/Dis: Senile plaques (Alzheimer's disease)
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Lab/ Diag: Giant B-cells with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions ("owl's eye")
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Dx/Dis: Reed-Sternberg cells (Hodgkin's lymphoma)
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Lab/Diag: Glomerulus-like structure surrounding vessel in germ cells.
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Dx/Dis: Schiller-Duval bodies (yolk-sac tumor)
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Lab/Diag: "Hair-on-end" (crew-cut) appearance on xray.
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Dx/Dis: B-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia (extramedullary hematopoiesis)
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Lab/Diag: hCG elevated.
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Dx/Dis: Choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole (occurs w/ and w/o embryo).
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Lab/Diag: heart nodules (inflammatory)
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Dx/Dis: Aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever)
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Lab/Diag: heterophile antibodies
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Dx/Dis: Infectious mononucleosis (EBV)
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Lab/Diag: Hexagonal, double-pointed, needle-like crystals in bronchial secretions.
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Dx/Dis: Bronchial asthma (Charcot-Leyden crystals: eosinophilic granules).
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Lab/Diag: High level of D-dimers.
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Dx/Dis: DVT, pulmonary embolism, DIC
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Lab/Diag: "honeycomb lung" on xray.
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Dx/Dis: Interstitial fibrosis
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Lab/Diag: hypersegmented neutrophils.
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Dx/Dis: Megaloblastic anemia (B12, folate deficiency)
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Lab/Diag: hypochromatic, microcytic anemia.
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Dx/Dis: Iron deficiency anemia, lead poisoning, thalassemia (HbF sometimes present)
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Lab/Diag: Increased alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum.
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Dx/Dis: Anencephaly, spina bifida (neural tube defects)
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Lab/Diag: Increased uric acid levels.
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Dx/Dis: Gout, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, myeloproliferative disorders, loop and thiazide diuretics.
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