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76 Cards in this Set
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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
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