Term
| Streak ovaries, congenital heart diseae (coarctation of the aorta), horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth |
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Definition
| Turner's syndrome (45XO, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema) |
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Term
| Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi |
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Definition
| Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia) |
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Term
| Swollen gums, mucous bleeding, poor wound healing, spots on skin |
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Definition
| Scurvy (vit C deficiency: can't hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis) |
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Term
| Swollen, hard, painful finger joints |
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Definition
| Osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP=Bouchard's nodes; on DIP=Heberden nodes) |
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Term
| Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo) |
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Definition
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Term
| Thyroid and parathyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma |
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Definition
| MEN2A (autosomal dominant ret mutation) |
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Term
| Thyroid tumors, pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis |
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Definition
| MEN2B (autosomal dominant ret mutation) |
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Term
| Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape |
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Definition
| Babinski sign (UMN lesion) |
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Term
| Unilateral facial drooping involving forehead |
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Definition
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Term
| Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male |
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Definition
| Reactive arthritis associated with HLA-B27 (Reiter's syndrome) |
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Term
| Vascular birthmark (port-wine stain) that does not regress with age |
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Definition
| Hemangioma (benign, but associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome, which involves the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve) |
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Term
| Vomiting blood following esophagogastric lacerations |
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Definition
| Mallory-Weiss syndrome (seen in alcoholics and bulimics) |
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Term
| "Waxy" cases with very low urine flow |
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Definition
| Chronic end-stage renal disease |
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Term
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Definition
| Acute pyelonephritis (Kidney infection) |
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Term
| Weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy |
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Definition
| Whipple's disease (Tropheryma whippelii) |
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Term
| "Worst headache of my life" |
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Definition
| Subarachnoid hemorrhage (usually from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm) |
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