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Rovsing sign: Palpation of left lower quadrant produces pain in the right lower quadrant. Seen in acute appendicitis.

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Charcot triad is:

- RUQ pain
- jaundice,
- fever/chills

And it indicates ascending cholangitis.

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A micrograph showing hypertrophic decidual vasculopathy, a finding seen in gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia.


Preeclampsia classic triad:
Proteinuria
Rising blood pressure
Edema

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Response to iron therapy in iron deficiency anemia occurs In the first12-24hr:
⬆Intracellular iron enzyme
⬆Appetite
⬇Irritability

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Vascular causes of hypertension:
Renal artery stenosis
Coarctation of aorta
Renal vein thrombosis

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Spots In pediatrics:
Koplik spots ➡️ measles
Brushfield's spots ➡️ Down's syndrome
Bitot's spots ➡️ Vitamin A deficiency

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Parkinson's disease signs and symptoms:
Shuffling gait
Mask-like facies
Akinesia
Rigidity
Tremor

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Cerebellar damage signs:

➡Dysdiadochokinesia
➡Ataxia
➡Speech
➡Hypotonia
➡Intention tremor
➡Nystagmus
➡Gait

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The muscarinic effects of organophosphates poisoning :

Salivation
Lacrimation
Urination
Diarrhea
GI upset
Emesis

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HLA-B27 is the strongest genetic risk factor for spondyloarthritis; 95% of patients with ankylosing spondylitis are HLA-B27 positive.

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Differential of ring-enhancing brain lesion in HIV patients :

Toxoplasmosis
Lymphoma
Tuberculoma
Cryptococcoma
Bacteria abscess

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The diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis require evidence of dissemination of disease activity in space and time

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CREST syndrome:

● Calcinosis
● Raynaud phenomenon
● Esophageal dysmotility
● Sclerodactyly
● Telangiectasia

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Anemia -normocytic- causes:
Acute blood loss
Bone marrow failure
Chronic disease
Destruction (hemolysis)

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Primary biliary cirrhosis
the M rule:

IgM
anti-Mitochondrial antibodies
Middle aged females

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Findings in severe hypophosphatemia:
Heart failure
Muscle weakness
Rhabdomyolysis
Hemolytic anemia
Metabolic encephalopathy

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The most common cause of central adrenal insufficiency is:

adrenocorticotropic hormone suppression from exogenous glucocorticoid therapy .