Friday, November 16, 2007

Diseases

Disease

Sign

Addison's disease

Bronze-like skin

Angina pectoris

Levine's sign (hand clutching of chest)

Bulimia Nervosa

Chipmunk facies (parotid gland swelling)

Cholecystitis

Murphy's sign (pain on deep inspiration when inflamed gallbladder is palpated)

Cholera

Rice-watery stool

Chronic hemorrhagic pancreatitis

Grey-Turner's sign (ecchymosis in flank area)

Cushing syndrome

Moon face

Diphtheria

Pseudomembrane on tonsils, pharynx and nasal cavity

Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy

Gowers' sign

Emphysema

Barrel chest

Hyperthyroidism

Exophthalmos

Hypocalcemia

Trousseau sign and Chvostek sign

Kawasaki Disease

Strawberry tongue

Liver cirrhosis

Spider angioma

Leprosy

Leonine facies (thickened lion-like facial skin)

Measles

Koplik's spots

Meningitis

Kernig's sign and Brudzinski's sign

Pancreatitis

Cullen's sign (bluish discoloration of umbilicus)

Parkinson’s disease

Pill-rolling tremors

Patent ductus arteriosus

Machine-like murmur

Pernicious anemia

Red beefy tongue

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Butterfly rash

Tetanus

Risus sardonicus

Typhoid fever

Rose spots in abdomen

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