Notorious Names
Terrible Triads
Toddlers and Teens
Medical Mysteries
Peculiar Pentads
100
Virchow's triad
What are stasis of blood, endothelial injury, and hypercoagulability.
100
Beck's triad
What is muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, and hypotension
100
Anemia, Thrombocytopenia, Renal failure
What is Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
100
Urethritis, Asymmetric oligoarthritis, Conjunctivitis
What is reactive arthritis (Reiter's syndrome)
100
Reynolds pentad
What is abdominal pain, fever, jaundice, shock, and AMS
200
RUQ pain, fever, jaundice
What is Charcot's triad of ascending cholangitis.
200
Cushing's triad
What is widened pulse pressure, bradycardia, bradypnea/irregular breaths
200
Eating disorders, amenorrhoea, decreased bone mineral density/fractures
What is female athlete triad
200
Recurrent oral ulcers, Genital ulcers, Uveitis
What is Behcet's syndrome
200
esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, and telangiectasia
What is CREST syndrome
300
Aspirin sensitivity, nasal polyps, and asthma
What is Samter's triad of Aspirin-induced asthma
300
Dementia, urinary incontinence, and gait disturbance
What is normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)
300
Chorioretinits, intracranial calcifications, and hydrocephalus
What is congenital toxoplasmosis
300
Sensorineural deafness, progressive renal failure/glomerulonephritis, ocular anomalies
What is Alport syndrome
300
Pruritic, polygonal, planar (flat-topped), purple, papules/plaques
What is Lichen planus
400
Whipple's triad
What is sx caused by hypoglycemia, low glucose at time of sx, relief of sx when glucose is raised
400
Unhappy triad :(
What is concurrent ACL, MCL, and Medial/Lateral Meniscus injury
400
Abdominal mass, fever, hematuria
What is Wilm's tumor
400
Seizures, intellectual disability, and adenoma sebaceum/facial nevus
What is Vogt's triad of tuberous sclerosis
400
Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, Fever, Disturbed neurological function, Renal failure, Thrombocytopenia
What is pentad of TTP
500
Sixth cranial nerve palsy, Otitis media/Otorrhea, Deep seated retro orbital pain/Trigeminal pain
What is Gradenigo's triad
500
Bergman's triad (hint: type of emboli causes this)
What is dyspnea, petechiae (often in axilla), and mental status changes
500
Pegged central incisors, interstitial keratitis, and sensorineural deafness
What is Hutchinson's triad of congenital syphilis
500
Tremors, gingivitis, and neuropsychiatric illnesses
What is the mercury poisoning triad
500
Pentalogy of Fallot
What are ventricular septal defect (VSD), pulmonic stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy, over riding aorta, atrial septal defect (ASD) or patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)