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Painful, pale, cold fingers/toes
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Rayneud's syndrome (vasospasm in extremities)Continue reading
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Sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Gout/podagra (hyperuricemia)Continue reading
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Branching gram-positive rods with sulfur granules
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Actinomyces israeliiContinue reading
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Increased α-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Anencephaly, spina bifida (neural tube defects), multiple gestation, abdominal wall defectsContinue reading
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Actinic (solar keratosis)
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Precursor to squamous cell carcinomaContinue reading
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Cyanosis (early; less common)
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosus, tricuspid atresia, total anomalous pulmonary venous return (5 T's)Continue reading
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Late cyanotic shunt (uncorrected L–>R becomes R–>L)
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Eisenmenger's syndrome (caused by ASD, VSD, PDA; results in pulmonary hypertension/polycythemia)Continue reading
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Vitamin deficiency (US)
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Folic acid (pregnant women are at high risk; body stores only 3- to 4-month supply; prevents neural tube defects)Continue reading
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Calf pseudohypertrophy
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Muscular dystrophy (MCly Duchenne's)Continue reading