Pathognomonic sign is a particular sign of a disease whose presence intensifies that a disease is present without any hesitations. Here are the list of the most common diseases and their pathognomonic signs:
- Addison’s Dse. - Bronze-like skin
- Appendicitis-McBurney’s Point/ Rovsing Sign/Psoas Sign
- Asthma-Wheezing Inspiration
- Bulimia Nervosa - Chipmunk Face
- Cataract- Blurry Vision / Hizzy Vision
- Cholecystitis-Murphy’s Sign (pain RUQ)
- Cholera -Rice Watery Stool
- COPD -Barrel-Chested
- Cushing Syndrome- Buffalo Hump
- Dengue-Petechiae
- Down Syndrome- Single Crease on Palm/Clubbing of Fingernails
- Glucoma- Tunnel-like Vision
- Hepatitis-Icteric Sclera (yellowish discoloration of sclera)
- Hyperpituitarism - CAROTENEMIA (Discoloration of skin)/ XANTHAMIA
- Hyperthyroidism - Exopthalmus
- Kawasaki Dse.- Strawberry Tongue
- Leprosy-Leoning Face (contracted face)
- Liver Cirrhosis - Spider Angioma
- Malaria -Stepladder Fever
- Measles-Koplick’s Spot
- Meningitis-Burdzinski Sign (Pain on nape)/Karnig Sign (pain on leg/ knee area)
- MI-Levine's sign
- Myasthemia Gravis (MG) - Ptosis (inability to open upper eyelids)
- Pancreatitis - Cullen Sign (Bluish discoloration preumbilical area)
- Parkinson’s Dse. - Pill Rolling Tremors
- Pernicious Anemia - Beefy Red Tongue (Schilling’s Test)
- Pneumonia - Greenish Rusty Sputum
- PTB-Low grade fever in afternoon
- Pyloric Stenosis - Olive-Shaped Mass
- SLE-Butterfly Rashes
- Tetany- Chvostek Sign)/Trosseau’s Sign
- Thrombophlebitis - Homan’s Sign
- Typhoid - Rose Spot
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