All the named signs in MBBS

All the Name Signs in MBBS

I am planning to add images too against each of these signs soon. Feel free to contribute to the list by commenting, as the list is grossly incomplete.

1. All the Strawberries:

Cholesterolosis

Trichomonas vaginallis causing strawberry cervix(colpitis macularis)

Tongue in Kawasaki and Scarlet fever

Strawberry Gingiva in Wegners 

Strawberry Hemangiomas

Strawberry Skull in Edward's syndrome

Rhinosporidiosis has strawberry granuloma

Strawberry lesions of Rectosigmoid

2. All the Bananas:

Paget’s disease fracture( transverse insufficiency fracture (aka banana fracture) at the lateral aspect of the cortex of the femur. )

Arnold Chiari 2 malformation on USG

Banana bodies in alkaptonuria

3. All the leaves:

Phyllodes tumour(literally means leaves)

Clover leaf shaped cells- HTLV

Blade of Grass sign in Paget's disease

4. All the Chickens:

Lipoid myxosarcoma- Chicken wire

Chicken wire Vasculature- Oligodendroglioma, Mucinous Carcinoma Breast

Chicken Wire Fibrosis- Alcoholic steatohepatitis

Chicken wire calcification - Chondroblastoma

5. All the onions: 

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Ewings sarcoma

SLE spleen

Charcot marie tooth disease

Hyperplastic arteriosclerosis

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Keratosis Obturans

Posterior polar cataract

Onion peel like sensory loss distribution pattern in Syringomyelia

6. All the psammoma:

malignant mesotheliomas

serous cystadenocarcinoma 

meningiomas

RCC Chr txP11.2

Papillary RCC

Papillary Carcinoma of thyroid

Prolactinomas

Somatostatinomas

7. All the cattles

Cattle tracking Fundus in CRAO

8. All the stars:

Stargadt disease

Starry Sky appearance: PSGN, Burkitt's lymphoma

Macular Star Appearance: Chorioretinitis

Starry sky appearance in Storiform fibrosis

Starry Sky appearance in Incontinentia Pigmenti

9. All the cottons:

Cotton wool spots in Retinpathies

Cotton wools on Paget’s disease

Candida on otomycosis as cotton ball appearance

10. All the flames:

Flame shaped hemorrages 

Candle Flame sign in Paget’s Disease

Flame cells in multiple myeloma

11. All the Tobaccos:

Schaffer’s sign:Tobacco dust appearance

Tobacco Pouch appearance 

12. All the Waters:

Watercan Perineum

WaterHouse Friedrichson Syndrome

Water Clear cells in Parathyroid Gland

13. All the cherries:

Cherry Red Spot 

Cherry red epiglottis in Epiglottitis

14. All the tomatoes:

Splashed tomato appearance 

15. All the moons:

Lawrence Moon Bardet Biedl Syndrome

Moon Facies

Semilunar cresecent in Leimyoma 

16. All the eggs:

Egg on string appearance- TGA

Fried Egg appearance- Seminoma, Hairy Cell Leukaemia, Oligodendroglioma. Myocoplasma and Malassezia furfur

Best's disease

Scrambled egg appearance in pancreatic adenocarcinoma in ERCP

Egg shell calcification seen in silicosis, hydatid cysts, Post raidatio lymphoma and breast trauma

17. All the bull’s eye:

Yersinia in CIN agar

Bull's eye maculopathy

18. All the smokes-

Smoke stacked appearance in CSR

19. All the flowers- 

Rosettes-True, Pseudo, False

Rossetes of microcondia in Sporotrichosis

Water Lily sign of Hydatid Cyst

Drooping lily sign

Iris Roseolas in Syphillis

Morning Glory Syndrome

Flower petal appearance in CME

Bouquet of flower appearance in Medullary Sponge Kidney

Flower vase appearance in Horseshoe kidney

Morning Glory sign in Progressive Supranuclear palsy

20. All the Umbrellas- 

Inverted Umbrella Sign of Illeocaecal TB

Umbrella sign in Central Serous Retinopathy

21. All the Cats

Cat scratch disease

Cat's eye reflex- Coloboma, Retinoblastoma

22. All the tram track appearances:

Tram Track calcifications: Sturge Weber syndrome

Tram Track GBM- MPGN

Tram Track  X Ray Spine - Ankylosing Spondylitis

CT optic nerve MENINGIOMA

HRCT Bronchiectasis

Bruise by a Laathi stick

Mammary glands duct ectasia in USG

23. All the soap bubbles:

Adamantinoma under Xray

Giant cell tumour 

ONET

Bubble Echocardiography done in Hepatopulnomary syndrome

Cloud sign or Bubble sign in Extramedullar hematopoesis

Soap bubble Sign in meconium ileus

24. All the Christmas trees:

Under microscopy,- Peutz Jeghers

Myotonic dystrophies-Christmas tree Cataract 

Pityriasis rosea

Hemophilia B-Christmas Disease

Tree in Bud sign in BXIS, Endobronchial TB

25. All the mushrooms:

Choroidal melanoma

26. All the Dumbells-

Calcium oxalate monohydrate crystals

Pox virus nucleus

Asbestos bodies 

Neurofibromatosis

27. All the Frogs:

Frog sign on USG

Frog Facies in Nasal angiofibroma

28. All the Leathers:

Leather Bag Appearance in TB pericarditis

Leather grain appearance in malignant Nephrosclerosis

Leather Stomach- Linitis Plastica

29. All the Wires:

Wire loop lesions

Wiring of vessels in Hypertensive Retinopathies 

30. All the Tigers:

Tigroid Fundus in pathological Myopia

Eye of the Tiger sign in Pantothenate Kinase associated mutations

Tigroid appearance in Biopsy- Testicular origin

31. All the mulberries:

Turbinate hypertrophy- Raw mulberry appearance

32. All the target signs:

Target sign on lens: Pseudoexfoliative glaucoma

33. All the Roses:

Rose spots- Typhoid

iris roseolas- syphyllitic uveitis

Rose Gardener disease

34. All the Snows:

Snowball opacities: Intermediate uveitis

Snowman- TAPVC and Pitutary Adenoma

Recurrent parotitis: Snowstorm appearance

35. All the salmaon's:

Still's disease- salmon pink evanescent rash

Psoriasis- salmon patch 

Gross- Burst Abdomen

HP- Amyloidosis

Otosclerosis- active disease

Salmon patch appearance in sypillis in cornea

36. All the oil droplets

keratoconus on ophthalmoscopy

37. All the woods:

Ludwig's angina

Anaplastic Carcinoma

38. All the Doughnuts: 

Intussusception

Ectopic Pregnancy

39. All the Rats:

Rat bite appearance in Acute Gout and Shotgun near Shot

40. All the machine(s):

Machinery Oil appearance- Craniopharyngioma

Mechanic's hands:Anti synthetase syndrome

41. All the Salt and Peppers:

Skin: Scleroderma

Skull Xray: hyperparathyroidism

Fundus: CRS, and syphyllis, Refsum's disease,carriers of albinism, Leber's congenital amaurosis and retinitis pigmentosa sine pigmentosa.

Myometrium: Adenomyosis

Chromatin: Small cell Carcinoma of Lung

MRI: Carotid body paraganglionoma

42.  All the cerebriforms:

Menetrier's disease

Myocosis fundogides

Inverted Papilloma

Zollinger Ellison syndrome

43. All the Maltese Crosses:

Urine in Fabry's disease

Urine in Nephrotic Syndrome

RBC in Babesiosis

44. Turban Tumours:

Cyllindromas

TB Larynx has Turban shaped epiglottis

45. All the mouse:

Mouse nibbled appearance: TB Larynx

Mouse facies in scleroderma

46. All the Popcorns:

Fibroadenoma breast

47. All the Lead Pipes

Lead Pipe Rigidity

Lead Pipe colon 

Lead Pipe Necrosis in Breast in fat necrosis

48. All the light bulbs:

Pheochromocytoma

Hepatic Hemangiomas

Posterior dislocation of the shoulder

49. All the cheese:

Pheochromocytoma in MRI

50. All the mushrooms:

Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis

51. All the Browns:

Brown's sign in Gomus tumour

Brown's tumour in CKD

Brown's syndrome

52. All the sun's:

Sunset Glow Fundus in VKH syndrome

Sunsetting sign in Parinaud's syndrome

Sunsetting in Glomus Tumour

Sunburst appearance in Osteosarcoma

53. All the grapes:

Sarcoma Botryoides

Epididymal cysts

Mott Cells in multiple myeloma

54. All the fishes:

School of fish appearance

Fish mouth appearance in Intraductal Papillary Neoplasm

Fish mouth valve in rheumatic heart disease

Fish mouth vertebrae in Osteoporosis

55. All the Potatoes:

Cut Potato Appearance in Gross Seminoma

Potato Nose in Rhinophyma

Potato  tumour in Chemodectoma

56. All the silvers::

Silver wiring of vessels in hypertensive retinopathy

Silver beaten appearance in case of Increased ICT

57. All the candles:

Candle wax dripping in fundoscopy Sarcoidosis

Candle wax dripping in DISH syndrome 

58. All the Good's:

Goodpasture syndrome

Good's syndrome = thymoma + hypogammaglobulinemia

59. All the Collars:

Collar Stud abscess in TB

Collar Stud appearance in Choroidal melanoma 

60. All the wines/champagnes:

Wine glass sign in Primary lateral sclerosis

Inverted Champagne bottle appearance in Lipodermatosclerosis and Charcot Marie disease

Champagne cork appearance in Chronic Papilledema 

Champagne glass pelvis in achondroplasia

61. All the tennis rackets:

Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma

Wilsons disease

Trichonomonas Vaginallis

Langerhan cells histiocytosis Birbeck Granules

62. All the Pandas:

Panda sign in Gallium scan in Sarcoidosis

Face of Giant Panda Sign in Wilson's disease

PANDAS syndrome

63. All the teas:

Spilled teacup sign in Lunate dislocation

tea cup calcification in the fibrocystic disease

64. All the Prayers:

Diabetic Cheiroarthropathy

Acute pancreatitis

65. All the Golfs:

Golf hole ureteric orifice in GU TB

Golf body inclusions in HbH disease(afair)

Golf club appearance of FT in HSG in TB

Golfers elbow

Golf Tee Appearance in Trichorrhexis nodosa

66. All the Hutchinson's

Hutchinsons pupil 

Hutchinson's nail sign in SS melanoma

Hutchinson Gillford Syndrome(progeria)

Hutchinson teeth in congenital syphilis 

Hutchinson's eye sign in herpes zoster

Hitchinson's salmon patch of Cornea

Hutchinson's triad of in Congitnal syphyllis

Hutchinsin's fracture

67. All the Apples:

Jejunal Atresia type 3

Left sided colorectal Carcinoma: Apple core deformity

Apple Jelly Nodules in Lupus vulgaris

68. Figure of 8 appearance:

Chornic gastric ulcer

Lissencephaly

69. All the sunbursts:

Serous cystadenocarcinoma

Osteosarcoma

70. All the moth eatens:

Moth Eaten Claycles in Genitourinary TB

Moth eaten alopecia in secondary syphyllis

71. All the tooths:

Charcot marie tooth disease

Molar teeth appearance in Joubert syndrome

Molar tooth colonies of actinomyces

Saw tooth pattern of diverticulosis

Coomb Teeth Appearance in Crohhn's disease

72. All the cork screw:

Midgut volvulus - Barium Study

Corkscew on Barium swallow- DES

73. All the owls:

Owl eye appearance in CMV and REED sternberg cells

MRI Brain in osmotic demyleination

74. All the thumbprints:

Thumprint purpura: Disseminated strongyloides

Bordotella

SLE electron microscopy

75. All the Crazy Pavies:

Crazy pavy pattern in asteatotic eczema

Crazy pavy pattern in PAP and silicosis

76. All the butterflies:

Butterfly bruise

Buttferly rash

Butterfly tumour = GBM crossing the midline

Butterfly hematoma in distal urethral injury

Butterfly macupapular rash in thallium poisoning

Butterfly vertebrae in Alagille syndrome

77. All the satelites:

Satelite lesions in breast carcinoma

Satelite lesions in fungal corneal infections

satelite lesions in leprosy

Satelitism in H influenzae

Contributors:

Dr. Devanshu Pandey, BSAMCH,New Delhi

Dr. Yashas, Intern, Mysore Medical College

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