PATHOGNOMIC SIGNS
 1. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder: Barrel
chested.
 2.Pneumonia : Greenish rusty sputum.
 3.Pernicious Anaemia: Beefy red tongue.
 4.Kawasaki Dse: Strawberry tongue.
 5.Malaria : Step ladder fever.
 6.Typhoid : Rose spot.
 7.Pancreatitis : Cullen sign(bluish discoloration of
preumbilical area.
 8.Tetany : Chvostek Sign(Muscle twitching face) and
Trosseau’s sign(Jerky movements).
 9.Appendicitis: McBurney’s point(rebound
tenderness),Rovsing sign(RLQ pain with palpitation
in LLQ) and Psoas sign (pain on lying down putting
pressure MB pt).
 10.Thrombophlebitis: Homan’s sign.
 11.Hepatitis: Icteric sclera.
 12.Meningitis : Burdzinki sign (pain on nape)
Kernig sign(pain on leg or knee
area.
 13.Pyloric stenosis : Olive shaped mass.
 14.Hyperthyroidism: Exophthalmus.
 15.Addison’s disease: Bronze like skin.
 16.Cushing syndrome : Buffalo hump.
 17.Cholera : Rice watery stool.
 18.SLE :Butterfly rash.
 19.Leprosy : Leoning face(contracting face).
 20.Bulimia nervosa : Chipmunk face.
 21.Liver cirrhosis : Spider angioma.
 22.Asthma : Wheezing inspiration.
 23.Hyperpituitarism : Carotenemia(Discoloration
of skin)
Xanthamia.
 24.Down syndrome : Single crease on palm.
 25.TOF : Clubbing of fingernails.
Ventricular septal defect.
Overriding of Aorta.
pulmonary stenosis.
Right ventricular hypertrophy.
 26.Cataract: Blurry vision/Hizzy vision.
 27.Glaucoma : Tunnel like vision.
 28.PTB: Low grade fever in afternoon.
 29.Cholecystitis : Murphy’s sign (pain RUQ)
 30.Myasthenia Gravis:Ptosis (inability to open upeer
eyelids).
 31.Dengue: Petechiae.
 32.Parkinson’s disease : Pill rolling tremors.
 33.Myocardial infarction : Levine’s sign (clutching of
chest).
 34.Measles : Koplicks’s spot.

Pathognomic signs

  • 1.
  • 2.
     1. ChronicObstructive Pulmonary Disorder: Barrel chested.  2.Pneumonia : Greenish rusty sputum.  3.Pernicious Anaemia: Beefy red tongue.  4.Kawasaki Dse: Strawberry tongue.  5.Malaria : Step ladder fever.  6.Typhoid : Rose spot.  7.Pancreatitis : Cullen sign(bluish discoloration of preumbilical area.
  • 3.
     8.Tetany :Chvostek Sign(Muscle twitching face) and Trosseau’s sign(Jerky movements).  9.Appendicitis: McBurney’s point(rebound tenderness),Rovsing sign(RLQ pain with palpitation in LLQ) and Psoas sign (pain on lying down putting pressure MB pt).  10.Thrombophlebitis: Homan’s sign.  11.Hepatitis: Icteric sclera.  12.Meningitis : Burdzinki sign (pain on nape) Kernig sign(pain on leg or knee area.
  • 4.
     13.Pyloric stenosis: Olive shaped mass.  14.Hyperthyroidism: Exophthalmus.  15.Addison’s disease: Bronze like skin.  16.Cushing syndrome : Buffalo hump.  17.Cholera : Rice watery stool.  18.SLE :Butterfly rash.  19.Leprosy : Leoning face(contracting face).  20.Bulimia nervosa : Chipmunk face.  21.Liver cirrhosis : Spider angioma.  22.Asthma : Wheezing inspiration.
  • 5.
     23.Hyperpituitarism :Carotenemia(Discoloration of skin) Xanthamia.  24.Down syndrome : Single crease on palm.  25.TOF : Clubbing of fingernails. Ventricular septal defect. Overriding of Aorta. pulmonary stenosis. Right ventricular hypertrophy.  26.Cataract: Blurry vision/Hizzy vision.
  • 6.
     27.Glaucoma :Tunnel like vision.  28.PTB: Low grade fever in afternoon.  29.Cholecystitis : Murphy’s sign (pain RUQ)  30.Myasthenia Gravis:Ptosis (inability to open upeer eyelids).  31.Dengue: Petechiae.  32.Parkinson’s disease : Pill rolling tremors.  33.Myocardial infarction : Levine’s sign (clutching of chest).  34.Measles : Koplicks’s spot.