333-Triads by DR Naveen Koval
333-Triads by DR Naveen Koval
333-Triads by DR Naveen Koval
TRIADS
with Mnemonics
for medical students
by
Dr Naveen Koval
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Be the light…..and keep on shining…
So that those around us would see their goals clearly..
So that those following us would overcome
the obstacles that we stumbled upon………
Life is a beautiful journey ….
It’s not a competition……
So let’s learn,share & help each other…
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It was one of my dreams to compile all triads together
with mnemonics and standard references &
I am happy that today I have completed it…
So this pdf contains all the triads that I have collected
over the past 13 years through various sources
(teachers,books,friends,lectures,students and internet ).
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Fact check:
MNEMONICS are NOT short cuts to overcome logical reasoning &
understanding of concepts like most of us think..
Mnemonics are organized & structured notes that help you learn faster,
retain longer & recall better..
Mnemonics are helping tools that make a subject easier and interesting…
So my advice to all my students is that never make a mnemonic
unless you understand the concept behind a particular topic….
So make mnemonics only if:
1.You are reading a non conceptual fact…
2.You have learnt the concept and want to recall it better during exams
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About me:
I am Dr Naveen Koval.
A Paediatrician & a Guinness world record holder..
Just trying to make use of my creativity to help medical students
across the world learn better through my venture called Mediwood….
You may go through this link to know more about my artworks..
https://medium.com/@akhemuka/interview-with-dr-naveen-koval-a-doctor-using-art-to-inspire-change-190ecf02363c
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1.ABDOMINAL INJURY 36.BECKWITH –WIEDEMANN SYNDROME
2.ACHALASIA CARDIA Click on the topic to 37.BEHCET DISEASE
3.ACRODERMATITIS ENTEROPATHICA read about that triad 38.BEZOLD TRIAD(OTOSCLEROSIS)
4.ACUTE ANTERIOR UVEITIS 39.BEZOLD JARISCH REFLEX
5.ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS 40.BILIARY ATRESIA
6.ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE 41.BIOTIN DEFICIENCY
7.ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC EDEMA OF INFANCY 42.BIRT-HOGG-DUBE SYNDROME
8.ACUTE LIVER FAILURE 43.BLAST LUNG
9.AICARDI SYNDROME 44.BLAU SYNDROME
10.ALBINISM 45.BLOUNT’S DISEASE
11.ALKAPTONURIA 46.BORCHARDT’S TRIAD(VOLVULUS)
12.ALLGROVE SYNDROME 47.BOTULISM
13.ALPERS SYNDROME 48.BRADBURY-EGGLESTONE TRIAD
14.ALPORT SYNDROME 49.BRAIN ABSCESS
15.AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS 50.BRAINSTEM LESIONS
16.ANABOLIC STEROIDS 51.BRAIN TUMOR
17.ANAESTHESIA 52.BREAST LUMP(TRIPLE ASSESSMENT)
18.ANDERSEN TRIAD 53.BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
19.ANDERSEN TAWIL SYNDROME 54.BRUCELLOSIS
20.ANDERSON TRIAD 55.BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME
21.ANTI-CARDIOLIPIN SYNDROME 56.BUERGER’S DISEASE
22.AORTIC STENOSIS 57.CAH
23.APPENDICITIS(MURPHY’S TRIAD) 58.CANAVAN DISEASE
24.APS1 59.CARCINOID SYNDROME
25.ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER 60.CARCINOMA CERVIX
26.ATOPIC TRIAD 61.CARNEY TRIAD
27.AUSTRIAN SYNDROME 62.CAROTID-CAVERNOUS FISTULA
28.AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER 63.CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME
29.AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA 64.CHARGE SYNDROME
30.B SYMPTOMS OF LYMPHOMA 65.CHARCOT TRIAD -CHOLANGITIS
31.BALLANTYNE SYNDROME 66.CHARCOT TRIAD-MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
32.BARTTER SYNDROME 67.CHOLEDOCHAL CYST
33.BATTEN’S DISEASE 68.CHRONIC MERCURY INTOXICATION
34.BECK’S TRIAD (CARDIAC TAMPONADE) 69.CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE-ECG
70.CHRONIC LEAD INTOXICATION 7
35.BECK’S COGNITIVE TRIAD
71.CHRONIC PANCREATITIS 106.FALLOPIAN TUBE CANCER
72.CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME 107.FAMILIAL HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA
73.CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA 108.FANCONI ANEMIA
74.CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME 109.FANCONI SYNDROME
75.CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS 110.TRIAD WITH FAR (FEVER/ARTHRITIS/RASH)
76.CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE 111.FASCIOLIASIS
77.CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE 112.FAT EMBOLISM
78.CROHN DISEASE 113.FELTY SYNDROME
79.CURRARINO TRIAD 114.FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD
80.CUSHING’S TRIAD 115.FOLLICULAR OCCLUSION TRIAD
81.CYSTIC FIBROSIS 116.FRIEDREICH ATAXIA
82.CYSTITIS 117.GALEZIA TRIAD
83.DANDY WALKER SYNDROME 118.GALL BLADDER GHOST TRIAD
84.DARK TRIAD 119.GALLSTONE ILEUS
85.DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER 120.GARDNER SYNDROME
86.DENYS DRASH SYNDROME 121.GARLAND TRIAD
87.DERMOPATHIA PIGMENTOSA RETICULARIS 122.GERD
88.DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS 123.GILROY-BEVAN TRIAD
89.DIABETIC MELLITUS 124.GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
90.DIALYSIS DEMENTIA SYNDROME 125.GLUTATHIONE SYNTHETASE DEFICIENCY
91.DIEULAFOY’S TRIAD 126.GRADENIGO TRIAD
92.DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY 127.GRAVES DISEASE
93.DI-GEORGE SYNDROME 128.GYRATE ATROPHY
94.DRESS SYNDROME 129.HAIMOVICI TRIAD
95.DRESSLER SYNDROME 130.HAKIM TRIAD(NPH)
96.DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA 131.HAND-SCHULLER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE
97.DYSKINETIC CP 132.HEATSTROKE
98.EAGLE BARRETT SYNDROME 133.HEMOBILIA
99.ECTOPIC PREGNANCY 134.HEMOCHROMATOSIS
100.ENDOMETRIOSIS 135.HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
101.EMERY-DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY 136.HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME
102.EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRIAD 137.HENOCH-SCHONLEIN PURPURA
103.EPIGLOTTITIS 138.HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
104.ERYTHROMELALGIA 139.HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME 8
105.ETHANOL INTOXICATION 140.HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS
141.HERMANSKY-PUDLAK SYNDROME 176.LOEYS-DIETZ SYNDROME
142.HEYDE SYNDROME 177.LOFGREN SYNDROME
143.HIDROTIC ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA 178.LOVER’S TRIAD
144.HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS 179.LOWE SYNDROME
145.HORNER SYNDROME 180.LUCIANI TRIAD
146.HUNTINGTON DISEASE 181.LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS
147.HUMAN PRION DISEASE 182.MACDONALD TRIAD
148.HUTCHINSON TRIAD(CONGENITAL SYPHILIS) 183.MACLEOD SYNDROME
149.HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE 184.MALARIA
150.HYPEREKPLEXIA 185.MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION
151.HYPER IGE SYNDROME 186.MARCHIAFAVA -POSTPNEUMONIC TRIAD
152.HYPOCALCEMIC TETANY 187.MARFAN SYNDROME
153.HYPOHYDROTIC ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA 188.MARSHALL’S TRIAD
154.INFANTILE GAUCHER DISEASE 189.MARSHALL &KNUD-HANSEN TRIAD
155.INFANTILE GLAUCOMA 190.MCCUNE ALBRIGHT SYNDROME
156.INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS 191.MEASLES
157.INH INTOXICATION 192.MECKEL GRUBER SYNDROME
158.IPMN 193.MECKLER’S TRIAD
159.INTUSSUSCEPTION 194.MEIGS SYNDROME
160.JEAVONS SYNDROME 195.MELKERSSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME
161.KASABACH-MERRITT SYNDROME 196.MELTZER TRIAD
162.KARTAGENERS SYNDROME 197.MEN SYNDROMES
163.KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME 198.MENIERE’S DISEASE
164.KIMURA DISEASE 199.MENINGITIS
165.KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME 200.MIDLINE BRAIN TUMORS
166.KLIPPEL-TRENAUNAY SYNDROME 201.MIKULICZ SYNDROME
167.KLINEFELTER SYNDROME 202.MIGRAINE
168.KLUVER-BUCY SYNDROME 203.MILK ALKALI SYNDROME
169.KWASHIORKOR 204.MILLER-FISHER SYNDROME
17O.LAMBERT- EATON SYNDROME 205.MITRAL STENOSIS
171.LARYNGEAL CLEFT 206.MULTIPLE MYELOMA
172.LCMV 207.MYCETOMA
173.LENNOX -GASTAUT SYNDROME 208.NAFLD
174.LERICHE SYNDROME 209..NEC
175.LIDDLE SYNDROME 210.NEONATAL HSV INFECTION 9
211.NEPHROBLASTOMA 246.PULMONARY EMBOLISM
212.NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS 247.PULMONARY HEMOSIDEROSIS
213.NEPHROTIC SYNDROME 248.PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
214.NETHERTON-COMEL SYNDROME 249.PREECLAMPSIA
215.NEUROGENIC SHOCK 250.PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM
216.NEUROMYOTONIA 251.PRIMARY SYSTEMIC AMYLOIDOSIS
217.OCULAR TILT REACTION 252.PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN DEFICIENCY
218.0’DONOGHUE TRIAD(UNHAPPY TRIAD) 253.PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY
219.OPIOID OVERDOSE 254.PSOAS ABSCESS
220.OSLER’S DISEASE 255.PYELONEPHRITIS
221.OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA 256.QUINSY
223.ORBITAL CELLULITIS 257.RAMSAY-HUNT SYNDROME
224.P SERIES TRIADS 258.RAYNAUD PHENOMENON
225.PANCOAST TUMOR 259.REITER’S SYNDROME
226.PARAMEDIAN THALAMIC SYNDROME 260.RENAL CELL CARCINOMA
227.PARAPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS 261.RENAL VEIN THROMBOSIS
228.PARINAUD SYNDROME 262.RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA
229.PARKINSONISM 263.RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS
230.PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA 264.REYE SYNDROME
231.PEDIATRIC ASSESSMENT TRIANGLE 265.RICKETS
231.PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE 266.ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER
232PERICARDIAL EFFUSION-ECG 267.RUPTURED AORTIC ANEURYSM
233.PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME 268.RUPTURED BULBOUS URETHRA
234.PHEMISTER’S TRIAD 269.SAINT’S TRIAD
235.PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA 270.SAMTER’S TRIAD
236.PIERRE -ROBIN SEQUENCE 271.SCHMID’S TRIAD
237.PITUITARY STALK INTERRUPTION SYNDROME 272.SCHWARTZ-JAMPEL SYNDROME
238.PLUMMER-VINSON SYNDROME 273.SEPSIS TRIAD
239.PNEUMONIA 274.SEPTO-OPTIC DYSPLASIA
240.POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME 275.SEROTONIN SYNDROME
241.PORTAL HYPERTENSION 276.SEVERE MALNUTRION COMPLICATIONS
242.PORTAL TRIAD 277.SEZARY SYNDROME
243.POSTERIOR WALL MI-ECG 278.SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME
244.PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA 279.SHWACHMAN-DIAMOND SYNDROME
245.PULMONARY ASPIRATION POTENTIAL 280.SIM’S TRIAD 10
281.SJOGREN’S SYNDROME
316.WEIL’S SYNDROME
282.SJOGREN-LARSSON SYNDROME
317.WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY
283.SKELETAL MUSCLE TRIAD
318.WEST SYNDROME
284.SPASMUS NUTANS
319.WHOOPING COUGH
285.SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS
320.WILSON DISEASE-CLINICAL
286.STRONGYLOIDIASIS
321.WILSON DISEASE-DIAGNOSTIC
287.STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME
322.WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME
288.SUBMUCOSAL CLEFT PALATE
323.WHIPPLE DISEASE
289.SUSAC SYNDROME
324.WHIPPLE’S TRIAD
290.SURGICAL TRIAD
325.WPW SYNDROME
291.SYDENHAM CHOREA
326.WUNDERLICH SYNDROME(LENK’S TRIAD)
292.SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS
327.X -LINKED LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE SYNDROME
293.TERRIBLE TRIAD OF ELBOW
328.YELLOW FEVER
294TESTICULAR TORSION
329..YELLOW NAIL SYNDROME
295.TETANIC TRIAD
330.YOUNG’S SYNDROME
296.THORACIC ACTINOMYCOSIS
331.ZINNER’S TRIAD
297.TILLAUX TRIAD
332.ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME
298.TRAUMA TRIAD OF DEATH
299.TRACHEOBRONCHIAL FOREIGN BODY
300.TRILOGY OF FALLOT
333.TRIAD OF SUCCESS
301.TRIPLE TEST(DOWN SYNDROME) (MOST IMPORTANT)
302.TRMA SYNDROME
303.TROTTER’S TRIAD
304.TROUSSEAU’S TRIAD
305.TUBERCULAR MENINGITIS
306.TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME
307.UREA CYCLE DEFECTS
308.URETHRAL DIVERTICULUM
309.VIRCHOW’S TRIAD
310.VITAMIN B3 DEFICIENCY
311.VITSMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY
312.VOGT’S TRIAD(TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS)
313.VON HIPPEL LINDAU SYNDROME
314.WADDELL’S SYNDROME 11
315.WEGENER’S GRANULOMATOSIS
Motor vehicle collisions during which children are
restrained with inappropriately positioned seatbelts
riding above the pelvis can lead to the significant
triad of :
Remember ABC of ABDOMINAL INJURY
Abdominal wall contusion caused by the seatbelt
(the “seatbelt sign”)
Bowel injury
Chance fracture
(compression or flexion-distraction fracture of the lumbar spine).
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ACHALASIA
CARDIA:
Pathological triad of:
ACHA-LES-I-A
LES-I=LES relaxation Incomplete
LES-I=LES tone Increased
A-Aperistalsis of esophagus
Ref:Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of disease 9th ed... 13
Page 374
#ACRODERMATITIS ENTEROPATHICA
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441835/#:~:text=The%20classical%20triad%20of%20acrodermatitis,seborrheic%20dermatitis
%2C%20and%20glucagonoma%20syndrome.
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Acute anterior
Uveitis :
PAGE 25
Pain in eyes
Redness of eyes
Photophobia
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Triad of
Acute
CHOLECYSTITIS:
P-2427
Remember as
Temperature Increased
TLC Increased
Tenderness Increased
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Acute
Graft-Versus-Host Disease
(GVHD)
Triad of rash,abdominal cramping with diarrhea,hyperbilirubinemia.
Page 621
remember
G –H-D
Gastro—--abdominal cramps with diarrhea
Hepato----hyperbilirubinemia
Dermato----skin Rash
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The classic clinical triad of:
(AHEI)
PAGE 537
Pyrexia
Oedema
Purpuric skin lesions
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Acute Liver Failure
Triad
•1. Jaundice 2. Coagulopathy 3. Encephalopathy
Remember as:
JAUND- ICE
Icterus Page 641
Coagulopathy
Encephalopathy
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Aicardi syndrome
10th ed p 1555
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Triad of
Albinism
Deafness (sensorineural)
Oculocutaneous albinism
Black locks Imagine correcting hypopigmented skin
of albinism using ADOBE photoshop
Triad of AL KAPTONURIA
KALA urine(Urine blackens on standing )
Arthritis(Ochronotic )
Pigmentation(Ochronotic)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108520/#:~:text=Alkaptonuria%20is%20a%20rare%20inhe
rited,1%20in%201000000%20live%20births. 22
P-859
#TRIPLE A SYNDROME
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Alpers
Syndrome
When you hear ALPERS think of Alps Page 99
Please note that the TRIAD of ALPORT syndrome can be remembered with the
Page 256
last 3 letters of JOR DAN(Deafness,AL,Nephritis)
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ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
STriae
Acne
Gynecomastia Page 618
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TRIAD OF
ANAESTHESIA.
Analgesia
UNconsciousness 28
Andersen triad :
Vitamin A deficiency
Bronchiectasis
Cystic fibrosis
https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Andersen%27s+syndrome
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Andersen-Tawil
syndrome P-3296
Remember ATP….AT=P
Periodic paralysis
Ventricular ectopy(sounds like ecto- P)
Characteristic Physical features
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Anderson Triad of
Esophageal
rupture
(likely intra-abdominal)
Imagine someone STABBING a person named Anderson and causing esophageal rupture
Subcutaneous emphysema
Tachypnea
Abdominal rigidity
Page 25
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In women, the triad of : (Women)
multiple miscarriages (Miss)
Page 118
Livedo reticularis And Dementia (LADY)
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P-367
#AORTIC STENOSIS
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APPENDICITIS
Murphy’s triad:
A BDOMINAL PAIN
(first symptom)
Page 931
P UKE(VOMITING)
(next)
P YREXIA(FEVER)
(last)
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APS- 1
Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome is also known by the acronym
APECED(Autoimmune PolyEndocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy syndrome)
H
2 out of 3 needed for diagnosis of APS-1
ypoparathyroidism
Just remember
Adrenal insufficiency
HUM & AAP
(HAM & AP s-1)
M
(HUM=WE & AAP=YOU in hindi)
ucocutaneous candidiasis
The 3 features are also known as Whitaker’s triad
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ATTENTION DEFICIT
HYPERACTIVITY
DISORDER
1.Attention deficit(Inattention)
2.Hyperactivity
3.Impulsiveness
(just remember impulsiveness ,the rest two is already in the name)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20730306/
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Remember 3A
Atopic Dermatitis
Asthma
Page 109
Allergic Rhinitis
#ATOPIC
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Austrian
Syndrome
is a rare triad of :
Pneumonia(respiratory infection)
Meningitis(neurological infection)
Endocarditis(cardiac infection)
caused by Streptococcus pneumonia
Remember as :
AUSTRIAN PRINCE
Pneumococcal Respiratory Infection & Neurological & Cardiac Effects
Ref: Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2nd Edition - Page 1529
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Autism
Spectrum
Disorder:
Page 8
Triad of :
impaired Social interactions
impaired Communication,
Restricted and/or Repetitive behaviors
Remember as :
AUTISM SCORE
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Triad of AIHA
(Autoimmune hemolytic anemia)
AIHAS
Hyperbilirubinemia(Jaundice)
Anemia
Splenomegaly
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Triad Of
B Symptoms
.
in Lymphoma
‘ B ’ FUN
Fever
Unexplained Weight Loss
Night Sweats
https://radiopaedia.org/articles/b-symptoms 41
Ballantyne syndrome (BS)
also called mirror syndrome
is defined .by the presence of a clinical triad that includes:
Fetal hydrops
Maternal edema FeMaLe
Large placenta
Imagine a
looking at a mirror
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/criog/2019/2013506/ 42
Bartter
syndrome:
Imagine that:
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Batten’s disease
(Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis)
Retinopathy
Epilepsy
Dementia
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04406.x 44
#BECK #CARDIAC TAMPONADE
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Beck’s cognitive triad
(negative thought in depression)
BACK=BECK triad
Page 88
And remember the words---”negative self-f-e”
Negative thought of self
Negative thought of uture f
Negative thought of environment
So in other words when someone is in depression he is just taking a negative selfie
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Beckwith-
Wiedemann Page 309
syndrome
Triad of:
Macroglossia
Remember as
BIG & WIDE MAN….
Exomphalos Can be connected with the word
Gigantism MEGA
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Behcet
Disease:
P-1326
Triad of:
U=genital Ulcers
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Page 86 #BEZOLD #OTOSCLEROSIS
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Bezold-Jarisch
Reflex:
Page 401
BradyCardia
Coronary artery Dilatation
Decreased BP B------C
C------D
D------B
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The clinical triad of
BILIARY ATRESIA
Note that
Bi Tin Deficiency
Baldness Tongue Dermatitis
(alopecia) Inflammation
(glossitis)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_triads,_tetrads,_and_pentads
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Birt-Hogg-Dubé
.
syndrome
This syndrome is an autosomal dominant genodermatosis
characterized by classic triad of :
discomas,
tricho
Fibrofolliculomas, and
acrochordon
Imagine a BIRD TRYING to play DISCO(trichoDISCOmas) music
in ACCORDION (ACROCHORDON like lesions)and
while doing so it FALLS(trichoFOLLiculomas)
Bradycardia
Low BP(hypotension)
Apnea
Page 31
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Early-onset Sarcoidosis
&
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The triad of
Blount’s
disease:
Tibia vara
Internal tibial torsion Imagine a
with a
TIGER being hit
BLUNT force
Genu Recurvatum
(hyperextension)
V omiting(unproductive)
Page 629
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classic triad of P-1547
Botulism
CAP &
Clear Sensorium, BOTTLE
Afebrile can be connected
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Bradbury-
Egglestone triad: Page 123
anhydrosis
impotence
Orthostatic hypotension
Imagine a boy named BRAD, BURRIES the
EGGS of a hen with STONES…….
And the hen says aaaiiiiooo
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Brain Abscess
Remember the sentence “FOCUS in HEAD”
Focal neurological defect
Fever
Headache Page 1061 Page 110
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Brainstem
Lesions (like brainstem gliomas)
STEM=BRAINSTEM LESIONS
Page 558
BELL=CEREBELLAR SIGNS
ROPES look like CRANIAL NERVE LESIONS
LONG THREAD=LONG TRACT SIGNS
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Brain Tumour:
Page 664
Remember as RAI-SE-D
RAIsed ICP
SEizures
Deficit(focal neurological)
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Triple assessment of
BREAST LUMP
.
Pathological evaluation
Imaging
Clinical evaluation
Management of Breast Diseases - Page 104 63
Bronchial
Asthma
Lower airway obstruction resulting from triad of
inflammation, bronchospasm, and increased secretions:
Page 10
Remember this:
Fever
Arthralgia/arthritis
Liver & Spleen enlarged
(hepatosplenomegaly)
Imagine BRUCE
LEE(BRUCELLOSIS)…kicking & Page 1420
BANGING (BANG DISEASE) someone & he FALLS down..
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BUDD-CHIARI
syndrome
BUDDHAA
P-480
Hepatomegaly
Ascites
Abdominal pain
Can also be remembered as laughing Buddhaa…
They laugh like HAAHAA……………
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Buerger’s
disease(thromboangitis obliterans)
THREE BURGERS
Page 1926
Remember as
TH ROMBOPHLEBITIS
R AYNAUD PHENOMENON
E XTREMITY CLAUDICATION
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The triad of
Clitoromegaly
Amenorrhea(primary)
Hirsutism
suggests 17b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, 5a-reductase,
Page 140
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Canavan’s Page 52
disease
It is characterized by the clinical triad of hypotonia, head lag, macrocephaly.
big HEAD
and imagine a girl putting her
Also note that in that position there is HEAD LAG & HYPOTONIA
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(due to Valvular heart disease)
Page 335
#CARCINOID
http://www.site2012.sbd-sp.org.br/public/img/destaques/destaque06.pdf 70
Carcinoma
cervix: Page 213
Triad of :
Para-Ganglionoma,
You can also remember it as
Pulmonary Chondroma Grand Prix CAR
Gastric GIST
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Carotid-
Cavernous Fistula
Imagine a COP who knows KARATE showing FIST
Chemosis
Ocular bruit
Pulsatile proptosis
Also note that anyone who gets hit by a FIST in the eyes will have:
Chemosis , proptosis and ocular bruit
CAUDA EQUINA
means
HORSE TAIL
Coloboma
Choanal atresia
abnormal semicircular Canals
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32644625/
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CholAngitis
ChArcot’s triad
Triad of: Page 1205
High temperature(fever)
Hyperbilirubinemia(jaundice)
Abdominal pain
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Charcot triad of
Multiple Sclerosis :
MS=MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS=MULTIPLE SIN
Scanning speech
Intentional tremor
Nystagmus
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Choledochal
Cyst: Remember
PAGE 408
Triad of:
Abdominal PAIN
JAUNDICE
Abdominal(RUQ) MASS
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Chronic inorganic
mercury intoxication
produces the classic triad of :
Hyperexcitable state
(neuropsychiatric disturbances )
gingivostomatitis
Tremor
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The ECG triad of
Chronic Lead
Intoxication P-2163
renal insufficiency
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Triad of
Chronic
. Pancreatitis:
Calcification of pancreas(CP in chronic pancreatitis)
Steatorrhoea
Diabetes mellitus
Triad is found in less than one-third of patients with CP
82
Churg-Strauss
Syndrome
(Allergic granulomatosis)
The triad can be remembered as :
A-LLE-RGY
YGR -ELL-A
or
A=Asthma
ELL=Eosinophilia
YGR=GRanulomas
(necrotizing vasculitis with extravascular granulomas)
https://www.ijdvl.com/article.asp?issn=03786323;year=2012;volume=78;issue=5;spage=657;epage=660;aulast=Madke
83
Congenital
Diaphragmatic
Hernia
Remember that CDH presents with
respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
Dextrocardia (apparent)
Scaphoid Abdomen
84
Congenital Rubella Syndrome
PAGE 10
Chorioretinitis,
P-1870
Intracranial Calcifications
& Hydro cephalus
86
Congestive heart F ailure
Tachycardia
Tachypnea
Tender hepatomegaly
Partha's Fundamentals of Pediatrics 87
Creutzfeldt-
Jakob 7th ed page 129
disease
Remember as DEMENTIA
The characteristic triad of :
Dementia(rapidly progressive)
EEG changes
(periodic sharp wave complexes (PSWC))
Myoclonus
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4863517/
88
Crohn
Disease
triad of diarrhea, weight loss, and abdominal pain Page 301
CRONJE=CROHN DISEASE………………………………….DIED=DIARRHEA
LOSS=WEIGHT LOSS………………………………….PAIN=ABDOMINAL PAIN
89
Currarino
triad: P-1963
Pre-sacral anomaly
Sacral bone anomalies
Ano-maly-Anorectal Malformation
90
P-526
#CUSHING #ICT
91
Triad of
Cystic
Fibrosis
Page 342
93
Dandy Walker Syndrome:
Machiavellianism
Narcissism
Psychopathy
They are called "dark" because of their malevolent qualities.
95
dengue Hemorrhagic
fever P-881
triad of symptoms:
hemorrhagic manifestations
evidence of plasma leakage
platelet counts of <100,000/μL.
Note that
Hemorrhage p
lasma leak evidence
96
Denys–Drash
syndrome
caused by missense mutations within
WT1 gene
10th ed p1231
WT=Wilm Tumor
Ge=Genitourinary anomalies
Ne=Nephropathy
97
Dermatopathia
pigmentosa reticularis
(DPR)
is a rare disorder with characteristic triad of:
Hyperglycemia Ketonuria
Blood glucose>250 mg/dl Arterial PH<7.35
Ketonemia
with glycosuria. S.Bicarbonate <20 mEq/L
Page 264
99
Diabetes Mellitus
classical triad of:
3P
Polyuria Page 1113
Polydipsia
Polyphagia
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1495577/#:~:text=Of%20Hippocrates'%20c
lassic%20triad%20of,glucose%20excess)%20pathophysiology%20of%20diabetes. 100
Dialysis
dementia
syndrome:
P-68
101
Dieulafoy’s triad of
Acute Appendicitis
Reflex muscular contraction
Hypersensitiveness of skin
Tenderness at Mac Burney’s point
Page 1177
Mac=MUSCLE CONTRACTION
Burney’s=BURNING SENSATION OF SKIN
Point=POINT TENDERNESS OVER MACBURNEYS POINT
102
Diffuse
Axonal Injury: Page 246
Triad of :
103
DiGeorge
syndrome
Page 715
Triad of:
Thymic hypoplasia
(causing immunodeficiency&
frequent infections)
Remember as PTH ….
Because parathormone is decreased
Heart defects in DiGeorge syndrome
(conotruncal anomalies)
104
DRESS
P-3448
syndrome,
105
Dressler
syndrome
is also known as Post-myocardial infarction syndrome
Remember the triad of Dressler syndrome as 3P
Pyrexia
Pericarditis
Pericardial effusion
Page 103
106
DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA =ZINSSER-ENGMAN-COLE SYNDROME P-2574
107
Dyskinetic CP
Triad of:
10th ed page 908
DEAFNESS
sensorineural
108
P-2808
Dysmenorrhea
111
Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy
(EMD)
Clinically, it is marked by a triad consisting of :
Remember as :
Page 1234
CARDIO-MYOPATHY CASE
CARDIO=CARDIO-MYOPATHY associated with conduction defects
MYOPATHY=MUSCLE WEAKNESS(slowly progressive, humero-peroneal )
CASE=Contractures of Achilles tendon,Spine & Elbows
Also imagine DRY & CONTRACTED muscles
in Emery- DREIfuss MD…..
112
Epidemiological
triad of disease:
ECHOLOGICAL
Page 19
Remember as
Environment
Causative agent
HOst
113
Also remember the clinical triad of 3D of acute epiglottitis:
Drooling
Dysphagia
Distress(respiratory)
Page 37
114
Erythromelalgia
Triad of:
pain(P)
recurrent extremity P-3448
Warmth(W)
Redness(R)
remember
Erythro=Red
RED is a color that represents
pain,warmth,redness
& PoWeR
115
P-57
Ethanol
Intoxication:
the classic triad of :
Hypothermia(cool)
Hypoglycemia(sugar free)
Coma
ETHANOL(alcohol) is COOL ,SUGAR FREE & will cause COMA like state
116
Fallopian Tube
Cancer :
Pain
after stepping
Pelvic on a HUMP
117
Familial
Hypertriglyceridemia:
Familial hypertriglyceridemia can be connected with something to eat…..
HAD CHATNI
to eat
Triad of:
HDL=Decreased
elevated plasma triglycerides
( 250–1000 mg/dL), CH And T = Normal & Increased respectively
normal or only mildly increased
cholesterol levels (<250 mg/dL), (CH=CHOLESTEROL……………T=Triglyceride)
and reduced plasma HDL.
118
Fanconi
anemia:
Triad Of:
P-2568
An omalies(congenital)
A=Anomalies
B=B.M failure
C=Chromosomal fragility (increased)
C hromosome fragility-elevated
Triad of bone marrow failure, congenital anomalies, and elevated chromosome fragility.
119
Fanconi
syndrome:
GAP in FAN
Aminoaciduria
Also note that
Fanconi syndrome
is associated with
Normal Anion
120
.
Triad of FAR
Fever+Arthralgia+Rash
are seen in :
Chikungunya
SLE
Serum sickness
Stills disease
Imagine a story of chicken & wolf…
Once upon a time in a village there was a CHICKEN(CHIKUNGUNYA)
One day the chicken got SICK(SERUM SICKNESS) & was lying STILL(STILL’S DISEASE).
Suddenly a WOLF (lupus means wolf and it represents SLE) attacked the chicken..
Fascioliasis
caused by
Remember as HEP
F.He Hepatomegaly
Eosinophilia
Pyrexia
Fever
Hepatomegaly(tender,painful)
Hyper-eosinophilia
122
FAT EMBOLISM:
Bergman's triad
Petechial Rash
Neurologic Impairment FAT PANDA WITH BURGER
Dyspnea
P-108
123
Felty’s Page 606
syndrome:
Remember the sentence:
FELT SERENE
Triad of:
Splenomegaly
Rheumatoid arthritis
Felt SeReNe Neutropenia
(also note that spleen can be FELT because of SPLENOMEGALY)
124
Fem ale
Athlete Triad P-1059
amenorrhea
low bone density(osteoporosis)
eating disorder 125
Follicular Occlusion
Triad
Remember as
HIDR-ADENITIS SUPPURATIVA
P-3582
Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Acne conglobata
dissecting cellulitis of Scalp
126
Friedreich Page 100
ataxia:
The classical triad of:
Imagine ataxia is like a dance …and you sing while dancing…
Sing=GAA in hindi….so the triplet nucleotide repeat sequence in
Friedreich ataxia is GAA… GAA can be modified as BAA
(if not melodious)
Babinski’s sign-positive
Ataxia
Areflexia
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29938355/#:~:text=Abstract,atypical%20presentations%20might%20also%20occur.
127
Galezia triad:
Peyronie's disease of penis.
Retroperitoneal fibrosis
page1177
Dupuytren's contracture
GIZA…
Note that GALEZIA sounds like
128
Gallbladder ghost
triad:
is a term used on ultrasound studies when there is a
combination of three gallbladder features on biliary atresia:
Remember as G-ALL
A tretic gallbladder, length less than 1.9 cms
The term gallbladder ghost was coined in 2003 by a Singaporean radiologist Anne
Poh Ann Tan Kendrick because the gallbladder is so small and difficult to see in
biliary atresia, like a ghost
gallstone ileus
is
Rigler’s Triad (gi=ig)
130
Gardner
syndrome
Imagine a GARDENER in a garden ..
the grass are like FIBERS
(FIBROUS TISSUE)
The flowers are like POLYPS
The stones and pebbles are like
hard bones(OSTEOMAS)
Triad of:
Right paratracheal
lymphadenopathy
GARLAND=HAAR in Hindi
Page 442
132
G ER
Triad of:
D
Epigastric pain
Page 1077
Gilroy-
.
Bevan Page 925
triad of adhesive pain is—
134
Glomerulo-
Nephritis
Remember
Page 476
Please note that out of these OLIGURIA is not a part of the triad….
Oedema+Hematuria+Hypertension constitutes the triad….
135
Glutathione
synthetase deficiency:
The classical triad of:
Imagine a
HEAD
coming out of GRAVE
GET to GRAVE
138
Gyrate
Atrophy
Gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina is caused by deficiency of ornithine
aminotransferase.
C2
Page 76
It is a triad of :
Remember as
139
Haimovici
.
triad of
Revascularisation Injury
Page 186
Acute renal failure
Can also be memorized as
Muscle Infarction MY REVASCULARISATION INJURY
MY=Myoglobinuria
Myoglobinuria R=Renal failure
Injury=Infarction
140
Hakim triad (Adams Triad) in
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
(NPH) You need a
GUIDE at
Gait disturbance NH
(National Highway)
& HAKIM is a GUD GUIDE
Dementia
Oxford Textbook of Neuroscience and Anaesthesiology 141
Page 628 #HAND SCHULLER CHRISTIAN DISEASE
142
HEATSTROKE
Physical triad of :
P-3345
exposure to a HEAT STRESS
CNS dysfunction
CORE temperature >40.5°C
Remember as :
143
Page 2431
#SANDBLOM # HEMOBILIA
144
Hemochromatosis
Remember BCD
Page 137
145
Hemolytic Anemia
Hemolysis means BREAKING of RBC…
The classic triad of hemolysis is anemia, reticulocytosis
BREAK
and hyperbilirubinemia….just remember the word BREAK….
Page 714
Note the BREAK with a broken K..So K is not a part of the mnemonic
A =Anemia(normomacrocytic)
146
Hemolytic Uremic
Syndrome(HUS)
P-2732
Remember THRombocytopenia
T=Thrombocytopenia
H=Hemolytic anemia(microangiopathic)
R=Renal insufficiency(acute)
147
Henoch–
Schonlein
PurPurA P-168
(HSP)
P P A ARTHRITIS
PALPABLE PURPURA PAIN IN ABDOMEN
(non-thrombocytopenic)
148
HCC:
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Triad of :
Page 528
149
Hepatopulmonary
Syndrome
P-2088
Hepato =Liver disease
O=Oxygen low(hypoxaemia)
Pulmonary=intrapulmonary vascular dilatations
150
Hereditary
Spherocytosis
Triad of :Jaundice AND
Hemolytic anemia
Page 1047
Splenomegaly
151
Hermansky–
Pudlak syndrome
A
(Albinism )
HERMANSKY-PUDLAK
(HEMORRHAGIC DIATHESIS –Platelets Lacking Dense bodies)
SYNDROME
(Storage of ceroid-like material in tissues)
AS = Aortic Stenosis
AC =A cquired Coagulopathy
(Acquired VonWillibrand Disease)
AD =Angio-Dysplasia
(Intestinal Angiodysplasia causing G.I Bleeds)
153
Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia 2
or Clouston syndrome
is characterized by a triad of
Remember as
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20301379/
154
.
Triad of imaging findings in
HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS
P-3054
Miosis
156
Huntington
disease
manifests with the triad of : Remember the word
MAD HUNTING
Movement disorder (chorea)
Abnormal behaviour
(aggressiveness, apathy or depression)
Dementia
USMLE Step 1 Secrets in Color E-Book - Page 411
157
Histopathological Triad of
Human prion
diseases
cortical spongiform change
neuronal cell loss 23rd ed page 1127
SPONGE
for prion diseases
158
#congenital syphilis
#Hutchinson triad
Page 49
Note that reticulogranular pattern,ground glass opacities & white out lungs can be taken as one
160
Hyperekplexia
Imagine a scenario where you have just seen a ghost..
You will STARTLE
You will become STIFF
Your body will start to twitch(myoclonus)
P-3124
generalized stiffness,
162
Hypocalcemic
tetany
Remember as decreased S. Ca
23rd ed page 663
Hypotrichosis (Alopecia)
164
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6296697/
165
Infantile P-3388
glaucoma
Imagine someone flashing light on the
eyes of a thief…..
What will be his reaction?
He is afraid of light(photophobia)
He will squeeze his eyes(blepharospasm)
He will cry(tears)
epiphora (tearing),
photophobia (sensitivity to light),and
blepharospasm (eyelid squeezing)
166
Infectious
Mononucleosis
Triad can be memorized with slight word modification…
P-1715
Remember 3 F….
Fatigue
Faryngitis (pharyngitis)
lymFadenopathy (Generalized lymphadenopathy)
167
Acute intoxication of
INH
leads to a triad of :
Page 313
Metabolic Acidosis(MA)
Refractory Seizures(RS)
Hyperglycemia (H)
Imagine INH(Isoniazid) intoxication to be like eating
MARSH mallos…..
It increases your glucose levels(Hyperglycemia) as well
168
Intraductal papillary
mucinous
.
neoplasms
Eyelid myoclonia
(with or without absence seizures)
Hemorrhagic
merritT
diathesis
Thrombocytopenia
Atlas of Tumors of the Facial Skeleton: Odontogenic and ... - Page 138 172
Page 231
#kartagener
173
Kearns-Sayre
syndrome
Remember the word RETIN-O-PATHY P-3302
174
Kimura’s
disease:
is an immune mediated inflammatory disease with a classic triad of :
Remember as KEEMURA’S
Eosinophilia
elevated IgE levels PAGE 328
175
Klippel–Feil
syndrome
10th ed 1441
Imagine someone has put a CLIP behind the neck…
176
Klippel-
Trenaunay PAGE 212
syndrome
Triad of :
veins
varicose and
soft tissue
bony and hypertrophy involving an extremity seen
https://reference.medscape.com/article/1084257overview#:~:text=Klippel%2DTrenaunay%2DWeber%20syndrome%20(,tissue%20hypertrop
hy%20involving%20an%20extremity.
177
Klinefelter’s
syndrome
Remember :
G=Gynecomastia
A=Azoospermia
S=Small,firm testes
178
Kluver–Bucy
syndrome
remember
PSycho
P
Hyper- hagia
Hyper-Sexuality
Psychic Blindness Page VIII
179
KWASHIORKOR
Note that Kwashiorkor=PEM
PEM & GEM rhymes
Edema
Mental changes(apathy)
180
Lambert-
Eaton PAGE 227
Syndrome
Imagine a LAMB saying MAA while EATING
Clinical triad of :
Muscle weakness (proximal) MAA…
Autonomic features
(dry mouth, erectile dysfunction, constipation, orthostatic hypotension)
Areflexia
181
Laryngeal
clefts P-232
Remember that just like WEST syndrome ,here also the mnemonic is DES….
Please note the differences….
Seizures
-Multiple seizure types-atypical absences, and myoclonic,astatic, and tonic seizures
(it’s infantile spasm in WEST syndrome)
184
LeRIChe
Syndrome: PAGE 4
L10DLE
Ten-s-i0-n(hypertension)
P-84
Alka-l0-sis (metabolic)
Also K-l0ss(hypokalemia)
186
Loeys- Dietz syndrome:
Di represents 2 fingers
Hypertelorism P-3743
Vascular defects
generalized arterial tortuosity with widespread
vascular aneurysm and dissection.
2 fingers=V=Vascular
187
Lofgren's
syndrome
Page 194
Lof=LAUGH……& you laugh when you are Happy
Remember as :
HAP-P-E
HAP=Hilar Adeno Pathy(bilateral)
P=Polyarthritis
E=Erythema Nodosum
188
LOVER’S
Calcaneal #
Forearm #
Lumbar compression #
(seen due to fall from height)...
Imagine after receiving a call from lover,
a person jumps out of window and fractures his calcaneum,forearm and lumbar vertebra
#LOWE SYNDROME
190
Triad of
LuciAni:
Associated with cerebellar lesion
Atonia
Astasia
191
Lyme
Classical triad of
neuroborreliosis
remember as
B=Bed-wetting
F=Fire setting Buffet
193
Macleod (Or Swyer-James)
Syndrome
Imagine that P-2223
Macleod is V1P
The triad of :
decreased ventilation(V)
unilateral hyperlucent lung(unilateral=1)
decreased perfusion(P) of the affected lung
194
Malaria
PAGE 337
Fever
(PERIODIC)
Anemia SplenoMegaly
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7326/0003-4819-25-2-293?journalCode=aim
195
Malignant
Hypertension P-89
A triad of:
PR>200/140
196
Marchiafava’s
Postpneumonic
.
Pulmonary Necrosis
FAN P-2975
makes you
COOL
Triad of:
198
Marshall’s
triad :
Bruises, Lacerations(Punctate) &Abrasions
seen in BLAST (explosion) injuries
Page 313
199
Marshall and
Knud-Hansen
.
Triad of GJC fistula are –
Weight loss
Eructation of fecal-smelling gas Page 831
Precocious puberty
P olyostotic fibrous dysplasia P-383
201
Triad of:
Measles
Remember
3C
Cough Page 622
Coryza
Conjunctivitis
202
Meckel–Gruber
Syndrome
Meckel–Gruber
10th ed p1257
read as Meckel–Gruper
Polydactyly
Encephalocele(occipital)
Renal cystic dysplasia(Bilateral)
203
Page 793
#BOERHAAVE #MECKLER
204
Meigs
Syndrome PAGE 899
Benign ovarian tumor + pleural effusion + ascites
E=Effusion(pleural)
A=Ascites
T=Tumor(Benign ovarian)
205
Melkersson–
Rosenthal syndrome
When you think of MR , P-332
Triad of:
Fissured tongue
206
Meltzer's triad
in CRYOGLOBULINEMIA
Page 147
Just try to remember this sentence:
PURE ART is MY WEAKNESS & it MELTS me & makes me CRY
PURE=PURPURA
ART is MY =ARTHRALGIAS/MYalgia
WEAKNESS=WEAKNESS
MELT represents MELTZER
& CRY represents CRYOGLOBULINEMIA
please note that CRYO means COLD & it is related to MELT (MELTzer)
207
Triad of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia:
MEN 1 / MEN2a/MEN 2b
Page 2747
208
Meniere’s
Disease
(Endolymphatic Hydrops)
WOMEN=DEVI
MEN=DEVATA D=DEAFNESS
V=VERTIGO
T=TINNITUS
PAGE 260
209
The classic clinical triad of
Meningitis
Note that MENINGITIS can be remembered as
Fever
Headache &
Nuchal Rigidity (“stiff neck”)
210
Midline or
Infratentorial tumors: P-2667
Headache
(imagine DEVIL’S HEAD)
Vomiting and
(DEVIL’S horns looks like a V )
Papilledema
(Devil= Paapi in Hindi) Imagine the devil with
a brain tumor
211
MIKULICZ’S
.
syndrome:
It is characterised by the triad which includes —
212
Migraine
Imagine someone with
MIGRAINE HEADACHE
Page 216
under SUN
Sensory/motor Symptoms
(premonitory visual,sensory or motor symptoms)
Unilateral throbbing headache
Nausea & vomiting
213
Milk Alkali
Syndrome Page 20
M.alkali=M.alkalosis=Metabolic alkalosis
ALKALI=ALKALOSIS
ALKALI=AKI=Acute Kidney Injury
ALCALI=CALCIUM Increased=Hypercalcemia
214
#miller fisher P=585
215
Auscultatory triad of:
Mitral Stenosis
Remember as MS-DOS Page 819
Diastolic rumble(Apical)
Opening snap
S1 loud (first heart sound)
216
MuLtipLe
MyeLoMa:
Note the multiple M’s and L’s Page 305
3S Page 71
218
NAFLD
P-2123
FI-IF
Just write FL for Fatty Liver
Triad of :
FL
Now break the leg of L..
It will look like
Fatty Infiltration
Inflammation
Fibrosis
FI
(nonalcoholic steatohepatitis [NASH])
219
P-294
Page 568
Skin manifestations
Ophthalmologic findings
Neurologic involvement
Note that if the mother has HSV ,then her SON will develop SON
221
Nephrogenic
Systemic Fibrosis
remember
222
Nephrotic
P-2752
Syndrome
The important clinical features of nEPHrotic syndrome can be remembered as EPH
Edema
Proteinuria
note that Proteinuria is not a part of the TRIAD …
you can memorize it by thinking that the PROTEINURIA is lost in the urine…
Or just imagine that P is lost in PEE….the rest all are part of the TRIAD..
Hypoalbuminemia(≤2.5 g/dL)
Hyperlipidemia (cholesterol > 200 mg/dL)
223
Netherton-Comel
Syndrome
Netherton Comel syndrome has two triads. PAGE 485
atopic diathesis A
bamboo hair (trichorrhexis invaginata ) B
congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma
C
diarrhea D
generalized infantile erythroderma, E
failure To Thrive F
224
Neurogenic
Shock:
Triad of 3H
Page 1048
H.R low(bradycardia)
Hypotension
Hypothermia
225
NeuroMyoTonia:
The clinical triad includes involuntary:
P-200
Muscle Twitching
Muscle sTiffness
MyoTonia
Just take the M&T from MyoTonia
226
Ocular tilt reaction:
P-159
Imagine a person
SKY DIVING(SKEW DEVIATION)
& his HEAD is TILTED(HEAD TILT)….&
his EYES are TWISTED
(OCULAR TORSION)
A triad of :
Head tilt, ocular torsion, and skew deviation
227
O’Donoghue triad or
Unhappy triad:
Twisting force in a weight-bearing knee joint causes injury to
CNS depression
Pinpoint pupils
Respiratory depression
Imagine you are giving CPR to a patient with Opioid overdose
229
Some textbooks also mention
another triad….
Remember as
HEREDITARY
(positive family history)
HEMORRHAGIC
(recurrent epistaxis)
TELANGIECTASIA
(multiple telangiectasia)
231
Orbital
Cellulitis
Inflammation of the tissues of the orbit
P-3392
Imagine a VAMPire with
ORBITAL CELLULITIS
Triad of:
232
#CHOLANGITIS #APPENDICITIS #CHOLEDOCHAL CYST #HYPERNEPHROMA
233
Pancoast
Tumor
Remember as :
Pancoast syndrome refers to superior
sulcus tumors along with the triad of
(1) shoulder and arm pain
Pain coast
Pain can be represented as
(pain =oo)
(2) wasting of the hand muscles
(Hand muscle wasting=H)
(3) ipsilateral Horner syndrome
(Horner syndrome=H)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33032538/
235
Triad of:
Parapharyngeal
Abscess
(with anterior compartment involvement)
Can be remembered as
Remember as PARENAUD
237
Parkinsonism--
C
• og-wheel Rigidity
Page 1282
•AKINESIA/bradykinasia
• Resting Tremor
#PARKINSONISM
238
#PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA
P-720
239
Pediatric
Assessment Triangle
The PAT comprises of the immediate visual and auditory impression
of a sick child who is wheeled into an ER based on the triad of: Page 241
Appearance
Breathing
Circulation
240
PID:
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
Page 201
Remember as:
Pain-Lower abdomen
ADNEXAL Tenderness.
CERVIX motion tenderness
241
Classic triad of findings for
pericardial effusion with
cardiac tamponade:
P-1682
Remember
electrical alternans ALTernans
(best seen in leads V3 and V4 in this case; arrows)
242
#PEUTZ-JEGHERS
https://www.e-cep.org/m/journal/view.php?number=20125552132
243
Page 252
244
P-2705
#PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
245
Pierre–Robin
sequence 10th ed p:1417
Remember this BIRD known as MAGPIE ROBIN
(MAG is the triad & PIE ROBIN represents PIERRE ROBIN sequence)
Micrognathia
Airway Obstruction
Glossoptosis
Also note that BIRD facies is seen in PIERRE-ROBIN SEQUENCE
246
Pituitary stalk
interruption syndrome
(PSIS)
is a rare, congenital disorder characterized by a triad of:
Pneumonia
Remember COFF
(sounds like COUGH)
Cough
Fever
Fast breathing and or difficult breathing
Oligoovulation or anovulation
250
Triad of
Portal
.
– S plenomegaly.
– E sophageal varices.
– A scites
251
PORTAL TRIAD
Portal Vein
Bile Duct
v
HA-PPY- B’DAY
252
Posterior Wall MI:
characteristic triad:
Page 39
253
Pulmonary
arteriovenous fistulas:
may be asymptomatic in 13 to 55 % of patients.
The classic triad of :
Clubbing
is found in 10 to 30%
Page 315
255
Pulmonary
bolism
.
Em
Remember as:
hemosiderosis: P-2306
Hemoptysis
Iron-deficiency anemia
Multiple alveolar infiltrates on chest radiographs
257
Pulmonary
Hypertension:
Triad of PH:
Page 372
vasoconstriction Remember
3C
cell proliferation or
PHC
clot (thrombosis)
258
Preeclampsia:
Remember as PREeclampsia:
Proteinuria Page-40
3H
(PHA)
Triad of PHA is : Page 369
Hypertension
Hypokalaemia
Hypersecretion of aldosterone
260
Triad of
Primary systemic
amyloidosis: Page 366
Remember as
263
Triad of:
Psoas
Abscess
Remember 3F
Fever Page 661
Flank pain
Flexion of the hip joint
264
Acute renal infection
( Pyelonephritis)
presents as a classic triad of:
loin pain, fever and tenderness over the kidneys.
Pyrexia
Pain & tenderness over loin
265
Triad of
267
Raynaud
phenomenon : PAGE 617
268
P-1272
269
RVT vs
RCC vs
Nephroblastoma
Remember the word HuMP……HuMP represents the MASS seen in all the three
Renal Vein Thrombosis Renal Cell Carcinoma Nephroblastoma
Hematuria Hematuria Hematuria
Mass (palpable abdominal) Mass (loin) Mass (abdominal)
Platelet low
(Thrombocytopenia)
Pain (loin) Pyrexia(fever)
Ref: Bailey & Love(surgery)
27th ed page 1417
Note that HEMATURIA & MASS are common for both….
Thrombocytopenia is a feature of renal vein Thrombosis
Loin PAIN is a feature of RCC….
Pyrexia for nephroblastoma(Wilm’s tumor)
270
Retinitis
Pigmentosa
272
Reye’s
syndrome: PAGE 1077
FaTT-E
We all know that it’s a cause for FATTY LIVER….
So just remember :
Rickets/Osteomalacia:
Remember as :
Alcaline phosphatase
Calcium: Normal or low
P-1624
Clinical triad of:
Remember FISH
Fever imagine an aquarium…
Note the ROCKY
MOUNTAIN…
Skin rash & SPOT the
FISH in water.
Headache Page 525
observed in 58% of pediatric patients
According to HARRISON’S textbook History of tick exposure is included as part of the triad instead of headache
275
Ruptured
Aortic Aneurysm:
Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is a surgical emergency; it should be
suspected in a patient with the triad of :
Page 964
Imagine a pulsatile HuMP in the abdomen
Hypotension
pulsatile abdominal Mass
RUPtured
bulbous urethra : Page 1041
Retention of urine
Urethral haemorrhage
(Blood in external meatus )
Perinealhematoma
277
Page 645
#SAINT’S TRIAD
278
Page 194 #SAMTER #NASAL POLYP #ASTHMA #ASPIRIN SENSITIVITY
279
Pancreatic
. panniculitis
(Schmid's triad)
Remember 3P
Pancreatic Panniculitis
Polyarthritis
Peripheral Eosinophilia
Yamada's Textbook of Gastroenterology 280
Schwartz- Jampel
Syndrome P-200
Eyes jammed:
Blepharophimosis(narrow palpebral fissure)
Lips jammed:
Pursing of the mouth
Chin jammed:
Puckering of the chin
281
SEPSIS TRIAD:
Remember:
SEPCIS
Page 464
C=Coagulation activation
I=Inflammation
S=Supressed fibrinolysis
282
Septo-Optic
Dysplasia
Septum pellucidum absent
10th ed p861
283
The
Page 192
Serotonin syndrome
Can be remembered as SIR-OTONIN syndrome…..
SIR is a title for MAN……..
Or just remember the word MANSAROVAR
Autonomic instability
(e.g., tachycardia, labile BP, dizziness, diaphoresis, flushing, hyperthermia), and
Neuromuscular Symptoms
(e.g., tremor, rigidity, myoclonus, hyperreflexia, incoordination)
284
Complications Of
Severe Malnutrition:
Hypoglycemia, hypothermia and infection
Hippo =Hypo
T=HYPO-Thermia
I=Infection Page-100
G=HYPO-Glycemia
285
Sézary syndrome
.
Subdural Hematomas
Encephalopathy
Retinal hemorrhages Page 702
287
Shwachman-
Diamond P-317
syndrome
Triad of :
Remember SKIN & DIAMOND
Skeletal abnormalities
Insufficiency of exocrine pancreas Skin & diamond
Neutropenia 288
Sim's
triad:
remember
Sim’s SPeculum
Sim’s Silver wire
Sim’s Position
289
Sjogren’s
.
Ichthyosis(congenital)
Diplegia (spastic)
Intellectual Disability
291
Triad of
Skeletal muscle:
(in physiology)-
Page 102
Nutans
Nodding
Page 36
Head
Head Tilting(Torticollis)
NyStagmus
293
SPINAL
EPIDURAL
ABSCESS
Page 99
triad of
Pain
Pyrexia
Progressive limb weakness
294
Triad of
Strongyloidiasis
Remember that
DABUR
chyawanprash
makes you
STRONG 23rd ed page 289
295
Sturge -Weber
Syndrome:
(encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis)
Triad Of:
capillary malformation in ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve,
eye and brain abnormalities. Page 282
Remember as
VVEBer
Vascular malformation in the distribution of V1
(Port-Wine stain)
Eye abnormalities
(Glaucoma)
Brain abnormalities
(ipsilateral leptomeningeal angiomatosis (LAM))
296
Submucosal
FURROW IN SOFT PALATE NOTCH IN HARD PALATE
Cleft P-1902
Palate
BIFID UVULA
Triad of:
bifid uvula (large arrow)/furrow along the midline of the soft palate (arrowheads),and
a notch in the posterior margin of the hard palate (small arrow).
298
Surgical
.
Page 697
Triad:
Measure thrice M looks like 3
299
Sydenham
chorea
Triad can be remembered by taking some letters from
Chorea
Hypotonia
Emotional lability
Sydenham’s chorea or St. Vitus dance characteristically consists of
the triad of chorea, hypotonia and emotional lability.
300
Triad of
Systemic Sclerosis
widespread capillary loss
obliterative microangiopathy
fibrosis in the skin and internal organs. P-2550
S
OWL WL=Widespread Loss of capillaries
OM=Obliterative Microangiopathy
F=Fibrosis
S
301
Terrible Triad
of the elbow PAGE 2874
elbow dislocation
A notoriously unstable injury is the
302
The clinical diagnostic triad of
Testicular
Torsion
Note that Testicular torsion is a PAINFUL condition & therefore the patient will say AAH…
https://www.osmosis.org/learn/Clostridium_tetani_(Tetanus)#:~:text=The%20classical%20%E2%80%9Ctetan
ic%20triad%E2%80%9D%20of,all%20muscles%20in%20the%20body 304
The classic radiographic triad of
Thoracic
Actinomycosis :
Imagine that Actinomycosis CHEWS the lungs & ribs
305
Tillaux triad
Mesenteric cyst Page 722
Umbilical region…
306
TRAUMA
TRIAD OF DEATH:
Following a trauma, protracted surgery in physiologically unstable patient,
the three factors that carry high mortality are:
Hypothermia(COLD)
Coagulopathy(BLOODED) PAGE 326
307
Tracheobronchial
Foreign Body(TFB):
Cough, wheeze and diminished air entry to lung forms a “triad”
Page 366
CO-W ENTRY
Cough
Wheeze
Diminished air ENTRY
308
Trilogy of Fallot
Remember the sentence TREE FALL in APRIL
ASD
(Atrial Septal Defect)
PS
(Pulmonary Stenosis)
RVH
(Right Ventricular Hypertrophy)
APRIL=A=ASD……P=PS....R=RVH
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/558824
309
TRIPLE TEST
For the second trimester screening remember the quad test...& triple test ....
310
Thiamine-responsive
megaloblastic anemia
(TRMA)syndrome:
Rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by triad of
Diabetes mellitus
Megaloblastic Anemia
SADMA means TRauMA in Hindi
311
Page 285 #TROTTER #NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA
312
Trousseau’s
triad:
Remember as
Page 387
TROU-CC-EAU
TROU=THROmbophlebitis (migratory) (aka TROUsseau sign)
C=Carcinoma pancreas
C=Consumption coagulopathy
313
http://smj.sma.org.sg/5202/5202pe1.pdf
314
TUMOR LYSIS
SYNDROME:
Classic triad:
hyperuricemia, tUUUUUUUmor lysis syndrome
hyperkalemia,
hyperphosphatemia.
Remember UP is UP
U RIC ACID / P P
OTASSIUM/ UP=INCREASED
HOSPHATE=
respiratory alkalosis
P 138
encephalopathy
elevated ammonia(Hyperammonemia)
316
Triad of
Urethral
Diverticulum
Remember 3D
Dribbling of urine after voiding Page 247
Dysuria
Dyspareunia
317
#VIRCHOW
Page 125
318
P-368
#NIACIN #3D
319
Triad of
Vitamin B 12
deficiency:
3H
Page 125
Huge ovalocytes(macroovalocytes)
Howell-jolly bodies
Hypersegmented neutrophils
320
#VOGT #TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(15)00108-8/fulltext
321
Triad of
VHL syndrome
(Von Hippel Lindau Syndrome)
remember as
V L
Think of RCC when you visualize the kidneys in VHL…..
Retinal angiomatosis
Cerebellar hemangioblastoma
Cancer(b/l RCC-renal cell carcinoma )
Exam Preparatory Manual for Undergraduates: Pathology - Page 671 322
Waddell’s
P-45
triad:
Head injury
intra-abdominal or
intra thoracic injury
Femur fracture
323
WEGENER’S
GRANULOMATOSIS
It is now called Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis & is characterized by a triad of:
H I J K -L
• Hemorrhage L represents the
fact that it is seen in
• Jaundice Leptospirosis
• Kidney Injury(AKI)
325
Page 2080
Page 365
lobal confusion
taxia
#WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY
326
WEST
syndrome
West =Vides in Hindi…..and can be connected to DES Page 555
Developmental regression
P-3098
EEG changes(hypsarrhythmia)
Spasms(infantile epileptic spasms)
327
WHOOPING
COUGH
(PERTUSSIS) 2nd ed page 136
Whooping cough
(Paroxysmal cough followed by whoop and vomiting)
ESR decreased
Leucocytosis,Lymphocytosis
328
Wilson’s
disease
Hepatolenticular degeneration
LUCK
CNS involvement
It is connected with the word
K-F rings
329
WILSON DISEASE:
Note that the last 3 components UCK……
forms the diagnostic triad of WILSON’S disease
Also note that KF ring along with liver disease & CNS involvement
forms the clinical triad of WILSON’S disease
PAGE 449 330
Page 428
#WISKOTT-ALDRICH
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012343/#:~:text=Wiskott%E2%80
%93Aldrich%20syndrome%20(WAS),WAS%20has%20continued%20to%20increase
331
The clinical triad of
Whipple
Disease :
Weight Loss –Diarrhea--Arthralgia Page 794
332
Whipple’s triad
(insulinoma)
P-848
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6932617/
Mediwood
by Dr Naveen Koval
334
Wunderlich
syndrome
is a rare clinical syndrome of spontaneous nontraumatic renal subcapsular
and retroperitoneal hemorrhage
Lenk's Triad: 3F
•1. Acute flank pain (FLENK PAIN)
•2. Flank mass (FLENK MASS)
•3. Hypovolemic shock(FLUID LOSS SHOCK)
https://radiopaedia.org/articles/wunderlich-syndrome
335
X-linked lymphoproliferative
syndrome:
a genetic condition typified by the triad of :
Infection
Immunodeficiency
XL
2 lines in X can be split up as I I
Lymphoma
P-1111
IIL
336
YELLOW
FEVER:
classic triad of :
YELLOW
Connect
with BJP
Bleeding diathesis
Jaundice
Proteinuria(albuminuria)
Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious ... - Page 2275
337
Yellow nail
Syndrome P-425
Yellow nails
Effusion(pleural)
Lymphoedema
338
Young's
Triad of
syndrome-
Page 103
Azoospermia
Bronchiectasis Young man with ABS
Sinusitis
339
Zinn er’s
syndrome
first described in 1914, refers to a triad of:
peptic Ulceration
Tumor
( a neuro-endocrine tumour of the pancreas or duodenum (‘gastrinoma’))
341
Triad of
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