Buzzword Bingo Flashcards
Quick recall of key words and phrases
allergic sinusitis, steroid-dependent asthma, and eosinophilia, with fleeting infiltrates on CXR
EGPA
Rash on palms and soles
Secondary syphilis; Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever (Rickettsia rickettsii); coxsackievirus
Does prior infection with most STIs protect against re-infection?
NOOO it doesn’t, so re-test patients!
Slapped cheek rash
Parvovirus B19
1 bacterial STD in the US
Chlamydia
2 bacterial STD in the US
Gonorrhea
Small lymphocytes and smudged cells with increased WBC
CLL
All patients with STIs should be evaluated for ___.
All patients with STIs should be evaluated for HIV! Why? Many STDs facilitate the transmission of HIV, such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, HSV, etc - anything that alters the mucosal integrity.
Acute monoarthritis is ___ until proven otherwise!
Acute monoarthritis is INFECTIOUS until proven otherwise!
Consequently, do a joint aspirate to rule out infection and aid in diagnosis.
Koplik spots -white spots on tongue that bleed when you scrape them
Measles
Limb girdle pain in older patients
Polymyalgia rheumatica. Resolves FAST with prednisone
Baby with deafness, cataracts, heart defects, microcephaly, mental retardation
exposure to rubella in utero
If you see polymyalgia rheumatica…
think Giant cell arteritis! affects aorta, carotid branches. They’re frequently found together.
CBFalpha - ETO fusion protein blocking differentiation
AML
BCR-ABL
CML
colon with fissures and fistulas
Crohn’s disease
t(11;14)
Mantle cell lymphoma
transmural inflammation of colon wall with non-necrotic granulomas
Crohn’s disease
Oral apthous ulcers and genital ulcers
Behcet’s disease
This vasculitis has an increased incidence in patients who are HLA-B51+
Behcet’s disease
Lower resp (hemoptysis, cavitating pulmonary lesions) + upper resp (sinusitis, epistaxis, saddle nose) + renal (hematuria and maybe nephritis)
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) - ANCA-associated vasculitis
Continuous inflammation of colon without skip lesions
Ulcerative Colitis
Young person with an MI… and a PMH of a severe fever treated with IVIG and aspirin
Kawasaki disease
t(15;17)
Acute promyelocytic leukemia
t(8;14)
Burkitt lymphoma
MYC - Ig heavy chain locus, increasing B cell proliferation
Burkitt lymphoma
Really high basophil count
CML
t(9;22)
CML
treatable with ATRA and arsenic
APL (acute promyelocytic leukemia)
acanthosis nigricans
MetS, T2DM, stomach cancer
t(14;18)
Follicular lymphoma
resp and renal symptoms with positive C-ANCA (antibody against PR-3)
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). Mnemonic is “Get a C GPA in C-PR to pass”
positive pathergy test - stick a needle in the skin and it forms a lump
Behcet’s disease
upregulation of Bcl2 due to microdeletion of regulatory microRNA on chromosome 13
CLL
Rice water stools
Cholera
CD13 and CD33
AML
long crystals with negative birefringence
Uric acid - gout
yellow plaques around eyes
xanthelesma - indicates elevated LDL, higher risk of stroke and CVD
Strawberry tongue
Kawasaki disease
CD19, CD10, TdT
B cell ALL
fascicular inflammatory infiltrate on muscle biopsy, both T and B cells
dermatomyositis
20% blasts or greater in bone marrow or blood (esp. marrow)
acute leukemias
either JAK2, calreticulin, or cMPL mutation, with really high platelet count
essential thrombocytosis
cyclin D1 - Ig heavy chain locus
Mantle cell lymphoma
reticulin fibrosis in the marrow, with some having JAK2
primary myelofibrosis
Bcl2 - Ig heavy chain locus preventing apoptosis
Follicular lymphoma
Most common childhood systemic vasculitis
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
CD3, CD7, TdT
T cell ALL
rhomboid crystals with positive birefringence
Calcium pyrophosphate
hyposegmented neutrophils with hypogranulation, and ringed sideroblasts
myelodysplastic disorders
apple-green on polarization
Amyloidosis, which can occur in plasma cell disorders like multiple myeloma
abnormal nailfold exam
secondary Raynaud’s
photosensitive dermatitis, often with diarrhea and dementia
Pellagra = vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency
black flies near rivers, causing blindness
onchocerchiasis, caused by onchocerca volvulus
Vasculitis associated with IgA nephropathy
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Gauchon’s papules: hyperkeratotic papules
dermatomyositis
Tick bite from Ixodes??
Babesia, Anaplasma, Lyme
Speckled pattern ANA, Ro and La especially
Sjogren’s syndrome
weak shoulders and hips but strong hand grip
dermatomyositis or polymyositis
GI infection: afebrile watery diarrhea
ETEC, norovirus, cholera, C.perfringens, viral, Bacillus cereus (long incubation), cryptosporidia, C.diff (15% are febrile, though)
t(8;21)
AML
Palpable purpura, pauci-immune glomerulonephritis, but no nasopharyngeal involvement
Microscopic polyangiitis
counseling for patients on methotrexate
avoid pregnancy, avoid alcohol
PML-RARalpha fusion protein blocking differentiation
APL (acute promyelocytic leukemia)
muscle biopsy shows rimmed vacuoles and inflammatory infiltrate around muscle fibers
inclusion body myositis
nail spooning, aka koilonychia
iron deficiency
thin as a broom without edema
marasma = chronic starvation
Really high hematocrit, JAK2 mutation
polycythemia vera
Perianal pruritus in kids
Pinworm - enterobicus vermicularis
swollen belly with edema and fatty liver in a starving kid
kwashiorkor = not enough protein
P-ANCA, no granulomas, involves lungs/kidneys/skin
Microscopic polyangiitis
yellow-red papules on extensor surfaces
eruptive xanthoma - indicates elevated TGs, with increased risk of acute pancreatitis
MOA of echinocandins
Inhibits Beta glucan synthase in fungi
Punched out lytic bone lesions on X-Ray with monoclonal M spike
Multiple Myeloma
erythematous papules and plaques in genital and perineal region
extramammary Paget’s disease
MOA of Amphotericin B
Anti-fungal: binds ergosterol and causes membrane pores
inflammatory infiltrate around individual muscle fibers, mostly CD8+ T cells
polymyositis
sudden appearance of many seborrheic keratoses
adenocarcinoma of stomach or colon
itchy without any rash, “butterfly sign”
paraneoplastic pruritus, commonly found in lymphoma (esp. Hodgkin lymphoma) and leukemia
treatment for IBD-associated arthritis - what not to do
avoid NSAIDs!
Oxidase negative GNRs
Salmonella, shigella
Food poisoning from sprouts
EHEC
Granulomatous thickening/narrowing of aortic arch
Takayasu arteritis
rash, myalgia, spread by flying squirrels
epidemic typhus (R. prowazekii)
Elephantiasis affecting lower limbs, scrotal swelling
Wuchereria bancrofti - human filariasis
worm crawling in eye
loa loa
Eggs with points/spikes
Schistosomiasis. Lateral spine is mansoni, spine at the tip is haematobium, no spine is japonicum
Lower limb ulcer with protruding larva -> think prevention
Guinea worm: filter water through cloth to prevent infection
NVD with diplopia, dysphonia, dysphagia
Botulism from preformed toxin
Leads to HUS
EHEC and shigella
Eat raw veggies and get obstructive jaundice
Fasciola hepatica - liver fluke
Seizures manifesting with weird things in the brain, history of eating the larval stage of something
Human cysticercosis - taenia sodium (pork tapeworm) I infection of the brain when you eat the larva
Cigarette burn lesions, aka a tach-noir eschar
Rickettsia infection (no eschar in Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
Food poisoning from deli meat and hot dogs
Listeria
Unilateral headache and jaw claudication in an old lady
Giant cell arteritis
Disease spread by body louse - think refugee camps
Epidemic typhus - Rickettsia prowazekii
Suspect anaplasma or erlichia?
Treat with doxycycline immediately - don’t wait for testing to confirm!
Toxic megacolon
Clostridium difficile
erythema migrans
Lyme disease - Borellia burgdorferi
Asian female <40 with weak radial pulses and arthritis
Takayasu arteritis
Marrow full of weird-looking megakaryocytes with staghorn nuclei
Essential thrombocytosis
HepB seropositive with purpura, neuropathy, hypertension
HepB associated polyarteritis nodosa
Rotten egg smelling diarrhea
Salmonella
CD30, CD15
Hodgkin lymphoma
Rash on Allopurinol therapy… What should you do?
STOP the drug! Vasculitis with toxic epidermal necrolysis, which is predictably BAD
Drug for most tick bites?
Doxy - give early because it can prevent life-threatening disease. Can even use as prophylaxis if you identify the tick as Ixodes scapularis
GI infections: afebrile, hemorrhagic diarrhea
EHEC - enterohemorrhagic E.coli
Hypercalcemia, renal involvement, anemia, bone lytic lesions/back pain
Multiple myeloma
Heliotrope rash
Dermatomyositis
rash with unknown cause: how do you assess?
wear gloves because it might be syphilis
MOA of azole drugs
For fungal infections -> inhibit ergosterol synthesis
Second line for pseudomonas
Ticarcillin and piperacillin
Tx for gout
Colchicine, NSAIDs or steroids, may lower uric acid with diet and lifestyle and XO inhibitors (allopurinol, febuxostat)
Nausea and vomiting 3-6 hours after eating, followed by diarrhea
Staph preformed toxin, clinical diagnosis, look for toxin in food
Tx for pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate)
Joint injection with steroids, treat causes including hypomagnesia, hypophosphate, hypoPTH, etc
Diarrhea, rotten egg taste when you belch
Giardia
Elevated ANA threshold?
> 1:160
Foci of lymphatic infiltrate in minor salivary glands
Sjögren’s syndrome
ABX for atypical bacteria
Tetracyclines, macrolides, fluoroquinolones
Nonhealing ulcer with overhanging borders in a patient with chronic GI symptoms
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Shoulder and hip stiffness that responds quickly to prednisone
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Palpable purpura, low C4, false positive RF
Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis
Excess of cryoglobulins: monoclonal IgG and IgM
Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis I: hyperviscosity syndrome, with mucosal bleeding