Buzzwords Flashcards
Ectopia lentis
Homocystinuria (downwards and inwards) and Marfans (upwards and outwards)
Stellate iris
Williams Syndrome
Streak gonads
Turners syndrome
Athymia
DiGeorge syndrome
ANA and dsDNA positive
SLE
Fixed split second heart sound
ASD
HLA DQ2 DQ8
Coeliac
Recurrent episodes of swelling, persistent low C4
Hereditary angioedema (C1 inhibitor deficiency)
Boot shaped heart
TOF
Erythema migrans
Lyme disease
Erythema marginatum
Rheumatic fever
McCune Albright Syndrome
Irregular patches of hyperpigmentation, fibrous dysplasia, endocrine hyperplasia (precocious puberty, hyperthyroidism)
Butterfly vertebrae
Alagille syndrome
Saccharine mucocilliary clearance test
Primary ciliary dyskinesia
Microcytic anaemia
Iron def, lead poisoning, sickle cell, beta thalasaemia
Basophilic strippling
Heavy metal poisoning, b thalasaemia
Asplenia blood film
I.e. in sickle cell or post splenectomy = target cells, howell jolly bodies
Cholestasis, congential HD, dysmorphia
Alagille syndrome
Ambiguous genitalia, salt wasting crisis (hyponatraemia, Hyperkalaemia)
CAH
CAH diagnosic bloods
Hypoglycaemia (due to hypocortisolism), hyponatraemia and Hyperkalaemia (due to hypoaldosteronism), elevated 17-a-hydroxyprogesterone
Anticonvulsant which causes hirsutism
Phenytoin
Topical steroid ladder
Dirty - dermovate (very potent) Monsters - mometasome Beat - Betnovate European - eumovate Hydrangeas - hydrocortisone (weak)
Prognostic factors in AML and ALL
Age <1 and >10 = high risk in B cell ALL
high initial WBC count
ALL subtype - mature B cell worse than early B cell
Hyperdiploidy (>50 chromosomes) is favourable
Hypodiploidy (<44 chromosomes) is less favourable
Response to initial treatment - remission is favourable
Translocations: 12 and 21 translocation is favourable
9 and 22 (Philadelphia) and 4 and 11 are unfavourable
Sweat chloride > 60mmol/l
Diagnostic of CF
Definitive treatment for TOF
Transannular patch repair
Initial palliation in TOF
RV outflow tract stenting (in cath lab) or sometimes BT shunt
Centrotemporal spikes
Benign Rolandic epilepsy
3/s spike wave discharge
Absence epilepsy
Dermatitis herpetiformis
Coeliac disease
Hyperuricaemia, hyperphosphataemia, Hyperkalaemia, hypocalcaemia in a child with malignancy
Tumour lysis syndrome:
Management = hyper hydration, allopurinol or urate oxidase (rasburicase)
Coeliac diagnostic bloods
- Total IgA and IgA TtG
If IgA deficient, then IgG tTG, IgG EMA, igG DGP