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Addison’s Disease

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Primary adrenocortical deficiency

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Addisonian Anemia

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Pernicious anemia (antibodies to intrinsic factor or parietal cells → ↓IF → ↓Vit B12 → megaloblastic anemia)

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Albright’s Syndrome

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Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, café au lait spots, short stature, young girls

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Alport’s Syndrome

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Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness

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Alzheimer’s

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Progressive dementia

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Argyll-Robertson Pupil

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  • Loss of light reflex constriction (contralateral or bilateral)
  • “Prostitute’s Eye” - accomodates but does not react
  • Pathognomonic for 3°Syphilis
  • Lesion pretectal region of superior colliculus
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Arnold-Chiari Malformation

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Cerebellar tonsil herniation through foramen magnum = see thoracolumbar meningomyelocele

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Barrett’s

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Columnar metaplasia of lower esophagus (↑ risk of adenocarcinoma)- constant gastroesophageal reflux

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Bartter’s Syndrome

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Hyperreninemia

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Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy

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Similar to Duchenne, but less severe (mutation, not a deficiency, in dystrophin protein

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Bell’s Palsy

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CN VII palsy (entire face; recall that UMN lesion only affects lower face)

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Berger’s Disease

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IgA nephropathy causing hematuria in kids, usually following infection

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Bernard-Soulier Disease

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Defect in platelet adhesion (abnormally large platelets & lack of platelet-surface glycoprotein)

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Berry Aneurysm

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  • Circle of Willis (subarachnoid bleed) Anterior Communicating artery
  • Often associated with ADPKD
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Bowen’s Disease

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Carcinoma in situ on shaft of penis (↑ risk of visceral ca) [compare w/ Queyrat]

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Brill-Zinsser Disease

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Recurrences of rickettsia prowazaki up to 50 years later

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Briquet’s Syndrome

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  • Somatization disorder

- Psychological: multiple physical complaints without physical pathology

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Broca’s Aphasia

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Motor Aphasia (area 44 & 45) intact comprehension

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Brown-Sequard

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Hemisection of cord (contralateral loss of pain & temp / ipsilateral loss of fine touch, UMN / ipsilateral loss of conscious propioception)

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Bruton’s Disease

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X-linked agammaglobinemia (↓ B cells)

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Budd-Chiari

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Post-hepatic venous thrombosis = abdominal pain; hepatomegaly; ascites; portal HTN; liver failure

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Buerger’s Disease

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  • Acute inflammation of medium and small arteries of extremities → painful ischemia → gangrene
  • Seen almost exclusively in young and middle-aged men who smoke
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Burkitt’s Lymphoma

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  • Small noncleaved cell lymphoma - EBV
  • 8:14 translocation
  • Seen commonly in jaws, abdomen, retroperitoneal soft tissues
  • Starry sky appearance
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Caisson Disease

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Nitric gas emboli

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Chagas’ Disease

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Trypanosoma infection - cardiomegaly with atypical atrophy, achalasia

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Chediak-Higashi Disease

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  • (AR) Phagocyte Deficiency = defect in microtubule polymerization
  • Neutropenia, albinism, cranial & peripheral neuropathy & repeated infections w/ strep & staph
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Conn’s Syndrome

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Primary Aldosteronism: HTN; retain Na+ & H2O; hypokalemia (causing alkalosis); ↓ renin

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Cori’s Disease

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Type III Glycogenosis – Glycogen storage disease (debranching enz: amylo 1,6 glucosidase def. ↑ Glycogen)

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob

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Prion infection → cerebellar & cerebral degeneration

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Crigler-Najjar Syndrome

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  • Congenital hyperbilirubinemia (unconjugated)
  • Glucuronyl transferase deficiency. Can progress to Kernicterus
  • Less severe form will respond to Phenobarbital therapy
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Crohn’s

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  • IBD; ileocecum, transmural, skip lesions, cobblestones, lymphocytic infiltrate, granulomas
  • (contrast to UC: limited to colon, mucosa & submucosa, crypt abscesses, pseudopolyps, ↑ colon cancer risk)
  • Clinically: ab pain & diarrhea; fever; malabsorption; fistulae b/t intestinal loops & abd structures
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Curlin’s Ulcer

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Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns

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Cushing’s

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  • Disease: Hypercorticism 2° to ↑ ACTH from pituitary (basophilic adenoma)
  • Syndrome: hypercorticism of all other causes (1° adrenal or ectopic)
  • moon face; buffalo hump; purple striae; hirsutism; HTN; hyperglycemia
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Cushing’s Ulcer

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Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS trauma

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de Quervain’s Thyroiditis

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Self-limiting focal destruction (subacute thryoiditis)

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DiGeorge’s Syndrome

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  • Failure of 3rd & 4th pharyngeal pouches formation: Thymus & Parathyroid
  • Thymic hypoplasia → T-cell deficiency
  • Hypoparathyroidism → Tetany
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Down’s Syndrome

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Trisomy 21 or translocation - Simian Crease

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Dressler’s Syndrome

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Post-MI Fibrinous Pericarditis (autoimmune)

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Dubin-Johnson Syndrome

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  • Congenital hyperbilirubinemia (conjugated) = bilirubin transposrt is defective not conjugation
  • Striking brown-to-black discoloration of the liver
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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Deficiency of dystrophin protein → MD (X-linked recessive)

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Edwards’ Syndrome

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  • Trisomy 18

- Rocker-bottom feet, low ears, small lower jaw, heart disease

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Ehler’s-Danlos

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Defective collagen

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Eisenmenger’s Complex

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Late cyanotic shunt (R→L) pulmonary HTN & RVH 2° to long-standing VSD, ASD, or PDA

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Erb-Duchenne Palsy

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Trauma to superior trunk of brachial plexus - Waiter’s Tip

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Ewing Sarcoma

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Malignant undifferentiated round cell tumor of bone in boys <15 years of age - t11;22

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Erythroplasia of Queyrat

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Carcinoma in situ on glans penis

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Fanconi’s Syndrome

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Impaired proximal tubular reabsorption 2° to lead poisoning or Tetracycline (glycosuria,
hyperphosphaturia, aminoaciduria, systemic acidosis)

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Felty’s Syndrome

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Rheumatoid arthritis, neutropenia, spelenomegaly

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Gardner’s Syndrome

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AD = adenomatous polyps of colon, osteomas & soft tissue tumors

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Gaucher’s Disease

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  • Lysosomal Storage Disease - glucocerebrosidase deficiency - glucocerebroside accumulation
  • Hepatosplenomegaly, femoral head & long bone erosion, anemia
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Gilbert’s Syndrome

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Benign congenital hyperbilirubinemia (unconjugated) = ↓d glucuronyl transferase activity

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Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia

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Defective glycoproteins on platelets = deficient platelet aggregation

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Goodpasture’s

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Autoimmune: ab’s to glomerular & alveolar basement membranes. Seen in men in their 20’s

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Grave’s Disease

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Autoimmune hyperthyroidism (TSI): IgG Ab reactive w/ TSH receptors. Low TSH & TRH – High T3 / T4

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Guillain-Barre

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Polyneuritis following viral infection/ autoimmune (ascending muscle weakness & paralysis; usually self-limiting)

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Hamman-Rich Syndrome

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Can see honeycomb lung.

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Hand-Schuller-Christian

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Chronic progressive histiocytosis

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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

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Autoimmune hypothyroidism. May have transient hyperthyroidism. Low T3 /T4 & High TSH

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Hashitoxicosis

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Initial hyperthyroidism in Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis that precedes hypothyroidism

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Henoch-Schonlein purpura

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  • Hypersensivity vasculitis = allergic purpura. Lesions have the same age.
  • Hemmorhagic urticaria (with fever, arthralgias, GI & renal involvement)
  • Associated with upper respiratory infections
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Hirschprung’s Disease

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Aganglionic megacolon

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Horner’s Syndrome

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Ptosis, miosis, anhydrosis (lesion of cervical sympathetic nerves often 2° to a Pancoast tumor)

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Huntington’s (Chromosome 4)

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AD: Progressive degeneration of caudate nucleus, putamen (striatum) & frontal cortex ↓ GABA

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Jacksonian Seizures

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Epileptic events originating in the primary motor cortex (area 4)

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Job’s Syndrome

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  • Immune deficiency: neutrophils fail to respond to chemotactic stimuli
  • Defective neutrophilic chemotactic response = repeated infections
  • Commonly seen in light-skinned, red-haired girls
  • ↑’d IgE levels
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Kaposi Sarcoma

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Malignant vascular tumor (HHV8 in homosexual men)

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Kartagener’s Syndrome

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Immotile cilia secondary to defective dynein arms - infection, situs inversus, sterility

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Kawasaki Disease

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Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome in kids (acute necrotizing vasculitis of lips, oral mucosa)

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Kleinfelter’s Syndrome

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47, XXY: Long arms, Sterile, Hypogonadism

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Kluver-Bucy

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Bilateral lesions of amygdala (hypersexuality, oral behavior)

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Krukenberg Tumor

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Adenocarcinoma with signet-ring cells (typically originating from the stomach) metastases to the ovaries

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Laennec’s Cirrhosis

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Alcoholic cirrhosis

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Lesch-Nyhan

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  • HGPRT deficiency

- Gout, retardation, self-mutilation

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Letterer-Siwe

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Acute disseminated Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis

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Libman-Sacks

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  • Endocarditis with small vegetations on valve leaflets

- Associated with SLE

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Lou Gehrig’s

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - degeneration of upper & lower motor neurons

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Mallory-Weis Syndrome

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Bleeding from esophagogastric lacerations secondary to wretching (alcoholics)

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Marfan’s

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Connective tissue defect: defective Fibrillin gene - Dissecting aortic aneurysm, subluxation of lenses

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McArdle’s Disease

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Type V Glycogenosis - Glycogen storage disease (muscle phosphorylase deficiency = ↑ Glycogen)

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Meckel’s Diverticulum

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  • Rule of 2’s: 2 inches long, 2 feet from the ileocecum, in 2% of the population
  • Embryonic duct origin; may have ectopic tissue: gastric/pancreatic - remnant of vitteline duct/yolk stalk
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Meig’s Syndrome

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Triad: ovarian fibroma, ascites, hydrothorax - associated with fibroma of ovaries

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Menetrier’s Disease

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Giant hypertrophic gastritis (enlarged rugae; plasma protein loss)

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Monckeberg’s Arteriosclerosis

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Calcifaction of the media (usually radial & ulnar arteries)

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Munchausen Syndrome

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Factitious disorder (consciously creates symptoms, but doesn’t know why)

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Nelson’s Syndrome

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Primary Adrenal Cushing’s → surgical removal of adrenals → loss of negative feedback to pituitary → Pituitary Adenoma

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Niemann-Pick

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  • Lysosomal Storage Disease (sphingomyelinase deficiency – sphingomyelin accumulation)
  • “Foamy histocytes”
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Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome

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Heredetary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Seen in the Mormons of Utah

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Paget’s Disease

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Abnormal bone architecture (thickened, numerous fractures → pain)

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Pancoast Tumor

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Bronchogenic tumor with superior sulcus involvement → Horner’s Syndrome

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Parkinson’s

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Dopamine depletion in nigrostriatal tracts

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Peutz-Jegher’s Syndrome (AD)

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Melanin pigmentation of lips, mouth, hand, genitalia + hamartomatous polyps of small intestine

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Peyronie’s Disease

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Subcutaneous fibrosis of dorsum of penis

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Pick’s Disease - 2 Different Diseases

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    1. Progressive dementia similar to Alzheimer’s
    1. Constrictive pericarditis - sequel to mediastinal tuberculosis
  • Calcium-frosting, unyielding layer – heart chambers may be unable to dilate to receive blood during diastole
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Plummer’s Syndrome

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Hyperthyroidism, nodular goiter, absence of eye signs (Plummer’s = Grave’s - eye sign)

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Plummer-Vinson

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Esophageal webs & iron-deficiency anemia, spoon-shaped nails, ↑ Squamous Cell CA of esophagus

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Pompe’s Disease

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Type II Glycogenosis – Glycogen storage disease → cardiomegaly (α 1,4 Glucosidase deficiency: ↑ Glycogen)

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Pott’s Disease

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Tuberculous osteomyelitis of the vertebrae

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Potter’s Complex

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Renal agenesis → oligohydramnios → hypoplastic lungs, defects in extremities

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Reynaud’s

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  • Disease: recurrent vasospasm in extremities - seen in young, healthy women
  • Phenomenon: secondary to underlying disease (SLE or scleroderma)
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Reiter’s Syndrome

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Urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis - non-infectious (but often follows infections), HLA-B27, polyarticular

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Reye’s Syndrome

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  • Microvesicular fatty liver change & encephalopathy

- Secondary to aspirin ingestion in children following viral illness, especially VZV

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Riedel’s Thyroiditis

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Idiopathic fibrous replacement of thyroid

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Rotor Syndrome

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  • Congenital hyperbilirubinemia (conjugated)

- Similar to Dubin-Johnson, but no discoloration of the liver

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Sezary Syndrome

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Leukemic form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (mycosis fungoides)

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Shaver’s Disease

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Aluminum inhalation → lung fibrosis

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Sheehan’s Syndrome

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Postpartum pituitary necrosis = hemorrhage & shock usually occurred during delivery

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Shy-Drager

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Parkinsonism with autonomic dysfunction & orthostatic hypertension

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Simmond’s Disease

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Pituitary cachexia - can occur from either pituitary tumors or Sheehan’s

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Sipple’s Syndrome

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MEN type IIa = pheocromocytoma, thyroid medullary CA, hyperparathyroidism

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Sjogren’s Syndrome

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Triad: dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis - ↑ risk of B-cell lymphoma

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Spitz Nevus

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Juvenile melanoma (always benign)

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Stein-Levanthal

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Polycystic ovary: amenorrhea, infertility, obesity, hirsutism (↑↑LH secretion)

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Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

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Erythema multiforme, fever, malaise, mucosal ulceration (often secondary to infection = mycoplasma or sulfa drugs)

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Still’s Disease

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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (absence of rheumatoid factor)

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Takayasu’s Arteritis

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  • Aortic arch syndrome
  • Loss of carotid, radial, or ulnar pulses = pulseless disease. Night sweats.
  • Common in young Asian females
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Tay-Sachs (AR)

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Gangliosidosis (hexosaminidase A deficiency → GM2 ganglioside) Cherry Red Spots of the Macula

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Tetrology of Fallot

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VSD, overriding aorta, pulmonary artery stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy

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Tourette’s Syndrome

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Involuntary actions, both motor and vocal (treat with Pimazide)

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Turcot’s Syndrome

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Colon adenomatous polyps plus CNS tumors

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Turner’s Syndrome

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45, XO = most common cause of Primary Amenorrhea. No Barr body on buccal smear.

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Vincent’s Infection

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“Trench mouth” – acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis due to Fusobacterium

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Von Gierke’s Disease

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Type I Glycogenosis – Glycogen storage disease (G6Ptase deficiency) – Glycogen accumulaiton

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Von Hippel-Lindau

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  • Hemangioma (or hemangioblastoma) = cerebellum, brain stem, & retina
  • Adenomas of the viscera, especially ↑ Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Chromosome 3p
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Von Recklinhausen’s

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Neurofibromatosis & cafe au lait spots & Lisch nodules (Chromasome 17)

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Von Recklinhausen’s Disease of Bone

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  • Osteitis fibrosa cystica (“brown tumor”) secondary to hyperparathyroidism = osteoclastic resorption with fibrous replacement
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Von Willebrand’s Disease (AD)

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Defect in platelet adhesion secondary to deficiency in vWF. ↑aPPT, ↑ Bleed time

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Waldenstrom’s Macroglobinemia

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Proliferation of IgM-producing lymphoid cells in men 50-70 yoa; PAS(+) Dutcher bodies

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Wallenberg’s Syndrome

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  • Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) thrombosis - “Medullary Syndrome”
  • Ipsilateral: ataxia, facial pain & temp; Contralateral: body pain & temp
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Waterhouse-Friderichsen

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  • Adrenal insufficiency secondary to DIC

- DIC secondary to meningiococcemia

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Weber’s Syndrome

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  • Paramedian infarct of midbrain

- Ipsilateral: mydriasis; Contralateral: UMN paralysis (lower face & body)

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Wegener’s Granulomatosis

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Necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of paranasal sinuses, lungs, kidneys, etc.

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Weil’s Disease

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  • Icteric Leptospirosis (non-icteric progresses to renal failure & myocarditis)
  • Dark field microscopy for diagnosis
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Wermer’s Syndrome

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MEN type I = thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal cortex, pancreatic islets, pituitary

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Wernicke’s Aphasia

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Sensory Aphasia - impaired comprehension

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Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

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Thiamine deficiency in alcoholics; bilateral mamillary bodies (mediodorsal nucleua) (confusion, ataxia,
ophthalmoplegia)

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Whipple’s Disease

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Malabsorption syndrome (with bacteria-laden macrophages) & polyarthritis

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Wilson’s Disease

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  • Hepatolenticular degeneration (copper accumulation [treat with Penicillamine] & decrease in ceruloplasmin)
  • Mallory Bodies in the Liver & also w/ alcoholic hepatitis & Hyaline change
  • Chromosome 13
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Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome

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  • Immunodeficiency: combined B- & T-cell deficiency (thrombocytopenia & eczema)
  • ↓ IgM w/ ↑ IgA
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Wolff-Chaikoff Effect

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High iodine level (−)’s thyroid hormone synthesis

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Zenker’s Diverticulum

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Esophageal; cricopharyngeal muscles above UES

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Zollinger-Ellison

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Gastrin-secreting tumor of pancreas (or intestine) → ↑ acid → recurrent ulcers

142
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Roger’s Disease

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Interventricular septal defect

143
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Barlow’s Syndrome

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Mitral valve prolapse syndrome - women between 20-40 years of age

144
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Bracht-Wachter Lesions

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Minute abscesses found in subacute bacterial endocarditis

145
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Lutembacher’s Syndrome

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Combination of septum secundum atrial septal defect with mitral stenosis

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Schmidt’s Syndrome

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Autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto’s) & insulin-dependent diabetes