DIT Rapid-Fire Facts Flashcards
continuous machinery-like murmur
PDA
“boot-shaped” heart
tetralogy of Fallot
rib notching
coarctation of the aorta
most common congenital cardiac anomaly
VSD
most common cause of early cyanosis
tetralogy of Fallot
medical treatment for pheochromocytoma
phenoxybenzamine
selective a1 antagonist for BPH
tamsulosin
less hypotension bc selective for a1 receptors in the prostate
drooling farmer
organophosphate poisoning
amyloid deposits in gray matter of the brain
Alzheimer’s dementia
treatment for absence seizures
ethosuximide (also VPA)
treatment for tonic-clonic seizures
phenytoin, carbamazepine, valproic acid
“worst headache of my life”
subarachnoid hemorrhage
lucid interval following head trauma
epidural hematoma
bloody CSF on LP
subarachnoid hemorrhage
most common cause of subdural hematoma
trauma, rupture of bridging veins
most common cause of epidural hematoma
temporal bone fracture –> middle meningeal artery injury
ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis
Horner syndrome
unilateral facial droop involving the forehead
CN VII lesion (Bell’s palsy)
hyperflexible joints, arachnodactyly, aortic dissection, lens dislocation
Marfan’s syndrome
hereditary nephritis, cataracts, sensorineural hearing loss
Alport syndrome
most common cause of neural tube defects
folate deficiency
most common cause of congenital malformations in the US
EtOH use –> fetal alcohol syndrome
most common cause of congenital intellectual disability in the US
fetal alcohol syndrome
bounding pulses, head-bobbing, diastolic murmur
aortic regurgitation
bone enlargement, bone pain, arthritis
Paget’s disease of the bone
vertebral compression fractures
osteoporosis
positive anterior drawer sign
anterior cruciate ligament injury
swollen, hard, painful finger joints
osteoarthritis
swollen, boggy, painful finger joints
rheumatoid arthritis
cartilage erosion with polished bone underneath
eburnation (osteoarthritis)
swollen, red, acutely painful great toe joint
gout
positively birefringent rhomboid-shaped crystals
pseudogout (CPPD)
negatively birefringent needle-shaped crystals
gout
bamboo spine
ankylosing spondylitis
HLA-B27
seronegative spondyloarthropathies (psoriatic, IBD, reactive, ankylosing spondylitis)
anti-Smith & anti-dsDNA
lupus
anti-histone Ab
drug-induced lupus
sulfa drugs, hydralizine, isoniazid, procainamide, phenytoin
anti-centromere Ab
CREST scleroderma
anti-topoisomerase Ab
diffuse systemic scleroderma
anti-Jo1 Ab
polymyositis
anti-Ro Ab
Sjogren syndrome
facial rash + Raynaud phenomenon in a young woman
lupus
arthritis, dry mouth, dry eyes
Sjogren syndrome
most common cause of death in lupus
lupus nephropathy/renal failure
keratin pearls on skin biopsy
squamous cell carcinoma
most common malignant skin tumor
basal cell carcinoma
most common cancer in men
prostate cancer
most common cause of urinary obstruction in men
benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
most common treatment for erectile dysfunction
phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor
dysplastic cervical cells with enlarged, dark nuclei
koilocytes (HPV infection)
DES exposure
clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina
most common tumor in women
leomyoma
most common gynecologic malignancy in the US
endometrial carcinoma
most common gynecologic malignancy worldwide
cervical cancer
chocolate cyst of the ovary
endometriosis
most common benign ovarian tumor
serous cystadenoma
most common malignant ovarian tumor
serous cystadenocarcinoma
disarrayed granulosa cells in eosinophilic fluid
Call-Exner bodies (granulosa-theca tumor)
most common genetic cause of intellectual disability
Down syndrome (Trisomy 21)
2nd most common genetic cause of intellectual disability
Fragile X syndrome
horseshoe kidney, congenital heart defects, streak ovaries, cystic hygroma
Turner syndrome
rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, microcephaly with prominent occiput and small jaw
Edwards syndrome (Trisomy 18)
most common cancer in women in the US
breast cancer
most common benign breast tumor
fibroadenoma
most common malignant breast tumor
invasive (infiltrating) ductal carcinoma
blue dome cyst in the breast
nonproliferative fibrocystic change
treatment for ER(+) breast cancer
tamoxifen
red, itchy, swollen rash on areola and nipple
Paget’s disease of the breast
indicates underlying DCIS –> need mammo
branching filamentous Gram-positive rods with sulfur granules
Actinomyces israelii
food poisoning due to exotoxin
S. aureus, B. cereus
osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease
Salmonella
most common medication used for UTI prophylaxis
trimethoprim-sulfamethoxizole (TMP-SMX)
most common bacteria in a patient with struvite kidney stones
Proteus (then staph)
standard treatment for T. pallidum
Penicillin G
cellulitis from a dog or cat bite
Pasturella multoceda
non-painful, indurated, ulcerated genital lesion
Chancre of primary syphillis
moist, smooth, flat, white genital lesion
Condyloma lata of secondary syphillis
large bulls eye rash
erythema migrans (lyme disease)
calcified granuloma in the lung + hilar lymphadenopathy
Ghon complex (primary Tb)
back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss
Pott’s disease (vertebral Tb)
standard treatment regimen for tuberculosis
rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol (RIPE)
eczema, recurrent “cold” abscesses, high serum IgE
hyper IgE syndrome (X-linked)
large lysosomal vesicles in phagocytes
Chediak-Higashi syndrome
toe extension upon stimulating the sole of the foot with a blunt instrument
Babinski sign
hyperreflexia, increased muscle tone, +Babinski sign
UMN lesion
hyporeflexia, decreased muscle tone, muscle atrophy
LMN lesion
depigmentation of the substantia nigra
Parkinson disease
chorea, dementia, atrophy of caudate + putamen
Huntington disease
eosinophilic inclusions in cytoplasm of neurons
Lewy bodies (seen in PD and dementia with Lewy bodies)
conjugate lateral gaze palsy with nystagmus and diplopia during lateral gaze
internuclear ophthalmoplegia
degeneration of dorsal columns
tabes dorsalis (tertiary syphillis)
demyelinating disease in a young woman
multiple sclerosis
mixed upper and lower motor neuron disease
ALS
newborn with arm paralysis following difficult labor
Erb-Duchenne palsy
most common cause of dementia
Alzhiemer disease
2nd most common cause of dementia
multi-infarct (vascular) dementia
extracellular amyloid deposits in grey matter
amyloid (senile) plaques
intracellular deposits of hyperphosphorylated tau
neurofibrillary tangles
intracellular spherical aggregates of tau protein seen on sliver stain
Pick bodies (FTD)
dysphagia, glossitis & iron deficiency anemia
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
hematemesis with retching
Mallory-Weiss tear
mucin-filled cell with peripheral nucleus
signet ring cell (seen in gastric cancer, LCIS, invasive lobular cancer)
most common type of stomach cancer
adenocarcinoms
ovarian metastases from gastric cancer
Kruckenberg tumor
gastric ulcerations, very high gastrin levels
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma)
acute gastric ulcer associated with increased ICP or head trauma
Cushing ulcer