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Actinic (solar) keratosis

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Precursor to squamous cell carcinoma

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Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury

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Cushing’s ulcer (increased ICP stimulates vagal gastric secretion)

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Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns

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Curling’s ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucosa)

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Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon

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Skip lesions (Crohn’s disease)

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Aneurysm, dissecting

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Hypertension

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Aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta

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Atherosclerosis

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Aortic aneurysm, arch

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Tertiary syphilis (syphilitic aortitis), vasa vasorum destruction

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Aortic aneurysm, ascending

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Marfan’s syndrome (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)

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Atrophy of the mammillary bodies

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Wernicke’s encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency causing ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, and confusion)

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Autosplenectomy (fibrosis and shrinkage)

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Sickle cell anemia (hemoglobin S)

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Bacteria associated with gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and stomach cancer

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H. pylori

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Bacterial meningitis (adults and elderly)

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)

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Group B streptococcus (newborns), S. pneumoniae/Neisseria meningitis (kids)

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Benign melanocytic nevus

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Spitz nevus (most common in first two decades)

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Bleeding disorder with GpIb deficiency

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Bernard-Soulier syndrome (defect in platelet adhesion to von Willebrand’s factor)

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Brain tumor (adults) (4)

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Supratentorial: metastasis > astrocytoma (including glioblastoma multiforme) > meningioma > schwannoma

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17
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Brain tumor (kids)

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Infratentorial: medulloblastoma (cerebellum)
Supratentorial: craniopharyngioma (cerebrum)

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Breast cancer

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Infiltrating ductal carcinoma (in the U.S., 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer)

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Breast mass (2)

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Fibrocystic change, carcinoma (in postmenopausal women)

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Breast tumor (benign)

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Fibroadenoma

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Cardiac primary tumor (kids)

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Rhabdomyoma, often seen in tuberous sclerosis

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22
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Cardiac manifestation of lupus

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Libman-Sacks endocarditis (nonbacterial, affecting both sides of mitral valve)

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Cardiac tumor (adults) (2)

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Metastasis, Primary myxoma (4:1 left to right atrium; “ball and valve”)

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Cerebellar tonsillar herniation

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Chiari malformation (often presents with progressive hydrocephalus or syringomyelia)

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Chronic arrhythmia

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Atrial fibrillation (associated with high risk of emboli)

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Chronic atrophic gastritis (autoimmune)

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Predisposition to gastric carcinoma (can also cause pernicious anemia)

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Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina

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DES exposure in utero

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Compression fracture

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Osteoporosis (type I: postmenopausal woman; type II: elderly man or woman)

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hypotension

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21-hydroxylase deficiency

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30
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Congenital cardiac anomaly

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VSD

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31
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Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (black liver)

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Dubin-Johnson syndrome (inability of hepatocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile)

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32
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Constrictive pericarditis (2)

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Tuberculosis (developing world); systemic lupus erythematosus (developed world)

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Coronary artery involved in thrombosis (3, in order of occurrence)

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LAD > RCA > LCA

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34
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Cretinism

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Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism

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35
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Cushing’s syndrome (4)

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Iatrogenic Cushing’s (from corticosteroid therapy)
Adrenocortical adenoma (secretes excess cortisol)
ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma
Paraneoplastic Cushing’s (due to ACTH secretion by tumors)

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36
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Cyanosis (early; less common) (3)

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Tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosus

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Cyanosis (late; more common) (3)

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VSD, ASD, PDA

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38
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Death in CML

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Blast crisis

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39
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Death in SLE

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Lupus nephropathy

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40
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Dementia (2)

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Alzheimer’s disease, multiple infarcts

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41
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Demyelinating disease in young women

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Multiple sclerosis

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42
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DIC (6)

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Severe sepsis
Obstetric complications
Cancer
Burns
Trauma
Major surgery
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43
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Dietary deficit

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Iron

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44
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Diverticulum in pharynx

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Zenker’s diverticulum (diagnosed by barium swallow)

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Ejection click

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Aortic/pulmonic stenosis

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46
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Esophageal cancer (2)

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Squamous cell carcinoma (worldwide);

Adenocarcinoma (U.S.)

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47
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Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated) (2)

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S. aureus, B. cereus

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48
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Glomerulonephritis (adults)

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Berger’s disease (IgA nephropathy)

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Gynecologic malignancy (2)

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Endometrial carcinoma (most common in U.S.);
Cervical carcinoma (most common worldwide)
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50
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Heart murmur, congenital

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Mitral valve prolapse

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51
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Helminth infection (U.S.) (2)

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Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides

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52
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Hematoma - epidural

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Rupture of middle meningeal artery (trauma; lentiform shaped)

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Hematoma - subdural

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Rupture of bridging veins (crescent shaped)

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54
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Hemochromatosis (2 causes)

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Multiple blood transfusions or hereditary HFE mutation (can result in CHF, “bronze diabetes,” and increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma)

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Cirrhotic liver (associated with hepatitis B and C and with alcoholism)

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Hereditary bleeding disorder

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von Willebrand’s disease

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Hereditary harmless jaundice

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Gilbert’s syndrome (benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

58
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HLA-B27 (4)

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Ankylosing spondylitis
Reiter’s syndrome
Ulcerative colitis
Psoriasis

59
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HLA-DR3 or -DR4 (3)

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Diabetes mellitus type I
Rheumatoid arthritis
SLE

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Holosystolic murmur (3)

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VSD
Tricuspid regurgitation
Mitral regurgitation

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Hypercoagulability, endothelial damage, blood stasis

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Virchow’s triad (results in venous thrombosis)

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Hypertension, secondary

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Renal disease

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Hypoparathyroidism

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Accidental excision during thyroidectomy

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Hypopituitarism

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Pituitary adenoma (usually benign tumor)

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Infection secondary to blood transfusion

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Hepatitis C

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Infections in chronic granulomatous disease (3 organisms)

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Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, Aspergillus (all catalase positive)

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Kidney stones (3)

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Calcium = radiopaque
Struvite (ammonium) = radiopaque (formed by urease-positive organisms such as Proteus vulgaris or Staphylococcus)
Uric acid = radiolucent

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Late cyanotic shunt (uncorrected left to right becomes right to left)

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Eisenmenger’s syndrome (caused by ASD, VSD, PDA; results in pulmonary hypertension/polycythemia)

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Liver disease

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Alcoholic cirrhosis

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Lysosomal storage disease

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Gaucher’s disease

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Male cancer

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Prostatic carcinoma

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Malignancy associated with noninfectious fever

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Malignancy (kids) (2)

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ALL, medulloblastoma (cerebellum)

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Mental retardation

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Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome

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Metastases to bone (5)

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Prostate, breast > lung > thyroid, testes

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Metastases to brain (6)

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Lung > breast > genitourinary > osteosarcoma > melanoma > GI

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Metastasis to liver (3)

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Colon&raquo_space; stomach, pancreas

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Mitochondrial inheritance

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Disease occurs in both males and females, inherited through females only

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Mitral valve stenosis

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Rheumatic heart disease

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Mixed (UMN and LMN) motor neuron disease

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Myocarditis

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Coxsackie B

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Nephrotic syndrome (adults)

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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

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Nephrotic syndrome (kids)

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Minimal change disease

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Neuron migration failure

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Kallmann syndrome (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia)

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Nosocomial pneumonia (3 organisms)

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Klebsiella, E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Obstruction of male urinary tract

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Opening snap

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Mitral stenosis

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Opporunistic infection in AIDS

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Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinii) pneumonia

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Osteomyelitis (organism)

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Osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease (organism)

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Salmonella

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Osteomyelitis with IV drug use (2 organisms)

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Pseudomonas, S. aureus

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Ovarian metastasis from gastric carcinoma or breast cancer

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Krukenberg tumor (mucin-secreting signet-ring cells)

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Ovarian tumor (benign, bilateral)

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Serous cystadenoma

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Ovarian tumor (malignant)

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Serous cystadenocarcinoma

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Pancreatitis (acute) (2 causes)

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Gallstones, alcohol

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Pancreatitis (chronic) (2 causes)

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Alcohol (adults), cystic fibrosis (kids)

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Patient with ALL/CLL/AML/CML

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ALL: child
CLL: adult > 60
AML: adult ~65
CML: adult 30-60

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Pelvic inflammatory disease (2 organisms)

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Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Philadelphia chromososme t(9;22) (bcr-abl)

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CML (may sometimes be associated with ALL/AML)

100
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Pituitary tumor (2)

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Prolactinoma

Somatotropic “acidophilic” adenoma

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Primary amenorrhea

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Turner syndrome (45, XO)

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Primary bone tumor (adults)

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Multiple myeloma

103
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Primary hyperaldosteronism

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Adenoma of adrenal cortex

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Primary hyperparathyroidism (3)

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Adenomas, hyperplasia, carcinoma

105
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Primary liver cancer

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency)

106
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Pulmonary hypertension

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Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremitites

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Buerger’s disease (strongly associated with tobacco)

108
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Renal tumor (2)

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Renal cell carcinoma: associated with von Hippel-Lindau and cigarette smoking; 
Paraneoplastic syndromes (EPO, renin, PTH, ACTH)
109
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Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause

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Cor pulmonale

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S3 (protodiastolic gallop)

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Increased ventricular filling (left to right shunt, mitral regurgitation, LV failure [CHF])

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S4 (presystolic gallop)

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Stiff/hypertrophic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy)

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Secondary hyperparathyroidism

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Hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease

113
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Sexually transmitted disease

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Chlamydia (usually coinfected with gonorrhea)

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SIADH

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Small cell carcinoma of the lung

115
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Site of diverticula

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Sigmoid colon

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Sites of atherosclerosis (4, in order of frequency)

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Abdominal aorta > coronary artery > popliteal artery > carotid artery

117
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Stomach cancer

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Adenocarcinoma

118
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Stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)

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t(14;18)

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Follicular lymphomas (bcl-2 activation)

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t(8;14)

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Burkitt’s lymphoma (c-myc activation)

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t(9:22)

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Philadelphia chromosome, CML (bcr-abl fusion)

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Temporal arteritis

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Risk of ipsilateral blindness due to thrombosis of ophthalmic artery; polymyalgia rheumatica

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Testicular tumor

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Thyroid cancer

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Papillary carcinoma

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Tumor in women

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Leiomyoma (estrogen dependent, not precancerous)

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Tumor of infancy

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Hemangioma (usually regresses spontaneously by childhood)

127
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (adults)

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Pheochromocytoma (usually benign)

128
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (kids)

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Neuroblastoma (malignant)

129
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Type of Hodgkin’s

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Nodular sclerosis (vs. mixed cellularity, lymphocytic predominance, lymphocytic depletion)

130
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Type of non-Hodgkin’s

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Diffuse large cell

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UTI (2 organisms)

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E. coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (young women)

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Viral encephalitis affecting temporal lobe

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Vitamin deficiency (U.S.)

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Folated (pregnant women are at high risk; body stores only 3- to 4-month supply; prevents neural tube defects)

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