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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 ulcer (increase intralcrainal pressure stimulates vagal gastric secretio)

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Acute gstric ulcer associated with sever burns

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Curling ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucousa)

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Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon

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Skip lesions (crohn disease)

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Aneurysm, dissecting

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HTN

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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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3 syphili (syphilitic aoritis), vasa vasorum destruction

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Aortic aneurysm, ascending

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Marfan syndrome (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)

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Atrophy of the mammillary bodies

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

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10
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autosplenectomy (fibrosis and shrinkage)

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Sickle cell anemia (hemoglobin S)

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

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H. pylori

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12
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Bacterial meningitis (adult and elderly)

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S. pneumoniae

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Bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)

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Grup B strptococcus/ E. coli (newborn) S. pneumoniae/N. meningitidis (kids)

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Benign melanocytic nevus

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Spitz nevus (most common in 1st two decades)

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15
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Bleeding disorder with GpIb deficiency

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Bernard-soulier syndrome (defect in platelt adhesion to von Willebrand factor)

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16
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Brain tumor (adults)

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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) or supratentorial: craniopharyngioma

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Breast Mass

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Fibrocystic change, carcinoma (in postmenopausal women)

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Cardiac 1 tumor (kids

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Rhadomyoma, often seen in tuberous sclerosis

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20
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cardiac manifestation of lupus

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libman-sack endocarditis (nonbacterial, affecting both sides of mitral valve)

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cardiac tumor (adult)

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

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cerebellar tonsillar herniation

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Chiari II malformation

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23
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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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24
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Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina

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DES exposure in utero

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25
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compression fracture

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Osteoporosis (type 1: postmenopausal woman; type 2: elderly man or woman)

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26
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congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hypotension

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21 hydroxylase deficiency

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27
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congenital cardiac anomaly

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VSD

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28
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congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (black liver)

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Dubin johnson syndrome (inablility of hepatocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile)

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29
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constrictive pericarditis

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TB (developing world); SLE (developed world)

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30
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coronary artery involved in thrombosis

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LAD > RCA > LCA

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31
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Cretinism

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Iodine deficit/ hypothyroidism

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32
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Cushing syndrome

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Iatrogenic Cushing (from corticosteroid therapy)
Adrenocortical adenoma (secretes excess cortisol)
ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma
Paraneoplastic Cushing (due to ACTH secretion by tumors)
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33
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Cyanosis (early; less common)

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Tretralogy of Fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosus

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34
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Cyanosis (late; more common)

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VSD, ASD, PDA

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35
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death in CML

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blast crisis

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36
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death in SLE

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lupus nephropathy

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37
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Dementia

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Alzeheimer disease, multiple infarcts

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38
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demyelinating disease in young women

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Multiple sclerosis

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39
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DIC

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severe sepsis, obstetric complications, cancer, burns, trauma, major surgery

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40
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Dietary deficit

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iron

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41
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diverticulum in pharynx

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Zenker diverticulum (diagnosed by barium swallow)

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42
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Ejection Click

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Aortic/pulmonic stenosis

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43
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Esophageal cancer

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Squamous cell carcinoma (worldwide); adenocarcinoma (US)

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44
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Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)

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S. aureus, B. cereus

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45
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Glomerulonephritis (adult)

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Berger disease (IgA nephropathy)

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46
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Gynecologic malignancy

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Endometrial carcinoma (most common in US); cervical carcinoma (most common worldwide)

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47
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Heart murmur, congenital

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Mitral valve prolapse

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48
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heart valve in bacterial endocarditis

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Mitral > aortic (Rheumatic fever), tricuspid (IV drug abuse)

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49
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helminth infections (US)

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Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides

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50
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Hematoma-epidural

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Rupture of middle meningeal artery (rauma; lentiform shaped)

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51
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hemochormoatosis

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

52
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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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

53
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hereditary bleeding disorder

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von Willebrand disease

54
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Hereditary harmless jaundice

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Gilber syndrome (benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

55
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HLA B-27

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Ankylosing spodnylitis, reactive arthritis, ulcerative coiitis,, psoriatic arthritis

56
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HLA DR3 or DR4

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DM type 1, RA, SLE

57
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Holosystolic murmur

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VSD, trisuspid regurgitationn, mitral regurgitation

58
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Hypercoagulabillity, endothelial damage, blood stasis

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Virchow triad (results in venous thrombosis)

59
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HTN, secondary

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Renal disease

60
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HPT

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Accidental excision during thyroidectomy

61
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hypopituitarism

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Pituitary adenoma (usually benign tumor)

62
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infections 2 to blood transfusion

63
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infections in chronic granulomatous disease

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S. aureus, E. coli, Aspergillus (catalase +)

64
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intellectual disability

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Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome

65
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Kidney stones

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Ca = radiopaque
struvite (ammonium) = radiopaque (formed by urease + organisms such as Prteus vulgaris or staph)
Uric acid = radiolucent

66
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Late cyanotic shunt (uncorrecteed L to R becomes R to L)

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

67
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Liver disease

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Alcoholic cirrhosis

68
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Lysosomal storage disease

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Gaucher disease

69
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male cancer

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Prostatic carcinoma

70
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Malignancy associated with noninfectious fever

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Hodgkin lymphoma

71
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Malignancy (kids

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ALL, medulloblastoma (cerebellum)

72
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Metastases to bone

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Prostate, breast > lung > thyroid

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Metastases to brain

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Lung > breast > GU > melanoma > GI

74
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Metastases to liver

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Colon&raquo_space; stomach, pancreas

75
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Mitochondrial inheritance

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

76
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Mitral valve stenosis

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Rheumatic heart disease

77
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MIxed (UMN and LMN) motor neuron disease

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

78
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Myocarditis

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Coxsackie B

79
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Nephrotic syndrome (adults)

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focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

80
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Nephrotic syndrome (kids)

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Minimal change disease

81
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neuron migration failure

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Kallmann syndrome (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia)

82
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nosocominal pneumonia

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Klebsiella, E. coli, seudomonas aeruginosa

83
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Obstruction of male urinary tract

84
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Opportunistic infection in AIDs

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Pneumocystis jirvecii pneumonia

85
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Osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease

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Salmonella

86
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osteomyelitis with IV drug use

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Pseudomonas, S. aureus

87
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ovarian metastasis from gastric carcinoma or breast cancer

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krunkenberg tumor (mucin-secreting signet0-ring cells)

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Ovarian tumor (benign, bilatera)

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serous cystadenoma

89
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ovarian tumor (malignant)

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serous cystadenocarcinoma

90
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Pancreatitis (acute)

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Gallstones, alcohol

91
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Pancreatitis (chronic)

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Alcohol (adults), cystic fibrosis (kids)

92
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patient with ALL/Cll/AML/CML

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All: child, CLL: adult > 60, AML : aulot ~65, CML : adult 30-60

93
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Pelvic inflammartory disease

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Chlamydia trachomatis, N. gonorrhoeae

94
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philadelphia chromonsome t (9;22) (bcr-able)

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CML (may sometimes be associated with ALL/AML)

95
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Pituitary tumor

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Prolactinoma, somatoropic “acidophilic” adenoma

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1 amenorrhea

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Turner syndrome (45, XO)

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1 bone tumor (adults)

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Multiple myeloma

98
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1 hyperparathyroidisim

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Adenomas, hyperplasia, carcinoma

99
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1 liver cancer

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, a1-antitrypsin deficiency)

100
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Pulmonary hypertension

101
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Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities

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Buerger disease (strongly associated with tobacco)

102
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Renal tumor

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Renal cell carcinoma: associated with von Hippel-Lindau and cigarette smoking; paraneoplastic syndrome (EPO. renin, PTH, ACTH)

103
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Right Heart failure due to pulmonary cause

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Cor pulmonale

104
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S3 (protodiastolic gallop)

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Increase filling (left to right shunt, mitral regurgitation, LV failure (CHF))

105
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S4 (presystolic gallop)

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stiff hypertropic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restricitve cardiomyopathy)

106
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2 hyperparathyroidism

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hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease

107
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Sexaul transmitted disease

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chlamydida (usually coinfected with gonorrhea)

108
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SIADH

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small cell carcinoma of the lung

109
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site of diverticula

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sigmoid colon

110
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sites of atherosclerois

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abdominal aorta > coronary artery ? popliteal artery > carotid artery

111
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Stomach cancer

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adenocarcinoma

112
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stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels

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Zolinger-Ellison syndrom (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)

113
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t (14;18)

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Follicular lymphomas (bcl-2 activation)

114
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t (8;14)

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Burkitt lymphoma (c-myc activation)

115
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t (9;22)

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Philadelphia chromosome, CML (bcr-abl fusion)

116
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temporal arteritis

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

117
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testicular tumor

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seminoma (malignant, radiosensitve)

118
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Thyroid cancer

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papillary carcinoma

119
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Tumor in Women

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leiomyoma (estogen dependent, not precancerous)

120
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tumor of infancy

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hemangioma (usually regresses spontaneously by childhood)

121
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tumor of the adrenal medulla (adults)

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pheochromocytoma (usually benign)

122
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tumor of the adrenal medulla (kids)

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Neuroblastoma (malignant)

123
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type of hodgkin

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

124
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type of non-hodgkin

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diffuse large cell

125
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UTI

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E. coli, Staph. saprophyticus (young women)

126
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Viral encephalitis affecting temporal lob

127
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Vitamine dficiency

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Folate (pregnant women are a high risk; body stores only 3-4 months supply; prevents neural tube defects)

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