Key Associations 1

Question 1

Actinic (solar) keratosis

Answer 1

precursor to squamous cell carcinoma

Question 2

acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury

Answer 2

Cushings Ulcer (Increased ICP stimulates vagal gastric secretion)

Question 3

Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns

Answer 3

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

Question 4

alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon

Answer 4

Skip lesions (Crohn’s disease)

Question 5

Aneurysm, dissecting

Answer 5

HTN

Question 6

Aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta

Answer 6

Atherosclerosis

Question 7

aortic aneurysm, arch

Answer 7

tertiary syphilis (vaso vasorum destruction)

Question 8

aortic aneurysm, ascending

Answer 8

Marfan’s syndrome (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)

Question 9

atrophy of mammillary bodies

Answer 9

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

Question 10

autosplenectomy

Answer 10

sickle cell anemia

Question 11

bacteria associated with gastritis, PUD, and stomach cancer

Answer 11

H. pylori

Question 12

bacterial meningitis (adults and elderly)

Answer 12

streptococcus pneumoniae

Question 13

bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)

Answer 13

Group B strep (new borns) and S. pneumo/Neisseria meningitides (kids)