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Key Associations Flashcards

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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, 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 (HbS)

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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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Neisseria meningitidis

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Bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)

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

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Benign melanocytic nevus

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Spitz nevus (most common in first two decades)

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14
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Bleeding disorder with Gplb deficiency

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

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Brain tumor (adults)

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

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Brain tumor (kids)

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Infratentorial: medulloblastoma (cerebellum) or supratentorial : craniopharyngioma (cerebrum)

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Breast cancer

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Infiltrating ductal carcinoma (in the United States, l in 9 women will develop breast cancer)

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Breast mass

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  1. Fibrocystic change 2. 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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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)

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  1. Metastasis 2. Primary myxoma (4:1 left to right atrium; “ball and valve”)
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23
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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 perniciousanemia)

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Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina

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DES exposure in utero

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27
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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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29
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Congenital cardiac anomaly

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VSD

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30
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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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31
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Constrictive pericarditis

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

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Coronary artery involved in thrombosis

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LAD > RCA > LCA

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33
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Cretinism

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Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism

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Cushing’s syndrome

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  1. Corticosteroid therapy 2. Excess ACTH secretion by pituitary 3. Small cell lung carcinoma
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35
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Cyanosis (early; less common)

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Tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosus

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36
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Cyanosis (late; more common)

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VSD, ASD, PDA

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37
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Death in CML

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Blast crisis

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38
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Death in SLE

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Lupus nephropathy

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39
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Dementia

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  1. Alzheimer’s disease 2. Multiple infarcts
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40
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Demyelinating disease in young women

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Multiple sclerosis

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41
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DIC

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Gram-negative sepsis, obstetric complications, cancer, burn trauma

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42
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Dietary deficit

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Iron

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43
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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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45
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Esophageal cancer

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Squamous cell carcinoma (worldwide); adenocarcinoma (US)

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46
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Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)

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S. aureus, B. cereus

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47
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Glomerulonephritis (adults)

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Berger’s disease (IgA nephropathy)

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Gynecologic malignancy

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Endometrial carcinoma (most common in U. S.); cervical carcinoma (most common worldwide)

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Heart murmur, congenital

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Mitral valve prolapse

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50
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Heart valve in bacterial endocarditis

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Mitral (rheumatic fever), tricuspid (IV drug abuse), aortic (2nd affected in rheumatic fever)

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Helminth infection (U.S.)

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  1. Enterobius vermicularis 2. 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

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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)

56
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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

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Ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter’s syndrome, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis

59
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HLA-DR3 or -DR4

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Diabetes mellitus type l, rheumatoid arthritis, SLE

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Holosystolic murmur

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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)

62
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Hypertension, Secondary

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Renal disease

63
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Hypoparathyroidism

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Accidental excision during thyroidectomy

64
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Hypopituitarism

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Pituitary adenoma (usually benign tumor)

65
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Infection Secondary to blood transfusion

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Hepatitis C

66
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Infections in chronic granulomatous disease

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

67
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Kidney stones

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  1. Calcium = radiopaque 2. Struvite (ammonium) = radiopaque (formed by urease-positive organisms such as Proteus vulgaris or Staphylococcus) 3. Uric acid = radiolucent
68
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Late cyanotic shunt (uncorrected L to R becomes R to L)

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

69
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Liver disease

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Alcoholic cirrhosis

70
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Lysosomal storage disease

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Gaucher’s disease

71
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Male cancer

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Prostatic carcinoma

72
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Malignancy associated with noninfectious fever

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Malignant skin tumor

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Basal cell carcinoma (rarely metastasizes)

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Mental retardation

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  1. Down syndrome 2. Fragile X syndrome
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Metastases to bone

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Breast, lung, thyroid, testes, prostate, kidney

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Metastases to brain

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Lung, breast, skin (melanoma), kidney (renal cell carcinoma), GI

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Metastases to liver

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Colon, gastric, pancreatic, breast, and lung carcinomas

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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

80
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Mixed (UMN and LMN) motor neuron disease

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ALS

81
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Myocarditis

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Coxsackie B

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Neoplasm (kids)

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  1. ALL (B-ALL and T-ALL) 2. Cerebellar medulloblastoma
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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 (associated with infections/vaccinations; treat with corticosteroids)

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Neuron migration failure

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Kallmann syndrome

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Nosocomial pneumonia

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Klebsiella, E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa

87
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Obstruction of male urinary tract

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BPH

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Opening snap

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Mitral stenosis

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Opportunistic infection in AIDS

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Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly carinii) pneumonia

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Osteomyelitis

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S. aureus

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Osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease

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Salmonella

92
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Osteomyelitis with IV drug use

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Pseudomonas, S. aureus

93
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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)

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Gallstones, alcohol

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Pancreatitis (chronic)

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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 - 60, CML: adult 30-60

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Pelvic inflammatory disease

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae (monoarticular arthritis)

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

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CML (may sometimes be associated with ALL/AML)

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Pituitary tumor

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  1. Prolactinoma 2. Somatotropic “acidophilic” adenoma
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Primary amenorrhea

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Turner syndrome (45XO)

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Primary bone tumor (adults)

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Multiple myeloma

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Primary hyperaldosteronism

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Adenoma of adrenal cortex

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Primary hyperparathyroidism

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  1. Adenomas 2. Hyperplasia 3. Carcinoma
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Primary liver cancer

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

107
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Pulmonary hypertension

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COPD

108
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Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities

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Buerger’s disease (strongly associated with tobacco)

109
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Renal tumor

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Renal cell carcinoma: associated with von Hippel-Lindau and adult polycystic kidney disease; paraneoplastic syndromes (EPO, renin, PTH, ACTH)

110
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Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause

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Cor pulmonale

111
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S3 (protodiastolic gallop)

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increased ventricular filling (L to R shunt, mitral regurgitation, LV failure [CHF])

112
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S4 (presystolic gallop)

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Stiff/hypertrophic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy)

113
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Secondary hyperparathyroidism

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Hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease

114
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Sexually transmitted disease

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Chlamydia (usually coinfected with gonorrhea)

115
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SIADH

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Small cell carcinoma of the lung

116
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Site of diverticula

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Sigmoid colon

117
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Sites of atherosclerosis

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Abdominal aorta > coronary > popliteal > carotid

118
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Stomach cancer

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Adenocarcinoma

119
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Stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)

120
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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 clue to thrombosis of ophthalmic artery; polymyalgia rheumatica

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Testicular tumor

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Seminoma

125
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Thyroid cancer

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Papillary carcinoma

126
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Tumor in women

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Leiomyoma (estrogen dependent, not precancerous)

127
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Tumor of infancy

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Hemangioma (usually regresses spontaneously by childhood)

128
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (adults)

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Pheochromocytoma (usually benign)

129
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (kids)

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Neuroblastoma (malignant)

130
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Type of Hodgkin’s

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

131
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Type of non-Hodgkin’s

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Diffuse large cell

132
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UTI

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E. coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (young women)

133
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Viral encephalitis affecting temporal lobe

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HSV-1

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Vitamin deficiency (U. S .)

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

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