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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 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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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)

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

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Brain tumor (kids)

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Infratentorial: medulloablastoma (cerebellum) or 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

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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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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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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
Atrial fibrillation (associated with high risk of emboli)
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Chronic atrophic gastritis (autoimmune)
Predisposition to gastric carcinoma (can also cause pernicious anemia)
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Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina
DES exposure in utero
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Compression fracture
Osteoporosis (type I: postmenopausal women; type II: elderly man or woman)
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hypotension
21-hydroxylase deficiency
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Congenital cardiac anomaly
VSD
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Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (black liver)
Dubin-Johnson syndrome (inability of hepatocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile)
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Constrictive pericarditis
Tuberculosis (developing world); systemic lupus erythematosus (developed world)
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Coronary artery involved in thrombosis
LAD > RCA > LCA
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Cretinism
Iodine deficit / hypothyroidism
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Cushing's syndrome
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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Cyanosis (early; less common)
Tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosus
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Cyanosis (late; more common)
VSD, ASD, PDA
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Death in CML
Blast crisis
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Death in SLE
Lupus nephropathy
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Dementia
Alzheimer's disease, multiple infarcts
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Demyelinating disease in young women
Multiple sclerosis
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DIC
Severe sepsis, obstetric complications, cancer, burns, trauma, major surgery
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Dietary deficit
Iron
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Diverticulum in pharynx
Zenker's diverticulum (diagnosed by barium swallow)
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Ejection click
Aortic/pulmonic stenosis
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Esophageal cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma (worldwide); adenocarcinoma (U.S.)
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Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)
S. aureus, B. cereus
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Glomerulonephritis (adults)
Berger's disease (IgA nephropathy)
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Gynecologic malignancy
Endometrial carcinoma (most common in U.S.); cervical carcinoma (most common worldwide)
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Heart murmur, congenital
Mitral valve prolapse
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Heart valve in bacterial endocarditis
Mitral > aortic (rheumatic fever), tricuspid (IV drug abuse)
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Helminth infection (U.S.)
Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides
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Hematoma - epidural
Rupture of middle meningeal artery (trauma; lentiform shaped)
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Hematoma - subdural
Rupture of bridging veins (crescent shaped)
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Hemochromatosis
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
Cirrhotic liver (associated with hepatitis B and C and with alcoholism)
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Hereditary bleeding disorder
von Willebrand's disease
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Hereditary harmless jaundice
Gilbert's syndrome (benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)
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HLA-B27
Ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's syndrome, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis
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HLA-DR3 or DR4
Diabetes mellitus type 1, rheumatoid arthritis, SLE
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Holosystolic murmur
VSD, tricuspid regurgitation, mitral regurgitation
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Hypercoagulability, endothelial damage, blood stasis
Virchow's triad (results in venous thrombosis)
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Hypertension, secondary
Renal disease
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Hypoparathyroidism
Accidental excision during thyroidectomy
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Hypopitutarism
Pituitary adenoma (usually benign tumor)
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Infection secondary to blood transfusion
Hepatitis C
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Infections in chronic granulomatous disease
Staph aureus, E. coli, Aspergillus (catalase positive)
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Kidney stones
Calcium = radioopaque Struvite (ammonium) = radioopaque (formed by urease positive organisms such as Proteus vulgaris or Staph) Uric acid = radiolucent
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Late cyanotic shunt (uncorrected left to right becomes right to left)
Eisenmenger's syndrome (caused by ASD, VSD, PDA; results in pulmonary hypertension/polycythemia)
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Liver disease
Alcoholic cirrhosis
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Lysosomal storage disease
Gaucher's disease
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Male cancer
Prostatic carcinoma
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Malignancy associated with noninfectious fever
Hodgkin's lymphoma
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Malignancy (kids)
ALL, medulloblastoma (cerebellum)
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Mental retardation
Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome
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Metastases to brain
Lung > breast > genitourinary > osteosarcoma > melanoma > GI
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Metastases to liver
Colon >> stomach, pancreas
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Mitochondrial inheritance
Disease occurs in both males and females, inherited through females only
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Mitral valve stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
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Mixed (UMN and LMN) disease
ALS
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Myocarditis
Coxsackie B
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Nephrotic syndrome (adults)
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
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Nephrotic syndrome (kids)
Minimal change disease
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Neuron migration failure
Kallmann syndrome (hypogonadatropic hypogonadism and anosmia)
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Nosocomial pneumonia
Klebsiella, E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Obstruction of male urinary tract
BPH
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Opening snap
Mitral stenosis
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Opportunistic infection in AIDS
Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinii) pneumonia
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Osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease
Salmonella
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Osteomyelitis with IV drug use
Pseudomonas, S. aureus
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Ovarian metastasis from gastric carcinoma or breast cancer
Krukenberg tumor (mucin-secreting signet-ring cells)
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Ovarian tumor (benign, bilateral)
Serous cystadenoma
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Ovarian tumor (malignant)
Serous cystadenocarcinoma
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Pancreatitis (acute)
Gallstones, alcohol
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Pancreatitis (chronic)
Alcohol (adults), cystic fibrosis (kids)
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Patient with ALL / CLL / AML / CML
ALL: child, CLL: adult > 60, AML: adult around 65, CML: adult 30-60
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Pelvic inflammatory disease
Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Philadelphia chromosome t(9;22) (bcr-abl)
CML (may sometimes be associated with ALL/AML)
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Pituitary tumor
Prolactinoma, somatotropic "acidophilic" adenoma
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Primary amenorrhea
Turner syndrome (45, XO)
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Primary bone tumor (adults)
Multiple myeloma
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Primary hyperaldosteronism
Adenoma of adrenal cortex
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Primary hyperparathyroidism
Adenomas, hyperplasia, carcinoma
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Primary liver cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, alpha1- antitrypsin deficiency)
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Pulmonary hypertension
COPD
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Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities
Buerger's disease (strongly associated with tobacco)
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Renal tumor
Renal cell carcinoma: associated with von Hippel-Lindau and cigarette smoking; paraneoplastic syndromes (EPO, renin, PTH, ACTH)
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Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
Cor pulmonale
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S3 (protodiastolic gallop)
Increased ventricular filling (left to right shunt, mitral regurgitation, LV failure [CHF])
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S4 (presystolic gallop)
Stiff/hypertrophic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy)
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Secondary hyperparathyroidism
Hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease
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Sexually transmitted disease
Chlamydia (usually coinfected with gonorrhea)
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SIADH
Small cell carcinoma of the lung
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Site of diverticula
Sigmoid colon
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Site of atherosclerosis
Abdominal aorta > coronary artery > popliteal artery > carotid artery
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Stomach cancer
Adenocarcinoma
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Stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)
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t (14;18)
Follicular lymphomas (bcl-2 activation)
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t (8-14)
Burkitt's lymphoma (c-myc activation)
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t (9:22)
Philadelphia chromosome, CML (bcr-abl fusion)
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Temporal arteritis
Risk of ipsilateral blindness due to thrombosis of ophthalmic artery; polymyalgia rheumatica
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Testicular tumor
Seminoma
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Thyroid cancer
Papillary carcinoma
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Tumor in women
Leiomyoma (estrogen dependent, not precancerous)
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Tumor of infancy
Hemangioma (usually regresses spontaneously by childhood)
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (adults)
Pheochromocytoma (usually benign)
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (kids)
Neuroblastoma (malignant)
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Type of Hodgkin's
Nodular sclerosis (vs. mixed cellularity, lymphocytic predominance, lymphocytic depletion)
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Type of non-Hodgkin's
Diffuse large cell
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UTI
E. coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (young women)
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Viral encephalitis affecting temporal lobe
HSV-1
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Vitamin deficiency (U.S.)
Folate (pregnant women are at high risk; body stores only 3-4 month supply; prevents neural tube defects)

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