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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 mammilary 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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S. pneumoniae

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Bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)

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Group B strep (newborns); S. pneumoniae/N. 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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15
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Bleeding disorder with Gp1b deficiency

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Bernard-Soulier syndrome (defect in platelet adhesion to vW factor)

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16
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Brain tumor (adults)

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

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Brain tumor (kids)

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Infratentorial: medulloblatoma (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 post-menopausal 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 LA to RA, “ball and valve”)

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cerebellar tonsilar herniation

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Chiari malformation (often presents with progressive hydrocephalus or syringomyelia)

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chronic arrythmia

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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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28
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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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29
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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 synd (inability of hepatocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile)

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32
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constrictive pericarditis

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

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33
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Coronary artery involved in thrombosis

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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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iatrogenic Cushing’s

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from corticosteroid therapy

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36
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Adrenocortical adenoma

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secretes excess cortisol –> Cushing’s

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37
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ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma

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stimulates adrenal cortex –> Cushing’s

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38
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ACTH secretion by tumors

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paraneoplastic Cushing’s

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39
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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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40
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Cyanosis (late; more common)

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VSD, ASD, PDA

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41
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Death in CML

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Blast crisis

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42
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Death in SLE

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Lupus nephropathy

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43
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Dementia

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Alzheimer’s DZ, multiple infarcts

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44
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Demyelinating DZ in young women

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multiple sclerosis

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45
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DIC

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

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46
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Dietary deficit

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Iron

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47
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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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49
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Esophageal cancer

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Squamous cell (worldwide); adenocarcinoma (US)

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50
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Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)

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S. Aureus, B. Cereus

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51
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Glomerulonephritis (adults)

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Berger’s DZ (IgA nephropathy)

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52
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Gynecologic malignancy

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endometrial carcinoma (US); cervical carcinoma (worldwide)

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53
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Heart murmur, congenital

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Mitral valve prolapse

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54
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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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55
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Helminth infection (U.S.)

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enterobius vermicularis, ascaris lumbricoides

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56
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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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Hemochromatosis

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

59
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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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cirrhotic liver (associated with HBV, HCV, and alcoholism)

60
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Hereditary bleeding disorder

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von Willebrand’s DZ

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Hereditary harmless jaundice

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Gilbert’s syndrome (benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

62
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HLA-B27

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

63
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HLA-DR3 or DR4

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DM1, 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)

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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)

69
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Infection secondary to blood transfusion

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HCV

70
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Infections in chronic granulomatous disease

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S. Aureus, E. Coli, Aspergillus (catalase-positive)

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Radiopaque stones

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calcium and struvite (ammonium) stones

72
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Organisms leading to struvite stones

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Proteus and staphylococcus

73
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Radiolucent stones

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uric acid stones

74
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Late cyanotic shunt (uncorrected L-R becomes R-L)

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Eisenmenger’s syndrome (caused by ASD, VSD, PDA; results in pulmonary HTN/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 non-infectious fever

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Malignancy (kids)

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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

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Prostate, breast > lung > thyroid, testes

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Metastases to brain

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Lung > breast > genitourinary > osteosarcoma > melanoma > GI

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metastases to liver

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Colon&raquo_space; stomach, pancreas

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mitochondrial inheritance

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Disease occurs in both m/f, inherited through females only

85
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Mitral valve stenosis

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rheumatic heart disease

86
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Mixed (UMN and LMN) motor neuron DZ

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ALS

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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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Kallman syndrome (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia)

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Nosocomial pneumonia

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Klebsiella, E. coli, Pseudomonas

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Obstruction of male urinary tract

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BPH

93
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Opening snap

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mitral stenosis

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Opportunistic infection in AIDS

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P. jirovecii (formerly carinii) pneumonia

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Osteomyelitis

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S. aureus

96
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Osteomyelitis in sickle cell DZ

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Salmonella

97
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Osteomyelitis with IV drug use

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Pseudomonas, S. aureus

98
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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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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 ~65; CML: adult 30-60

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Pelvic inflammatory disease

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Chlamydia trachomatis, n. gonorrhoeae

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

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CML (may sometimes be associated with ALL/AML)

105
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Pituitary tumor

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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

108
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Primary hyperaldosteronism

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Adenoma of adrenal cortex

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Primary hyperparathyroidism

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Adenomas, hyperplasia, carcinoma

110
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Primary liver cancer

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

111
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Pulmonary hypertension

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COPD

112
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Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities

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Buerger’s DZ (strongly associated with tobacco)

113
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Renal tumor (paraneoplastic syndromes: EPO, renin, PTH, ACTH)

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Renal cell carcinoma: associated with von Hippel-Landau and cigarette smoking

114
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Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause

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Cor pulmonale

115
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S3 (protodiastolic gallop)

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^ ventricular filling (L>R shunt, mitral regurgitation, LV failure [CHF])

116
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S4 (presystolic gallop)

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Stiff/hypertrophic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy)

117
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secondary hyperparathyroidism

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Hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease

118
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Sexually transmitted DZ

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Chlamydia (usually coinfected with gonorrhea)

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SIADH

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Small cell carcinoma of lung

120
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Site of diverticula

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sigmoid colon (LLQ)

121
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Sites of atherosclerosis

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abdominal aorta > coronary artery > popliteal artery > carotid artery

122
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Stomach cancer

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Adenocarcinoma

123
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Stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)

124
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t(14;18)

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Follicular lymphomas (bcl-2 activation)

125
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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)

127
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Temporal arteritis

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

128
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Testicular tumor

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seminoma

129
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Thyroid cancer

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papillary carcinoma

130
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Tumor in women

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leiomyoma (estrogen dependent, not precancerous)

131
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Tumor of infancy

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hemangioma (usually regresses spontaneously by childhood)

132
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (adults)

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Pheochromocytoma (usually benign)

133
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (kids)

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Neuroblastoma (malignant)

134
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Type of Hodgkin’s

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

135
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Type of non-Hodgkin’s

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Diffuse large cell

136
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UTI

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E. coli, Staph saprophyticus (young women)

137
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Viral encephalitis affecting temporal lobe

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HSV-1

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Vitamin deficiency (U.S.); body stores only 3-4-month supply

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Folate (pregnant women are at high risk; prevents neural tube defects)

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