Key Associations Flashcards

Most important associations for disease/findings

1
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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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5
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Aneurysm, dissecting

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Hypertension

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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 mamillary 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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9
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Bacteria associated with gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and stomach cancer

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H. pylori

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10
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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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12
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Benign melanocytic nevus

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Spitz nevus (most common in first two decades)

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13
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Bleeding disorder with GpIb 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 GBM)>meningioma>schwannoma

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15
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Brain tumor (kids)

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Infratentorial: medulloblastoma (cerebellum)
Supratentorial: craniopharyngioma (cerebrum)

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16
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Breast cancer

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Infiltrating ductal carcinoma (in the US, 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer)

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17
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Breast mass

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  1. Fibrocystic change

2. Carcinoma (in postmenopausal women)

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18
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Breast tumor (benign)

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Fibroadenoma

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19
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Cardiac primary tumor (kids)

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Rhabdomyoma, often seen in tuberous sclerosis

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20
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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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21
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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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22
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Cerebellar tonsillar herniation

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Chiari malformation (often presents with progressive hydrocephalus or syringomyelia)

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23
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Chronic arrhythmia

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Atrial fibrillation (associated with high risk of emboli)

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24
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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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25
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Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina

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DES exposure in utero

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26
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Comopression fracture

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Osteoporosis (type I: postmenopausal woman; type II: elderly man or woman)

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27
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hypotension

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21-hydroxylase deficiency

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28
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Congenital cardiac anomaly

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VSD

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29
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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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30
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Constrictive pericarditis

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

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31
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Coronary artery involved in thrombosis

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LAD > RCA > LCA

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32
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Cretinism

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Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism

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33
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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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34
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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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35
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Cyanosis (late; more common)

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VSD, ASD, PDA

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36
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Death in CML

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Blast crisis

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37
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Death in SLE

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Lupus nephropathy

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38
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Dementia

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  1. Alzheimer’s disease

2. Multiple infarcts

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39
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Demyelinating disease in young women

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Multiple sclerosis

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40
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DIC

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

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41
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Dietary deficit

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Iron

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42
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Diverticulum in pharynx

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Zenker’s diverticulum (diagnosed by barium swallow)

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43
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Ejection click

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Aortic/pulmonic stenosis

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44
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Esophageal cancer

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Squamous cell carcinoma (worldwide); adenocarcinoma (U.S.)

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45
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Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)

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S. aureus, B. cereus

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46
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Glomerulonephritis (adults)

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Berger’s disease (IgA nephropathy)

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47
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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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48
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Heart murmur, congenital

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Mitral valve prolapse

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49
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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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50
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Helminth infection (U.S.)

A
  1. Enterobius vermicularis

2. Ascaris lumbricoides

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51
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Hematoma - epidural

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Rupture of middle meningeal artery (trauma; lentiform shaped)

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52
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Hematoma - subdural

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Rupture of bridging veins (cresent shaped)

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53
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Hemochromatosis

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

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54
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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Cirrhotic liver (associated with hep B & C)

55
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Hereditary bleeding disorder

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von Willebrand’s disease

56
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Hereditary harmless jaundice

A

Gilbert’s syndrome (benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

57
Q

HLA-B27

A

Ankylosing spondylitis
Reiter’s syndrome
Ulcerative Colitis
Psoriasis

58
Q

HLA-DR3 or HLA-DR4

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Diabetes mellitus type 1
Rheumatoid arthritis
SLE

59
Q

Holosystolic murmur

A

VSD
Tricuspid regurgitation
Mitral regurgitation

60
Q

Hypercoagulability, endothelial damage, blood stasis

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Virchow’s triad (results in venous thrombosis)

61
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Hypertension, secondary

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Renal disease

62
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Hypoparathyroidism

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Accidental excision during thyroidectomy

63
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Hypopituitarism

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Pituitary adenoma (usually benign tumor)

64
Q

Infection 2/2 blood transfusion

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Hepatitis C

65
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Infections in chronic granulomatous disease

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

66
Q

Kidney stones

A
  1. Calcium = radiopaque
  2. Struvite (ammonium) = radiopaque (formed by urease-positive organisms like Proteus vulgaris or Staphylococcus)
  3. Uric acid = radiolucent
67
Q

Late cyanotic shunt (uncorrective L to R becomes R to L)

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

68
Q

Liver disease

A

Alcoholic cirrhosis

69
Q

Lysosomal storage disease

A

Gaucher’s disease

70
Q

Male cancer

A

Prostatic carcinoma

71
Q

Malignancy associated with noninfectious fever

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma

72
Q

Malignant skin tumor

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Basal cell carcinoma (rarely metastasizes)

73
Q

Mental retardation

A
  1. Down syndrome

2. Fragile X syndrome

74
Q

Metastases to bone

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Breast, lung, thyroid, testes, prostate, kidney

75
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Metastases to brain

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

76
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Metastases to liver

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Colon, gastric, pancreatic, breast, and lung carcinomas

77
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Mitochondrial inheritance

A

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

78
Q

Mitral valve stenosis

A

Rheumatic heart disease

79
Q

Mixed (UMN and LMN) motor neuron disease

A

ALS

80
Q

Myocarditis

A

Coxsackie B

81
Q

Neoplasm (kids)

A
  1. ALL

2. Cerebellar medulloblastoma

82
Q

Nephrotic syndrome (adults)

A

Focal segmental glomerulossclerosis

83
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Nephrotic syndrome (kids)

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Minimal change disease 9associated with infections/vaccinations; treat with corticosteroids)

84
Q

Neuron migration failure

A

Kallmann syndrome

85
Q

Nosocomial pneumonia

A

Klebsiella, E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa

86
Q

Obstruction of male urinary tract

A

BPH

87
Q

Opening snap

A

Mitral stenosis

88
Q

Opportunistic infection in AIDS

A

Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly carcinii) pneumonia

89
Q

Osteomyelitis

A

S. aureus

90
Q

Osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease

A

Salmonella

91
Q

Osteomyelitis with IV drug use

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Pseudomonas, S. aureus

92
Q

Ovarian metastasis from gastric carcinoma or breast cancer

A

Krukenberg tumor (mucin-secreting signet-ring cells)

93
Q

Ovarian tumor (benign, bilateral)

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Serous cystadenoma

94
Q

Ovarian tumor (malignant)

A

Serous cystadenocarcinoma

95
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Pancreatitis (acute)

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Gallstones, alcohol

96
Q

Pancreatitis (chronic)

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Alcohol (adults), cystic fibrosis (kids)

97
Q

Patient with ALL/CLL/AML/CML

A

ALL: child
CLL: adult > 60
AML: adults ~ 60
CML: adult 30-60

98
Q

Pelvic inflammatory disease

A

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (monoarticular arthritis)

99
Q

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

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CML (may sometimes be associated with ALL/AML)

100
Q

Pituitary tumor

A
  1. Prolactinoma

2. Somatotropic “acidophilic” adenoma

101
Q

Primary amenorrhea

A

Turner syndrome (45XO)

102
Q

Primary bone tumor (adults)

A

Multiple myeloma

103
Q

Primary hyperaldosteronism

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Adenoma of adrenal cortex

104
Q

Primary hyperparathyroidism

A
  1. Adenomas
  2. Hyperplasia
  3. Carcinoma
105
Q

Primary liver cancer

A

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

106
Q

Pulmonary hypertension

A

COPD

107
Q

Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities

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Buerger’s disease (strongly associated with tobacco)

108
Q

Renal tumor

A

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

109
Q

Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause

A

Cor pulmonale

110
Q

S3 (protodiastolic gallop)

A

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

111
Q

S4 (presystolic gallop)

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Stiff/hypertrophic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy)

112
Q

Secondary hyperparathyroidism

A

Hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease

113
Q

Sexually transmitted disease

A

Chlamydia (usually coinfected with gonorrhea)

114
Q

SIADH

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Small cell carcinoma of the lung

115
Q

Site of diverticula

A

Sigmoid colon

116
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Sites of atherosclerosis

A

Abdominal aorta > coronary > popliteal > carotid

117
Q

Stomach cancer

A

Adenocarcinoma

118
Q

Stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)

119
Q

t(14;18)

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Follicular lymphomas (bcl-2 activation)

120
Q

t(8;14)

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Burkitt’s lymphoma (c-myc activation)

121
Q

t(9;22)

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Philadelphia chromosome, CML (bcr-abl fusion)

122
Q

Temporal arteritis

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

123
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Testicular tumor

A

Seminoma

124
Q

Thyroid cancer

A

Papillary carcinoma

125
Q

Tumor in women

A

Leiomyoma (estrogen dependent, not precancerous)

126
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Tumor of infancy

A

Hemangioma (usually regresses spontaneously by childhood)

127
Q

Tumor of the adrenal medulla (adults)

A

Pheochromocytoma (usually benign)

128
Q

Tumor of the adrenal medulla (kids)

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Neuroblastoma (malignant)

129
Q

Type of Hodgkin’s

A

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

130
Q

Type of non-Hodgkin’s

A

Diffuse large cell

131
Q

UTI

A

E. coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (young women)

132
Q

Viral encephalitis affecting temporal lobe

A

HSV-1

133
Q

Vitamin deficiency (U.S.)

A

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