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Cushing’s ulcer

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Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury (⬆️ICP stimulates vagal gastric secretion)

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Precursor to squamous cell carcinoma

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Actinic (solar) keratosis

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Curling’s ulcer

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Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucosa)

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Skip lesions

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Alternating areas of TRANSMURAL inflammation and normal colon (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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Spitz nevus

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Benign melanocytic nevus (most common in first two decades)

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Bernard-Soulier syndrome

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Bleeding disorder with GpIb deficiency (defect in platelet adhesion to von Willebrand’s factor)

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Brain tumor (adults)

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

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Brain tumor (kids)

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Infratentorial: medulloblastoma (cerebellum)
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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Primary cardiac tumor (kids)

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Rhabdomyoma (often seen in tuberous sclerosis)

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Cardiac manifestation of lupus

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Libmann-Sacks endocarditis (nonbacterial, affecting both sides of mitral valve)

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Cardiac tumor (adults)

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Metastasis

Most common primary cardiac tumor in adults: 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

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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 vagina

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DES exposure in uterus

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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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21-hydroxylase deficiency

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), hypotension, hyperkalemia (most common cause of CAH)

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11-beta-hydroxylase

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), hypertension, hypokalemia (2nd most common cause of CAH)

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Content cardiac anomaly

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VSD

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Dubin-Johnson syndrome

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Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (black liver) [inability of hepatocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile]

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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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LDA > RCA > LCA

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34
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Cretinism

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Iodine deficiency/hypothyroidism

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Cushing’s syndrome

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  • Iatrogenic Cushing’s (from corticosteroid therapy)
  • Adrenocortical adenoma (secretes excess cortisol; Cushing’s disease)
  • ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma
  • Paraneoplastic Cushing’s (due to ACTH secretion by tumors)
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Cyanosis (early; less commn)

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Tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosus

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Cyanosis (late; more common)

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VSD, ASD, PDA

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Death in CML

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Blast crisis

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39
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Death in SLE

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Lupus nephropathy

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40
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Dementia

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Alzheimer’s disease, multiple infarcts

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Demyelinating disease in young women

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Multiple sclerosis

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DIC

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

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Dietary deficit

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Iron

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Diverticulitis 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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Esophageal cancer

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

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Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)

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S. aureus, B. cereus

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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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51
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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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Helminth infection (U.S.)

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Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides

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Hematoma - epidural

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Rupture of middle meningeal artery (trauma; lentiform shape)

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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 transfusion or hereditary HFE mutation (can result in CHF, “bronze diabetes,” and ⬆️ risk of hepatocellular carcinoma)

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Cirrhotic liver (associated with hepatitis B and C and with alcoholism)

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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)

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HLA-B27

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

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HLA-DR3 or -DR4

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Diabetes mellitus type 1, rheumatoid arthritis, SLE

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Holosystolic murmur

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VSD, tricuspid regurgitation, mitral regurgitation

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Virchow’s triad

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Hypercoagulability, endothelial damage, blood stasis (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)

66
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Infection secondary to blood transfusion

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Hepatitis C

67
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Infections in chronic granulomatous disease (CGD)

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

68
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Kidney stones

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  • Calcium = radiopaque
  • Struvite (ammonium) = radiopaque (formed by urease-positive organisms such as Proteus vulgaris or Staphylococcus)
  • Uric acid = radiolucent
69
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Late cyanotic shunt

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Eisenmenger’s syndrome (caused by ASD, VSD, PDA; results in pulmonary hypertension/polycythemia) [uncorrected left to right shunt becomes right to left]

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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 noninfectious 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 males and females, inherited through females only

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Mitral valve stenosis

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Rheumatic heart disease

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Mixed (UMN and LMN) motor neuron disease

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ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

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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 aeruginosa

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Obstruction of male urinary tract

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BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia)

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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 jirovecii (formerly carinii) pneumonia

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Osteomyelitis

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Osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease

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Salmonella

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Osteomyelitis with IV drug use

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Pseudomonas, S. aureus

94
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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 ~65
CML: adult 30-60

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Pelvic inflammatory disease

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Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Philadelphia chromosome

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t(9;22) (bcr-abl)

CML (may sometimes be associated with ALL/AML)

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Pituitary tumor

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Prolactinoma, somatotropic “acidophilic” adenoma

103
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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

105
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Primary hyperaldosteronism

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Adenoma of adrenal cortex

106
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Primary hyperparathyroidism

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Adenomas, hyperplasia, carcinoma

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Primary liver cancer

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

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Pulmonary hypertension

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Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities

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Buerger’s disease (strongly associated with tobacco)

110
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Renal tumor

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Renal cell carcinoma: associated with von Hippel-Lindau and cigarette smoking; paraneoplastic syndromes (EPO, renin, PTH, ACTH)

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Cor pulmonale

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Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause

112
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S3 heart sound

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Protodiastolic gallop; ⬆️ ventricular filling (left to right shunt, mitral regurgitation, LV failure [CHF])

113
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S4 heart sound

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Presystolic gallop; stiff/hypertrophic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy)

114
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Secondary hyperparathyroidism

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Hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease

115
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Sexually transmitted disease

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Chlamydia (usually coinfected with gonorrhea

116
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SIADH

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Syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone secretion; small cell carcinoma of the lung

117
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Site of diverticula

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Sigmoid colon

118
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Sites of atherosclerosis

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Abdominal aorta > coronary artery > popliteal artery > carotid artery

119
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Stomach cancer

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Adenocarcinoma

120
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Stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)

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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)

124
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Temporal arteritis

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

125
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Testicular tumor

126
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Thyroid cancer

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Papillary carcinoma

127
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Tumor in women

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Leiomyoma (estrogen dependent, not precancerous)

128
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Tumor of infancy

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Hemangioma (usually regresses spontaneously by childhood)

129
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Tumor of adrenal medulla (adults)

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Pheocromocytoma (usually benign)

130
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Tumor of adrenal medulla (kids)

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Neuroblastoma (malignant)

131
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Type of Hodgkin’s

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

132
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Type of non-Hodgkin’s

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Diffuse large cell

133
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UTI

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E. coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (young women)

134
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Viral encephalitis affecting temporal lobe

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Vitamin deficiency (U.S.)

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

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