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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 severe burns

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Curling ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucosa)

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Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury

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Cushing ulcer (increased ICP stimulates vagal gastric secretion)

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4
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Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon

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Skip lesions (Crohn 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 syndrome (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)

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9
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Atrophy of the mamillary bodies

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Wernicke encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency causing ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, and confusion)

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10
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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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12
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Bacterial meningitis (adults and elderly)

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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13
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Bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)

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Group B Streptococcus/E. coli (newborns), S. pneumoniae/Neisseria meningitidis (kids)

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14
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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 GpIb deficiency

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

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16
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Brain tumor (adults)

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Supratentorial: metastasis > astrocytoma (including GBM) > meningioma > schwannoma

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17
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Brain tumor (kids)

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Infratentorial: medulloblastoma (cerebellum); supratentorial: craniopharyngioma

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18
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Breast cancer

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Infiltrating ductal carcinoma

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19
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Breast mass

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Fibrocystic change, carcinoma (in postmenopausal women)

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20
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Breast tumor (benign)

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Fibroadenoma

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21
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Cardiac primary tumor (in kids)

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Rhabdomyoma, often seen in tuberous sclerosis

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22
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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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23
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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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24
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Cerebellar tonsillar herniation

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Chiari II malformation

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25
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Chronic arrhythmia

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Atrial fibrillation (associated with high risk of emboli)

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26
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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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27
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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 I: postmenopausal women; type II: 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 syndrome (inability of hepatocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile)

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32
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Constrictive pericarditis

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TB (developing world); SLE (developed world)

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33
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Coronary arter 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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Cushing syndrome

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  • Iatrogenic (from corticosteroid therapy)
  • Adrenocortical adenoma (secretes excess cortisol)
  • ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma
  • Paraneoplastic (due to ACTH secretion by tumors)
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36
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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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37
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Cyanosis (late; more common)

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VSD, ASD, PDA

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38
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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 disease, vascular dementia (multiple infarcts)

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41
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Demyelinating disease in young women

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Multiple sclerosis

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42
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DIC

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

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43
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Dietary deficit

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Iron

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44
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Diverticulum in pharynx

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Zenker diverticulum (diagnosed by barium swallow)

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45
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Ejection click

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Aortic/pulmonic stenosis

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46
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Esophageal cancer

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

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47
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Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)

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S. aureus, B. cereus

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48
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Glomerulonephritis (adults)

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Berger disease (IgA nephropathy)

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49
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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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50
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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 (IVDA)

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52
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Helminth infection (U.S.)

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Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides

53
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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)

54
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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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

55
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Hereditary bleeding disorder

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von Willebrand disease

56
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Hereditary harmless jaundice

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Gilbert syndrome (benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

57
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HLA-B27

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Ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, ulcerative colitis, psoriatic arthritis

58
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HLA-DR3 or -DR4

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Diabetes mellitus type 1, rheumatoid arthritis, SLE

59
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Holosystolic murmur

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VSD, tricuspid regurgitation, mitral regurgitation

60
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Hypercoagulability, endothelial damage, blood stasis

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Virchow triad for 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
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Infection secondary to 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 +)

66
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Intellectual disability

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Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome

67
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Kidney stones

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  • Calcium = radiopaque
  • Struvite (ammonium) = radiopaque (formed by urease+ organisms such as Proteus vulgaris or Staphylococcus)
  • Uric acid = radiolucent
68
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Late cyanotic shunt (uncorrected left to right becomes right to left)

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Eisenmenger 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 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 lymphoma

73
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Malignancy (kids)

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ALL, medulloblastoma (cerebellum)

74
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Metastases to bone

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Prostate, breast > lung > thyroid

75
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Metastases to brain

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Lung > breast > genitourinary > melanoma > GI

76
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Metastases to liver

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Colon&raquo_space; stomach, pancreas

77
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Mitochondrial inheritance

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

78
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Mitral valve stenosis

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Rheumatic heart disease

79
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Mixed (UMN and LMN) motor neuron disease

80
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Myocarditis

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Coxsackie B

81
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Nephrotic syndrome (adults)

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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

82
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Nephrotic syndrome (kids)

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Minimal change disease

83
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Neuron migration failure

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Kallman syndrome (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia)

84
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Nosocomial pneumonia

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Klebsiella, E. coli, Pseudomonas

85
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Obstruction of male urinary tract

86
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Opening snap

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Mitral stenosis

87
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Opportunistic infection in AIDS

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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

88
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Osteomyelitis

89
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Osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease

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Salmonella

90
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Osteomyelitis with IV drug use

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Pseudomonas, S. aureus

91
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Ovarian metastasis from gastric carcinoma or breast cancer

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Krukenberg tumor (mucin-secreting signet-ring cells)

92
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Ovarian tumor (benign, bilateral)

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Serous cystadenoma

93
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Ovarian tumor (malignant)

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Serous cystadenocarcinoma

94
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Pancreatitis (acute)

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Gallstones, alcohol

95
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Pancreatitis (chronic)

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Alcohol (adults); CF (kids)

96
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Patient with ALL/CLL/AML/CML

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ALL: child; CLL: adult; AML: adult ~65; CML: adult 30-60

97
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Pelvic inflammatory disease

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Chlamydia, Gonorrhea

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Philadelphia chromosome (t[9;22], bcr-abl)

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CML (may sometimes be associated with ALL/AML)

99
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Pituitary tumor

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Prolactinoma, somatotropic “acidophilic” adenoma

100
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Primary amenorrhea

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Turner syndrome

101
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Primary bone tumor (adults)

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Multiple myeloma

102
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Primary hyperaldosteronism

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Adenoma of adrenal cortex

103
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Primary hyperparathyroidism

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Adenomas, hyperplasia, carcinoma

104
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Primary liver cancer

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

105
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Pulmonary hypertension

106
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Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities

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Buerger disease (strongly associated with tobacco)

107
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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)

108
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Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause

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Cor pulmonale

109
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S3 (protodiastolic gallop)

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Increased ventricular filling (left-to-right shunt, mitral regurgitation, LV failure in CHF)

110
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S4 (presystolic gallop)

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Stiff/hypertrophic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy)

111
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Secondary hyperparathyroidism

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Hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease

112
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SIADH

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Small cell carcinoma of the lung

113
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Site of diverticula

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Sigmoid colon

114
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Sites of atherosclerosis

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Abdominal aorta > coronary artery > popliteal artery > carotid artery

115
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Stomach cancer

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Adenocarcinoma

116
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Stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)

117
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t(14;18)

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Follicular lymphomas (bcl-2 activation)

118
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t(8;14)

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Burkitt lymphoma (c-myc activation)

119
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t(9;22)

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Philadelphia chromosome, CML (bcr-abl fusion)

120
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Temporal arteritis

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

121
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Testicular tumor

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Seminoma (malignant, radiosensitive)

122
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Thyroid cancer

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Papillary carcinoma

123
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (adults)

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Pheochromocytoma (usually benign)

124
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (kids)

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Neuroblastoma (malignant)

125
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Type of Hodgkin

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

126
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Type of non-Hodgkin

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Diffuse large cell

127
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UTI

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E. coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (young women)

128
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Viral encephalitis affecting temporal lobe

129
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Vitamin deficiency (U.S.)

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Folate (pregnant women are at high risk; body stores only 3- to 4-month supply)

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