Key associations Flashcards
Ovarian mets from gastric carcinoma or breast cancer
Krukenberg tumor (mucin-secreting signet ring cells)
Primary liver cancer
HCC (chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, alpha1-antitrypsin def’y)
SIADH
Small cell carcinoma of lung
Acute gastric ulcer associated wtih severe burns
Curling ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucosa)
Bacterial meningitis in kids
Strep pneumo
Neisseria meningitidis
Site of atherosclerosis
Abdominal aorta > Coronary artery > Popliteal artery > Carotid artery
HLA-B27
Ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, ulcerative colitis, psoriatic arthritis
Tumor of adrenal medulla (kids)
Neuroblastoma (malignant)
Tumor of adrenal medulla (adults)
Pheochromocytoma (usually benign)
Acute gastric ulcer assoc w/CNS injury
Cushing ulcer (increased ICP stimulates vagal gastric secretion)
Nephrotic syndrome - kids
MCD
Infections in CGD
Staph aureus, E Coli, Aspergillus (Catalase +)
t(8;14)
Burkitt lymphoma (c-myc activation)
Cardiac manifestation of lupus
Libman-Sacks endocarditis (nonbacterial, affects both sides of mitral valve)
Thyroid cancer
Papillary carcinoma
Brain tumors - adults
Supratentorial: mets>astrocytoma (including GBM)>meningioma>schwannoma
Brain tumors - kids
Infratentorial: Medulloblastoma (cerebellum) or supratentorial: Cranopharyngioma
Gynecologic malignancy
Endometrial carcinoma (most common in US)
Cervical carcinoma (most common world wide)
Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities
Buerger disease
Malignancy - kids
ALL, medulloblastoma (cerebellum)
Primary hyperaldosteronism
Adenoma of adrenal cortex
Cushing syndrome
- Iatrogenic cushing (from steroid therapy)
- Adrenocortical adenoma (secretes excess cortisol)
- ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma
- Paraneoplastic Cushing (due to ACTH secretion by tumors)
Glomerulonephritis (adults)
Berger disease (IgA nephropathy)
Nephrotic syndrome - Adults
FSGS
Lysosomal storage disease
Gaucher disease
Congenital heart murmur
MVP
Hypopituitarism
Pituitary adenoma (usually benign tumor)
Ovarian tumor (benign, bilateral)
Serous cystadenoma
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Dubin-Johnson syndrome
Mets to bone
Prostate, breast> Lung > Thyroid
Food poisoning - exotoxin
S. aureus, B. cereus
Type of non-Hodgkin
Diffuse large cell
Pulmonary HTN
COPD
Bleeding disorder with Gp1b deficiency
Bernard-Soulier syndrome (defect in plt adhesion to vWF)