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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 ulcer (increased ICP stimulates vagal gastric H+ secretion)

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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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Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon

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Skip lesion (Crohn disease)

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Aortic aneurysm, abdominal

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Atherosclerosis

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Aortic aneurysm, ascending or arch

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3º syphilis (syphilitic aortitis), vasovasorum destruction

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Aortic aneurysm, thoracic

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Marfan syndrome (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)

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Aortic dissection

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Hypertension

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Atrophy of mammillary bodies

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

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Autosplenectomy (fibrosis and shrinkage)

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Sickle cell disease (HgbS)

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Bacteria associated with gastritis, PUD, 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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GBS / E. coli (newborns); S. pneumoniae / N. meningitidis (kids/teens)

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Bilateral ovarian meastases from gastric carcinoma

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Krukenberg tumor (mucin-secreting signet ring cells)

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Bleeding disorder with GpIb deficiency

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Bernard-Soulier syndrome (defect in platelet adhesion to vWF)

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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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Brain tumor (kids)

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Inratentorial: medulloblastoma (cerebellum) or supratentorial: craniopharyngioma

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Breast cancer

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Invasive ductal carcinoma

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Breast mass

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Fibrocystic change, carcinoma (in post-menopausal women)

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20
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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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Marantic/thrombotic endocarditis (nonbacterial)

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Cardiac tumor (adults)

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Metastasis, myxoma (90% in left atrium; “ball and valve”)

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Cerebellar tonsillar herniation

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Chiari II malformation

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Chronic arrhythmia

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Atrial fibrillation (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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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hypotension

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21-hydroxylase deficiency

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29
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Congenital cardiac anomaly

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VSD

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30
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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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31
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Constrictive pericarditis

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TB (developing world); idiopathic, viral illness (developed world)

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32
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Coronary artery involved in thrombosis

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LAD > RCA > Circumflex

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33
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Cretinism

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Iodine deficient / congenital hypothyroidism

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34
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Cushing syndrome

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Iatrogenic (from corticosteroid therapy), adrenocortical adenoma (secretes excess cortisol), ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma (Cushing disease), paraneoplastic (due to ACTH secretion by tumors, particularly small cell lung)

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35
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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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Cyanosis (late; more common)

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VSD, ASD, PDA

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37
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Death in CML

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Blast crisis

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38
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Death in SLE

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Lupus nephropathy

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39
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Dementia

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Alzheimer disease; multiple infarcts (vascular dementia)

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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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42
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Dietary deficit

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Iron

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43
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Diverticulum in pharynx

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Zenker diverticulum (diagnosed by barium swallow)

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Ejection click

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Aortic stenosis

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45
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Esophageal cancer

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

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46
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Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)

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S. aureus, B. cereus

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47
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Glomerulonephritis (adults)

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Berger disease (IgA nephropathy)

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Gynecologic malignancy

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Endometrial carcinoma (most common in U.S.); cervial carcinoma (most common worldwide)

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49
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Heart murmur, congenital

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Mitral valve prolapse

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50
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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 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 results in heart failure, “bronze diabetes,” and increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma)

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Cirrhotic liver (associated with HBV and HCV and with alcoholism)

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Hereditary bleeding disorder

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von Willebrand disease

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57
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Hereditary harmless jaundice

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Gilbert syndrome (benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

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HLA-B27

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Ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, ulcerataive colitis, psoriatic arthritis

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HLA-DR3

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Type 1 DM, SLE, Graves disease, Hashimoto thyroiditis

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HLA-DR4

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Type 1 DM, RA

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Holosystolic murmur

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VSD, tricuspid regurgitation, mitral regurgitation

62
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Hypercoagulability, endothelial damage, blood stasis

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Virchow triad (increased risk of 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)

66
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Infection 2/2 blood transfusion

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HCV

67
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Infections in chronic granulomatous disease

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

68
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Intellectual disability

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Down syndrome, fragile X

69
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Kidney stones

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Calcium = radiopaque; Struvite (ammonium) = radiopaque (formed by urease+ organisms such as klebsiella, proteus, S. saphrophyticus); Uric acid = radiolucent

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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 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 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 lymphoma

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Malignancy (kids)

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ALL, medulloblastoma (cerebellum)

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Metastases to bone

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Prostate > breast > GU > melanoma > GI

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Metastasis to brain

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Lung > breast > GU > melanoma > GI

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Metastasis 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

81
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Mixed (UMN and LMN) motor neuron disease

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ALS

82
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Myocarditis

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Coxsackie B

83
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Nephrotic syndrome (adults)

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FSGS

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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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Kallmann syndrome (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia)

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Nosocomial pneumonia

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S. aureus, Pseudomonas, other enteric GNRs

87
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Obstruction of male urinary tract

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BPH

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Opening snap

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Mitral stenosis

89
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Opportunistic infection in AIDS

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PCP

90
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Osteomyelitis

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S. aureus (most common overall)

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Osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease

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Salmonella

92
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Osteomyelitis with IVDA

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Pseudomonas, Candida, S. aureus

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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, ETOH

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Pancreatitis (chronic)

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ETOH (adults), CF (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 45-85

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Pelvic inflammatory disease

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C. trachomatis, N. gonorrhoeae

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Philadelphia chromosome t(9;22) (BRC-ABL)

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CML (may sometimes be associated with ALL/AML)

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Pituitary tumor

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Prolactinoma, somatotropic 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

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Primary hyperaldosoteronism

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Adenoma of adrenal cortex

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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, Wilson disease)

106
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Pulmonary hypertension

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COPD

107
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Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities

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Buerger disease (strongly associated with tobacco)

108
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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, PTHrP, ACTH)

109
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Right heart failure 2/2 pulmonary cause

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Cor pulmonale

110
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S3 heart sound

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Increased ventricular filling pressure (e.g. mitral regurgitation, HF), common in dilated ventricles - “early rapid diastolic filling”

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S4 heart sound

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Stiff/hypertrophic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy) - “atrial kick”

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Secondary hyperparathyroidism

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Hypocalcemia of CKD

113
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Sexual transmitted disease

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C. trachomatis (usually coinfected with N. gonorrhea)

114
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SIADH

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Small cell carcinoma of lung

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Site of diverticula

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Sigmoid colon

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Sites of atherosclerosis

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Abdominal aorta > coronary artery > popliteal artery > carotid artery

117
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Stomach cancer

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Adenocarcinoma

118
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Stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)

119
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t(14;18)

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Follicular carcinoma (BCL-2 activation, anti-apoptotic oncogene)

120
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t(8;14)

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Burkitt lymphoma (c-myc fusion, transcription factor oncogene)

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t(9;22)

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Philadelphia chromosome, CML (BCR-ABL activation, tyrosine kinase oncogene)

122
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Temporal arteritis

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Risk of ipsilateral blindness 2/2 occlusion of ophthalmic artery; polymyalgia rheumatica; high dose steroids

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Testicular tumor

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Seminoma (malignant, radiosensitive)

124
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Thyroid cancer

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Papillary carcinoma

125
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Tumor in women

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Leiomyoma (estrogen dependent, not precancerous)

126
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Tumor of infancy

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Strawberry hemangioma (usually regresses spontaneously by childhood; or treat with B-blockers)

127
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (adults)

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Pheochromocytoma (usually benign)

128
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Tumor of adrenal medulla (kids)

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Neuroblastoma (malignant; crosses midline vs. Wilms which doesn’t)

129
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Type of Hodgkin lymphoma

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

130
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Type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

131
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UTI

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E. coli, Staphlococcus saprophyticus (young women)

132
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Vertebral compression fracture

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Osteoporosis (type I: post-menopausal woman; type II: elderly man or woman)

133
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Viral encephalitis affecting temporal lobe

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HSV-1

134
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Vitamin deficiency (U.S.)

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

135
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Yellow sulfur granules

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Actinomyces israelii

136
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Yellow pigment

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S. aureus

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Blue-green pigment

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Pseudomonas

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Red pigment

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Serratia marcescens

139
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Catalase positive

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Staphlococcus aureus, Burkholderia, Serratia, Nocardia, Aspergillus

140
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Coagulase positive

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S. aureus

141
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Coagulase negative

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S. epidermidis, saprophyticus, pyogenes

142
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Novobiocin sensitive

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S. epidermidis

143
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Novobiocin resistant

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S. saprophyticus

144
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Differentiating gram positive cocci

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No Stress (Novobiocin, saphrophyticus is resistant, epidermidis is sensitive); Overpass (optochin, viridins is resistant, pneumonia is sensitive an also bile soluble); B-BRAS (bacitracin, GBS (agalactaciae) is resistant, GAS (pyogenes) is sensitive); coagulase positive: aureus, coagulase negative: pyogenes, epi, saphro

145
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Oxidase positive

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Pseudomonas

146
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Cold agglutinins

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Mycoplasma pneumonia, EBV, hematologic malignancy

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Differentiating gamma hemolytic strep

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Growth in bile and 6.5% NaCl: Enterococci, E. faecium; Growth in bile NOT NaCl: Nonenterococci, S. bovi

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