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USMLE Step 1 > Key Associations > Flashcards

Key Associations Flashcards

1
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aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta

A

atherosclerosis

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2
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aortic aneurysm - arch (thoracic)

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tertiary syphilis, vasa vasorum destruction

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3
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aortic aneursym - asecending aorta

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Marfan syndrome (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)

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4
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atrophy of mamillary bodies

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Wernicke encephalopathy

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5
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autosplenectomy (fibrosis and shrinkage)

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sickle cell anemia (hgb S)

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6
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bacteria associated with gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and stomach cancer

A

H pylori

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7
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bacterial meningitis - adults and elderly

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Strep pneumo

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8
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bacterial meningitis - newborns

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Group B Strep, E coli

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9
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bacterial meningitis - kids

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Strep pneumo, Neisseria meningitidis

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10
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benign melanocytic nevus

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Spitz nevus (most common in 1st two decades)

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11
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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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12
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brain tumor (adults)

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supratentorial. metastasis > astrocytoma (including GBM) > meningioma > schwannoma

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13
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brain tumor (kids)

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infratentorial. medulloblastoma (CBL) or supratentorial: craniopharyngioma

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14
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breast cancer

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infiltrating ductal carcinoma

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15
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breast mass

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fibrocystic change, carcinoma (in postmenopausal women)

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16
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breast tumor (benign)

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fibroadenoma

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17
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cardiac primary tumor (kids)

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rhabdomyoma - often seen in tuberous sclerosis

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18
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cardiac manifestation of lupus

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Libman-Sacks endocarditis (nonbacterial, affects both sides of mitral valve)

19
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cardiac tumor (adults)

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metastasis, primary myxoma (4:1 left to right atrium- “ball and valve”)

20
Q

cerebellar tonsillar herniation

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Chiari II malformation

21
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chronic arrythmia

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a-fib (high risk of emboli)

22
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chronic atrophic gastritis (autoimmune)

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predisposition to gastric carcinoma (can also cause pernicious anemia)

23
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clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina

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DES exposure in utero

24
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compression fracture

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osteoporosis (type I: postmenopausal woman, type II: elderly man or woman)

25
Q

congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hypotension

A

21-hydroxylase deficiency

26
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congenital cardiac anomaly

27
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congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (black liver)

A

Dubin-Johnson syndrome - inability of hepatocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile)

28
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constrictive pericarditis

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TB (developing), SLE (1st world)

29
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coronary artery involved in thrombosis

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LAD > RCA > LCA

30
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cretinism

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iodine deficit/hypothyroidism

31
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Cushing syndrome

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iatrogenic cushing (from corticosteroid therapy), adrenocortical adenoma (secretes excess cortisol), ACTH secreting pituitary adenoma, paraneoplastic Cushing (due to ACTH secretion by tumors)

32
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early cyanosis

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Tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosus

33
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late cyanosis

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VSD, ASD, PDA

34
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death in CML

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blast crisis

35
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death in SLE

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lupus nephropathy

36
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dementia

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alzheimer, multiple infarcts

37
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DIC

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

38
Q

diverticulum in pharynx

A

Zenker diverticulum (dx by barium swallow)

39
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ejection click

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aortic stenosis

40
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esophageal cancer

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squamous cell carcinoma (worldwide), adenocarcinoma (US)

41
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food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)

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Staph aureus, B cereus

42
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glomerulonephritis (adults)

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Berger disease (IgA nephropathy)

43
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gynecologic malignancy

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endometrial carcinoma (most common in US), cervical carcinoma (most common worldwide)

44
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heart murmur, congenital

A

mitral valve prolapse

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