Key associations Flashcards

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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 intracranial pressure stimulates vagal gastric H+ secretion)

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3
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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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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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5
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aortic aneurysm, abdominal

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atherosclerosis

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6
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aortic aneurysm, ascending or arch

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tertiary syphilis (syphilitic aortitis), vasa vasorum destruction

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7
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aortic aneurysm, thoracic

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marfan syndrome (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)

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8
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aortic dissection

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hypertension

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9
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atrophy of the mammillary 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 disease (hemoglobin S)

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11
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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. pneumoniar/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 Gp1b 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 lioblastoma multiforme)> meningioma>schwannoma

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17
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brain tumor (kids)

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infratentorial: medulloblastoma (cerebellum) or 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 (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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congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hypotention

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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 deficit/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)
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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 arteriosis

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36
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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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40
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demyelinating disease in young women

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multiple sclerosis

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41
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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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44
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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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48
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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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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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51
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helminth infection (U.S.)

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Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides

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52
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hematoma-epidural

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rupture of middle meningeal artery (trauma; lentiform shaped)

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53
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hematoma-subdural

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rupture of bridging veins (crescent shaped)

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54
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hemochromatosis

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multiple blood transfusions or hereditary HFE mutation (can result in heart failure, “bronze diabetes”, and increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma)

55
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hepatocellular carcinoma

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

56
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hereditary bleeding disorder

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von Willebrand disease

57
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hereditary harmless jaundice

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Gilbert syndrome (benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

58
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HLA-B27 (all present with lower back pain)

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ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, ulcerative colitis (IBD), psoriatic arthritis

59
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HLD-DR3

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diabetes mellitus type 1, SLE, Grave’s disease, Hashimoto thryroiditis

60
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HLA-DR4

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diabetes mellitus type 1, rheumatoid arthritis

61
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holosystolic murmur

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VSD, tricuspid regurgitaion, mitral regurgitation

62
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hypercoagulability, endothelial damage, blood stasis

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Virchow triad (increased risk of thrombosis)

63
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secondary HTN

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renal disease

64
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hypoparathyroidism

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accidental excision during thyroidecomy

65
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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

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S.aureus, E. coli, aspergillus (all catalse +)

68
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intellectual disability

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Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome

69
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kidney stones

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  • uric acid = radiolucent
  • calcium= radiopaque
  • struvite (ammonium)= radiopaque (formed by urease + organisms such as Klebsiella, proteus species, and S, saprophyticus)
70
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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)

71
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liver disease

A

alcoholic cirrhosis

72
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lysosomal storage disease

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Gaucher disease

73
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male cancer

A

prostatic carcinoma

74
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malignancy associated with non-infectious fever

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Hodgkin lymphoma

75
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malignancy (kids)

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ALL, medulloblastoma (cerebellum)

76
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metastases to bone

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prostate, breast>lung>thyroid

77
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metastases to brain

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lung>breast>genitourinary>melanoma>GI

78
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metastases to liver

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colon»stomach, pancreas

79
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mitochondrial inheritance

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disease occurs in both males and females

disease inherited through females only

80
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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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Coxsacie B virus

83
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nephrotic syndrome (adults)

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focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

84
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nephrotic syndrome (kids)

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minimal change disease

85
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neuron migration failure

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Kallmann syndrome (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia)

86
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nosocomial pneumonia

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S. aureus, Pseudomonas, other enteric gram-negative rods

87
Q

obstruction of male urinary tract

A

BPH

88
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opening snap

A

mitral stenosis

89
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opportunistic infection in AIDS

A

pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

90
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osteomyelitis

A

S. aureus (most common overall)

91
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osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease

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salmonella

92
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osteomyelitis in IV drug abuser

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pseudomonas, candida, S. aureus

93
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ovarian tumor (benign, bilateral)

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serous cystadenoma

94
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ovarian tumor (malignant)

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serous cystadenocarcinoma

95
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pancreatitis (acute)

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gallstones, alcohol

96
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pancreatitis (chronic)

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alcohol (adults)
cystic fibrosis (kids)
97
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pelvic inflammatory disease

A

C. trachomatis, N. gonorrhoeae

98
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patient with ALL/CLL/AML/CML

A

ALL: child
CLL:adult>60
AML:adult ~65
CML: adult 45-85

99
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Philadelphia chromosome t(9;22) (BCR-ABL)

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CML (may sometimes be associated with ALL/AML)

100
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pituitary tumor

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prolactinoma, somatotropic adenoma

101
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primary amenorrhea

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Turner syndrome (45, XO)

102
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primary bone tumor (adults)

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multiple myeloma

103
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primary hyperaldosteronism

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adenoma of adrenal cortex

104
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primary hyperparathyroidism

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adenomans, hyperplasia, carcinoma

105
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primary liver cancer

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hepatocellular carcinoma (chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, alpha1-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 due to a pulmonary cause

A

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

111
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S4 heart sound

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stiff/hypertrophic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy)

112
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secondary hyperparathyroidism

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hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease

113
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STD

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C. trachomatis (usually coinfected with N. gonorrhoeae)

114
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SIADH

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small cell carcinoma of the lung

115
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site of diverticula

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sigmoid colon

116
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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
Q

stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels

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Zoliinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)

119
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t(14;18)

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follicular lymphomas (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)

121
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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

A

risk of ipsilateral blindness due to occlusion of ophthalmic artery; polymyalgia rheumatica)

123
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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 in infancy

A

strawberry hemangioma (usually regresses spontaneously by childhood)

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 the adrenal medulla (kids)

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neuroblastoma (malignant )

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, Staphylococcus saprophyticus ( young women)

132
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vertebral compression fracture

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osteoporosis type I: postmenopausal woman

osteoporosis type II: elderly man or woman

133
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viral encephalitis affecting temporal lobe

A

HSV-1

134
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vitamin deficiency (U.S.)

A

folate (pregnant women are at high risk; body stores only 3 to 4 months supply; prevents neural tube defects)