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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 (increase intracranial pressure 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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Age ranges for patients 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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Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon

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Skip lesions (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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3ry syphilis (syphilitic aortitis), vasa vasorum 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 the mammillary bodies

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

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Autosplenectomy (fibrosis or shrinkage)

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Sickle cell disease (hemoglobin S)

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Bacteria associated with gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric malignancies (eg. adenocarcinoma, MALToma)

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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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14
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Bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)

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Group B streptococcus/E coli (newborns)

S pneumoniae/N meningitidis (kids/teens)

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Bilateral ovarian metastases from gastric carcinoma

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Krukenberg tumor (mucin-secreting signet ring cells)

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16
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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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17
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Brain tumor (adults)

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Supratentorial: metastasis, astrocytoma (including glioblastoma multiforme), meningioma, schwannoma

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18
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Brain tumor (kids)

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Infratentorial: 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 postmenopausal women)

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Breast tumor (benign, young woman)

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Fibroadenoma

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Cardiac 1 tumor (kids)

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Rhabdomyoma, often seen in tuberous sclerosis

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23
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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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25
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Cerebellar tonsillar herniation

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Chiari II malformation

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26
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Chronic arrhythmia

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Atrial fibrillation (associated with high risk of emboli)

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27
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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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28
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Clear cell adenocarcinoma of vagina

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DES exposure in utero

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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 conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (black liver)

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Dupin-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 arteriosus

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36
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Death in CML

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Blast crisis

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37
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Death in SLE

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Lupus nephropathy

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38
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Dementia

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Alzheimer disease, multiple infarcts (vascular dementia)

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39
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Demyelinating disease in young women

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Multiple sclerosis

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40
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DIC

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Severe sepsis, obstetric complications, cancer, burns, trauma, major surgery, acute pancreatitis, APL

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41
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Diverticulum in pharynx

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Zenker diverticulum (diagnosed by barium swallow)

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42
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Ejection click

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Aortic stenosis

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43
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Esophageal cancer

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Squamous cell carcinoma (worldwide)

Adenocarcinoma (US)

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44
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Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)

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S aureus, B cereus

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45
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Gastric cancer

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Adenocarcinoma

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46
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Glomerulonephritis (adults)

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Berger disease (IgA nephropathy)

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47
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Gynecologic malignancy

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Endometrial carcinoma (most common in US)
Cervical carcinoma (most common worldwide)
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Heart murmur, congenital

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Mitral valve prolapse

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49
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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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50
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Helminth infection (US)

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Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides

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Hematoma -subdural

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Rupture of bridging veins (crescent shaped)

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52
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Hemochromatosis

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

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53
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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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

54
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Hereditary bleeding disorder

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von Willebrand disease

55
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Hereditary harmless jaundice

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Gilbert syndrome (benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

56
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HLA-B27

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Psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, IBD-associated arthritis, reactive arthritis (formerly Reiter syndrome)

57
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HLA-DR3

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Diabetes mellitus type 1, SLE, Graves disease, Hashimoto thyroiditis, Addison disease

58
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HLA-DR4

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Diabetes mellitus type 1, rheumatoid arthritis, Addison disease

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 (increased risk of thrombosis)

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Hypertension, 2ry

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Renal artery stenosis, chronic kidney disease (eg polycystic kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy), hyperaldosteronism

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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 2ry to blood transfusion

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Hepatitis C

65
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Infections in chronic granulomatous disease

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Catalase + : S aureus, E coli, Aspergillus

66
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Hematoma -epidural

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Rupture of middle meningeal artery (trauma; lentiform shaped)

67
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Intellectual disability

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Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome

68
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Kidney stones

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Calcium=radiopaque
Struvite (ammonium)=radiopaque (formed by urease + organisms such as Klebsiella, Proteus species and S saprophyticus)
Uric acid=radiolucent
Cystine=radiolucent

69
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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)

70
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Liver disease

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Alcoholic cirrhosis

71
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Lysosomal storage disease

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Gaucher disease

72
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Male cancer

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Prostatic carcinoma

73
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Malignancy associated with noninfectious fever

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Hodgkin lymphoma

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Malignancy (kids)

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ALL, medulloblastoma (cerebellum)

75
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Metastases to bone

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Prostate, breast>lung>thyroid

76
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Metastasis to brain

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Lung>breast>genitourinary>melanoma>GI

77
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Metastasis to liver

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Colon»stomach, pancreas

78
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Microcytic anemia

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Iron deficiency

79
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Mitochondrial inheritance

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Disease occurs in both males and females, 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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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

82
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Myocarditis

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Coxsackie B

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 - rods

87
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Obstruction of male urinary tract

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BPH

88
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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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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

90
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Osteomyelitis

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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 with IV drug use

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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

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Pancreatitis (acute)

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Gallstones, alcohol

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Pancreatitis (chronic)

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Alcohol (adults), cystic fibrosis (kids)

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Pelvic inflammatory disease

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C trachomatis, N gonorrhoeae

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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 adenoma

100
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1ry amenorrhea

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Turner syndrome (45, XO or 45, XO/46, XX mosaic)

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1ry bone tumor (adults)

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Multiple myeloma

102
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1ry hyperaldosteronism

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Adenoma of adrenal cortex

103
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1ry hyperparathyroidism

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Adenomas, hyperplasia, carcinoma

104
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1ry liver cancer

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, a1-antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson disease)

105
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Pulmonary hypertension

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Idiopathic, heritable, left heart disease (eg HF), lung disease (eg COPD), hyperemic vasoconstriction (eg OSA), thromboembolic (eg EP)

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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Refractory peptic ulcers and high gastrin levels

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas), associated with MEN1

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 pulmonary cause

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Cor pulmonale

110
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S3 heart sound

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Increased ventricular filling pressure (eg 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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2ry hyperparathyroidism

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Hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease

113
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Sexually transmitted disease

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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 arter

117
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t(14;18)

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

118
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t(8;14)

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

119
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t(9;22)

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

120
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Temporal arteritis

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

121
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Testicular tumor

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Seminoma (malignant, radiosensitive), increased placental ALP

122
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Thyroid cancer

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Papillary carcinoma (childhood irradiation)

123
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Tumor in women

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Leiomyoma (estrogen dependent, not precancerous)

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Tumor in infancy

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Strawberry hemangioma (grows rapidly and regresses spontaneously by childhood)

125
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Tumor of adrenal medulla (adults)

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Pheochromocytoma (usually benign)

126
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Tumor of adrenal medulla (kids)

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Neuroblastoma (malignant)

127
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Type of Hodgkin lymphoma

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

128
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Type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

129
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UTI

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E coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (young women)

130
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Vertebral compression fracture

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Osteoporosis (type I: postmenopausal woman; type II: elderly man or woman)

131
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Viral encephalophalitis affecting temporal lobe

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HSV-1

132
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Vitamin deficiency (US)

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

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