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1
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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 ( 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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Alternating areas of transmural inflammation & 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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3° 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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9
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Atrophy of the 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 (hemoglobin S)

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Bacteria associated w/ gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, & stomach ca

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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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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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15
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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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16
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Brain tumor (adults)

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

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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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20
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Breast tumor (benign)

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Fibroadenoma

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21
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Cardiac 1° 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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23
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Cardiac tumor (adults)

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Metastasis, myxoma (90% in left 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, 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 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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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 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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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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Mult transfusions or HFE mutation (can give HF, “bronze diabetes,” & hepatocellular ca risk)

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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

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Ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, ulcerative colitis, psoriatic arthritis

59
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HLA-DR3

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

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 regurgitation, mitral regurgitation

62
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Hypercoagulability, endothelial damage, blood stasis

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Virchow triad ( risk of thrombosis)

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Hypertension, 2°

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Renal disease

64
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Hypoparathyroidism

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Accidental excision during thyroidectomy

65
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Hypopituitarism

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Pituitary adenoma (usually benign tumor)

66
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Infection 2° 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 (catalase ⊕)

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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“ Calcium = radiopaque
 Struvite (ammonium) = radiopaque (urease ⊕ = Klebsiella, Proteus species, & S. saprophyticus)
 Uric acid = radiolucent”

70
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Late cyanotic shunt (uncorrected L to R becomes R to L)

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Eisenmenger syndrome (caused by ASD, VSD, PDA; results in pulm HTN/polycythemia)

71
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Liver disease

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Alcoholic cirrhosis

72
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Lysosomal storage disease

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Gaucher disease

73
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Male cancer

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Prostatic carcinoma

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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)

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Metastases to bone

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Prostate, breast > lung > thyroid

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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&raquo_space; stomach, pancreas

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 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)

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Nosocomial pneumonia

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

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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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

96
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Pancreatitis (chronic)

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Alcohol (adults), cystic fibrosis (kids)

97
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Patient age for ALL

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ALL: child

98
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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)

100
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Pituitary tumor

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Prolactinoma, somatotropic adenoma

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1° amenorrhea

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Turner syndrome (45,XO)

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1° bone tumor (adults)

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Multiple myeloma

103
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1° hyperaldosteronism

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Adenoma of adrenal cortex

104
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1° hyperparathyroidism

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Adenomas, hyperplasia, carcinoma

105
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1° liver cancer

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Hepatocellular ca (chronic hep, cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, α1-antitrypsin def, Wilson dz)

106
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Pulmonary hypertension

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COPD

107
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Recurrent inflamm/thrombosis of sm/med vessel 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 ca: associated w/ vHL & smoking; paraneoplastic (EPO, renin, PTHrP, ACTH)

109
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Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause

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Cor pulmonale

110
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S3 heart sound

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Inc 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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2° 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 co-infected with N. gonorrheae)

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
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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 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)

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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 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)

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Tumor of infancy

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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; 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 at high risk; body stores only 3-4 month supply; prevents neural tube defect)

135
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Patient age for CLL

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CLL: adult > 60

136
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Patient age for AML

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AML: adult ∼ 65

137
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Patient age for CML

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CML: adult 45–85

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