Key Associations Flashcards
actinic (solar) keratosis
precursor to squamous cell carcinoma
acute gastric ulcer assoc with CNS injury
Cushing ulcer (increased ICP stimulates vagal gastric H+ secretion)
acute gastric ulcer assoc with severe burns
Curling Ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucosa)
age ranges for patient with ALL, CLL, AML, CML
- ALL: child
- CLL: adult >60
- AML: adult ~65
- CML: adult 45-85
alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon
skip lesions (crohn disease)
abdominal aortic aneurysm
atherosclerosis
ascending or arch aortic aneurysm
tertiary syphilis (syphilitic aortitis), vasa vasorum destruction
thoracic aortic aneurysm
Marfan syndrome (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)
aortic dissection
hypertension
atrophy of the mammillary bodies
Wernicke encephalopathy (Thiamine deficiency causing ataxia, opthalmoplegia and confusion)
autosplenectomy (fibrosis and shrinkage)
Sickle cell disease (Hb S)
bacteria assoc with gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and gastric malignancies (adenocarcinoma, MALToma)
H. Pylori
bacterial meningitis (adults and elderly)
S, pneumoniae
bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)
- newborns: Group B strep/E. Coli/ Listeria monocytogenes
- kids/teens: S pneumoniae/ N meningitidis
bacterial ovarian mets from gastric carcinoma
Krukenberg tumor (mucin-secreting signet ring cells)