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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
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 and normal

colon

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Skip lesions (Crohn disease)

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Aneurysm, dissecting

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Hypertension

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Aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta

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Atherosclerosis

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Aortic aneurysm, arch

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3° syphilis (syphilitic aortitis), vasa vasorum destruction

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Aortic aneurysm, ascending

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Marfan syndrome (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)

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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 and shrinkage)

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Sickle cell anemia (hemoglobin S)

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Bacteria associated with gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and
stomach cancer

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H. pylori

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Bacterial meningitis (adults and elderly)

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)

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Group B streptococcus/E.coli (newborns), S. pneumoniae/
Neisseria meningitidis (kids)
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14
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Benign melanocytic nevus

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Spitz nevus (most common in 1st two decades)

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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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17
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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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Infiltrating 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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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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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, 1° 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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Chronic arrhythmia

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Atrial fibrillation (associated with high risk of emboli)

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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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Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina

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DES exposure in utero

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28
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Compression fracture

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Osteoporosis (type I: postmenopausal woman; type II: elderly

man or woman)

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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 cardiac anomaly

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VSD

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31
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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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32
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Constrictive pericarditis

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TB (developing world); SLE (developed world)

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33
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Coronary artery involved in thrombosis

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LAD > RCA > LCA

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34
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Cretinism

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Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism

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35
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Cushing syndrome

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ƒƒ Iatrogenic Cushing (from corticosteroid therapy)
ƒƒ Adrenocortical adenoma (secretes excess cortisol)
ƒƒ ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma
ƒƒ Paraneoplastic Cushing (due to ACTH secretion by
tumors)

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36
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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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Cyanosis (late; more common)

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VSD, ASD, PDA

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38
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Death in CML

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Blast crisis

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39
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Death in SLE

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Lupus nephropathy

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40
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Dementia

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Alzheimer disease, multiple infarcts

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41
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Demyelinating disease in young women

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Multiple sclerosis

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42
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DIC

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

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43
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Dietary deficit

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Iron

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44
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Diverticulum in pharynx

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Zenker diverticulum (diagnosed by barium swallow)

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45
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Ejection click

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Aortic/pulmonic stenosis

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46
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Esophageal cancer

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Squamous cell carcinoma (worldwide); adenocarcinoma

U.S.

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47
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Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)

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S. aureus, B. cereus

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48
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Glomerulonephritis (adults)

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Berger disease (IgA nephropathy)

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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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50
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Heart murmur, congenital

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Mitral valve prolapse

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51
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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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52
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Helminth infection (U.S.)

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Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides

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53
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Hematoma—epidural

A

Rupture of middle meningeal artery (trauma; lentiform

shaped)

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54
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Hematoma—subdural

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Rupture of bridging veins (crescent shaped)

55
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Hemochromatosis

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

56
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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Cirrhotic liver (associated with hepatitis B and C and with
alcoholism)
57
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Hereditary bleeding disorder

A

von Willebrand disease

58
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Hereditary harmless jaundice

A 
Gilbert syndrome (benign congenital unconjugated
hyperbilirubinemia)
59
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HLA-B27

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Ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, ulcerative colitis,
psoriatic arthritis

60
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HLA-DR3 or -DR4

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Diabetes mellitus type 1, rheumatoid arthritis, SLE

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 (results in venous thrombosis)

63
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Hypertension, 2°

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Renal disease

64
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Hypoparathyroidism

A

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 diseas

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Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, Aspergillus (catalase )

68
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Intellectual disability

A

Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome

69
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Kidney stones

A

ƒƒ Calcium = radiopaque
ƒƒ Struvite (ammonium) = radiopaque (formed by urease 
organisms such as Proteus vulgaris or Staphylococcus)
ƒƒ Uric acid = radiolucent

70
Q

Late cyanotic shunt (uncorrected left to right becomes right

to left)

A 
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

A

Gaucher disease

73
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Male cancer

A

Prostatic carcinoma

74
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Malignancy associated with noninfectious 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&raquo_space; stomach, pancreas

79
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Mitochondrial inheritance

A

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

A

Coxsackie B

83
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Nephrotic syndrome (adults)

A

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

84
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Nephrotic syndrome (kids)

A

Minimal change disease

85
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Neuron migration failure

A 
Kallmann syndrome (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and
anosmia)
86
Q

Nosocomial pneumonia

A

Klebsiella, E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa

87
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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

91
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Osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease

A

Salmonella

92
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Osteomyelitis with IV drug use

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Pseudomonas, S. aureus

93
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Ovarian metastasis from gastric carcinoma or breast cancer

A

Krukenberg tumor (mucin-secreting signet-ring cells)

94
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Ovarian tumor (benign, bilateral)

A

Serous cystadenoma

95
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Ovarian tumor (malignant)

A

Serous cystadenocarcinoma

96
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Pancreatitis (acute)

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Gallstones, alcohol

97
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Pancreatitis (chronic)

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Alcohol (adults), cystic fibrosis (kids)

98
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Patient with ALL /CLL /AML /CML

A

ALL: child, CLL: adult > 60, AML: adult ∼ 65, CML: adult

30–60

99
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Pelvic inflammatory disease

A

Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae

100
Q

Philadelphia chromosome t(9;22) (bcr-abl)

A

CML (may sometimes be associated with ALL/AML)eae

101
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Pituitary tumor

A

Prolactinoma, somatotropic “acidophilic” adenoma

102
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1° amenorrhea

A

Turner syndrome (45,XO)

103
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1° bone tumor (adults)

A

Multiple myeloma

104
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1° hyperaldosteronism

A

Adenoma of adrenal cortex

105
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1° hyperparathyroidism

A

Adenomas, hyperplasia, carcinoma

106
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1° liver cancer

A 
Hepatocellular carcinoma (chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis,
hemochromatosis, a1-antitrypsin deficiency)
107
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Pulmonary hypertension

A

COPD

108
Q

Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels

in extremities

A

Buerger disease (strongly associated with tobacco)

109
Q

Renal tumor

A

Renal cell carcinoma: associated with von Hippel-Lindau and
cigarette smoking; paraneoplastic syndromes (EPO, renin,
PTH, ACTH)

110
Q

Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause

A

Cor pulmonale

111
Q

S3 (protodiastolic gallop)

A

 ventricular filling (left-to-right shunt, mitral regurgitation,
LV failure [CHF])

112
Q

S4 (presystolic gallop)

A

Stiff/hypertrophic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restrictive

cardiomyopathy)

113
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2° hyperparathyroidism

A

Hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease

114
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Sexually transmitted disease

A

Chlamydia (usually coinfected with gonorrhea)

115
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SIADH

A

Small cell carcinoma of the lung

116
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Site of diverticula

A

Sigmoid colon

117
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Sites of atherosclerosis

A

Abdominal aorta > coronary artery > popliteal artery

> carotid artery

118
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Stomach cancer

A

Adenocarcinoma

119
Q

Stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels

A

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or

pancreas)

120
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t(14;18)

A

Follicular lymphomas (bcl-2 activation)

121
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t(8;14)

A

Burkitt lymphoma (c-myc activation)

122
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t(9;22)

A

Philadelphia chromosome, CML (bcr-abl fusion)

123
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Temporal arteritis

A

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

124
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Testicular tumor

A

Seminoma (malignant, radiosensitive)

125
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Thyroid cancer

A

Papillary carcinoma

126
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Tumor in women

A

Leiomyoma (estrogen dependent, not precancerous)

127
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Tumor of infancy

A

Hemangioma (usually regresses spontaneously by childhood)

128
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (adults)

A

Pheochromocytoma (usually benign)

129
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (kids)

A

Neuroblastoma (malignant)

130
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Type of Hodgkin

A 
Nodular sclerosis (vs. mixed cellularity, lymphocytic
predominance, lymphocytic depletion)
131
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Type of non-Hodgkin

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Diffuse large cell

132
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UTI

A

E. coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (young women)

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-month supply; prevents neural tube defects)

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