Key Associations Flashcards
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Actinic (solar) keratosis
Precursor the squamous cell carcinoma
Acute gastric ulcer assoc w/ CNS injury
Cushing’s ulcer (incr ICP –> vagal gastric secretion)
Acute gastric ulcer assoc w/ severe burns
Curling’s ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume –> sloughing of gastric mucosa)
Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon
Skip lesions (Crohn’s disease)
Aneurysm, dissecting
HTN
Aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta
Atherosclerosis
Aortic aneurysm, arch
Tertiary syphilis (syphilitic aortitis), vasa vasorum destruction
Aortic aneurysm, ascending
Marfan’s syndrome (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)
Atrophy of the mammary bodies
Wernick’s encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency causing ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, and confusion)
Autosplenectomy (fibrosis and shrinkage)
Sickle cell anemia
Bacteria assoc w/ gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and stomach cancer
H. pylori
Bacterial meningitis (adults and elderly)
Strep pneumoniae
Bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)
Group B strep (newborns), S. pneumoniae/Neisseria meningitides (kids)
Benign melanocytic nevus
Spitz nevus (most common in first 2 decades)
Bleeding disorder with Gp1b deficiency
Bernard-Soulier deficiency (defect in platelet adhesion to vWF)
Brain tumor (adults)
Supertentorial: metastasis> astrocytoma (incl glioblastoma multiforme)> meningioma> schwannoma
Brain tumor (kids)
Infratentorial: medulloblastoma (cerebellum) or supratentorial: craniopharyngioma (cerebrum)
Breast cancer
Infiltrating ductal carcinoma (in US, 1/9 women will develop breast cancer)
Breast mass
Fibrocystic change, carcinoma (in postmenopausal women)
Breast tumor (benign)
Fibroadenoma
Cardiac primary tumor (kids)
Rhabdomyoma, often seen in tuberous sclerosis
Cardiac manifestation of lupus
Libman-Sacks endocarditis (nonbacterial, affecting both sides of the mitral valve)
Cardiac tumor (adults)
Metastasis (most common), primary= myxoma (4:1 left: right atrium; “ball and valve”)
Cerebellar tonsillar herniation
Chiari malformation (often presents w/ progressive hydrocephalus or syringomyelia)