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1
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Actinic (solar) keratosis

A

Precursor to squamous cell carcinoma

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Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury

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Cushing’s ulcer

Increased ICP stimulates vagal gastric secretion

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Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burn

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Curling’s 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’s disease)

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Aneurysm, dissecting

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HTN

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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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Tertiary syphilis (syphilitic aortitis)
Vasa vasorum destruction
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8
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Aortic aneurysm, ascending

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Marfan’s syndrome

Idiopathic cystic medial degeneration

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Atrophy of the mammillary bodies

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Wernicke’s encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency causing ataxia, opthalmoplegia, 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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12
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Bacterial meningitis (adults and elderly)

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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13
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Bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)

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Group B streptococcus (newborns)

S. pneumoniae/Neisseria meningitidis (kids)

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14
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Benign melanocytic nevus

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Spitz nevus

m/c in first two decades

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15
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Bleeding disorder with GbIb deficiency

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Bernard-Soulier syndrome

Defect in platelet adhesion to von Willebrand’s 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
spratentorial: craniophayrngioma (cerebellum)

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18
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Breast cancer

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Infiltrating ductal carcinoma

in the U.S., 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer

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19
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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 primary tumor (kids)

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Rhabdomyoma

Often seen in tuberous sclerosis

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22
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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

1st degree 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 malformation (often presents with progressive hydrocephalus or synringomyelia)

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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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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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Tuberculosis (developing world)

Systemic lupus erythematosus (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’s syndrome

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Iatrogenic Cushing’s (from corticosteroid therapy)
Adrenocortical denoma (secretes excess cortisol)
ACTH-secretinanosis (earlyg pituitary adenoma
Paraneoplastic Cushing’s (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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37
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Cyanosis (late; more common)

A

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’s 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

A 
Severe sepsis
Obstetric complication
Cancer
Burns
Trauma
Major surgery
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43
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Dietary deficit

A

Iron

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44
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Diverticulum in pharynx

A

Zenker’s 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’s disease

IgA nephropathy

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49
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Gynecologic malignancy

A 
Endometrial carcinoma (m/c in US)
Cervical carcinoma (m/c worldwide)
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50
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Heart murmur, congenital

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MVP

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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

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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 increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma

56
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Hepatocellular carcinoma

A

Cirrhotic liver

Associated with hepatitis B and C and with alcoholism

57
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Hereditary bleeding disorder

A

von Willebrand’s disease

58
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Hereditary harmless jaundice

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Gilbert’s syndrome

Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia

59
Q

HLA-B27

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Ankylosing spondylitis
Reiter’s syndrome
Ulcerative colitis
Psoriasis

60
Q

HLA-DR3 or DR4

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Diabetes mellitus type 1
Rheumatoid arthritis
SLE

61
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Holosystolic murmur

A

VSD
Tricuspid regurgitation
Mitral regurgitation

62
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Hypercoagulability
Endothelial damage
Blood stasis

A

Virchow’s triad

Result in venous thrombosis

63
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Hypertension, secondary

A

Renal disease

64
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HYPOparathyroidism

A

Accidental excision during thyroidectomy

65
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HYPOpituitarism

A

Pituitary adenoma (usually BENIGN tumor)

66
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Infection secondary to blood transfusion

67
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Infections in chronic granulomatous disease

A

Staphylococcus aureus
E. coli
Aspergillus (catalase positive)

68
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Kidney stones

A

Calcium=radiopague

Struvite (ammonium) = radiopque (formed by ureas-positive organisms such as Proteus vulgaris or Staphylococcus)

Uric acid=radioLUCENT

69
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Late cyanotic shunt

Uncorrected left to right becomes right to left

A

Eisenmenger’s syndrome

Caused by ASD, VSD, PDA; results in pulmonary HTN/polycythemia

70
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Liver disease

A

Alcoholic cirrhosis

71
Q

Lysosomal storage disease

A

Gaucher’s disease

72
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Male cancer

A

Prostatic carcinoma

73
Q

Malignancy associated with noninfectious fever

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma

74
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Malignancy (kids)

A

ALL

Medulloblastoma (cerebellum)

75
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Mental retardation

A

Down syndrome

Fragile X syndrome

76
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Metastases to bone

A

Prostate, breast >
Lung >
Thyroid, testes

77
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Metastasis to brain

A 
Lung >
Breast >
Genitourinary >
Osteosarcoma >
Melanoma >
GI
78
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Metastasis to liver

A

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
Q

Mitral valve stenosis

A

Rheumatic heart disease

81
Q

Mixed (UMN and LMN) motor neuron disease

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
Q

Neuron migration failure

A 
Kallmann syndrome
(Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia)
86
Q

Nosocomial pneumonia

A

Klebsiella
E. coli
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

87
Q

Obstruction of male urinary tract

88
Q

Opening snap

A

Mitral stenosis

89
Q

Opportunistic infection in AIDs

A

Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinii) pneumonia

90
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Osteomyelitis

91
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Osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease

A

Salmonella

92
Q

Osteomyelitis w/ IV drug use

A

Pseudomonas

S. aureus

93
Q

Ovarian metastasis from gastric carcinoma or breast cancer

A

Krukenberg tumor

Mucin-secreting signet-ring cell

94
Q

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)

A

Gallstones

Alcohol

97
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Pancreatitis (chronic)

A 
Alcohol (adults)
Cystic fibrosis (kids)
98
Q

Patient w/

ALL/CLL/AML/CML

A

ALL: child
CLL: adult >60
AML: adult ~65
CML: adult 30-60

99
Q

Pelvic inflammatory disease

A

Chlamydia trachomatis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

100
Q

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

A

CML

may sometimes be associated w/ ALL/AML

101
Q

Pituitary tumor

A

Prolactinoma

Somatotropic “acidophilic” adenoma

102
Q

Primary amenorrhea

A

Turner syndrome (45, XO)

103
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Primary bone tumor (adults)

A

Multiple myeloma

104
Q

Primary hyperaldosteronism

A

Adenoma of adrenal cortex

105
Q

Primary hyperparathyroidism

A

Adenomas
Hyperplasia
Carcinoma

106
Q

Primary liver cancer

A 
Hepatocellular carcinoma
(Chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency)
107
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Pulmonary HTN

108
Q

Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities

A

Buerger’s 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

Increased 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
Q

Secondary hyperparathyroidism

A

Hypocalcemia of CKD

114
Q

Sexually transmitted disease

A

Chlamydia

usually coinfected with gonorrhea

115
Q

SIADH

A

Small cell carcinoma of the lung

116
Q

Site of diverticula

A

Sigmoid colon

117
Q

Sites of atherosclerosis

A

Abdominal aorta >
Coronary artery >
Popliteal artery >
Carotid artery

118
Q

Stomach cancer

A

Adenocarcinoma

119
Q

Stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels

A

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas

120
Q

t(14:18)

A

Follicular lymphomas (bcl-2 activation)

121
Q

t(8;14)

A

Burkitt’s lymphoma (c-myc activation)

122
Q

t(9;22)

A

Philadephia chromosome

CML; bcr-abl fusion

123
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Temporal arteritis

A

Risk of ipsilateral blindness due to thrombosis of opthalmic artery
Polymyalgia rheumatica

124
Q

Testicular tumor

125
Q

Thyroid cancer

A

Papillary carcinoma

126
Q

Tumor in women

A

Leiomyoma

Estrogen dependent, NOT precancerous

127
Q

Tumor of infancy

A

Hemangioma

Usually regresses spontaneously by childhood

128
Q

Tumor of the adrenal medulla (adults)

A

Pheochromocytoma

Usually benign

129
Q

Tumor of the adrenal medulla (kids)

A

Neuroblastoma

malignant

130
Q

Type of Hodgkin’s

A 
Nodular sclerosis 
(vs. mixed cellularity, lymphocytic predominance, lymphocytic depletion)
131
Q

Type of non-Hodgkin’s

A

Diffuse large cell

132
Q

UTI

A 
E. coli
Staphlococcus saprophyticus (young women)
133
Q

Viral encephalitis affecting temporal lobe

134
Q

Vitamin deficiency (U.S)

A

Folate

Pregnant women are at high risk; body stores only 3-4 month supply; prevents NT defects

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