Key Associations Part 1 Flashcards

1
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Actinic keratosis

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Precursor to squamous cell carcinoma

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2
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Acute gastric ulcer associated w/ CNS injury

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Cushing ulcer (increased intracranial pressure stimulates vagal gastric secretion)

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3
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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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4
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Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon

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Skip lesions (Crohn disease)

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5
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Aneurysm, dissecting

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HTN

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6
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Aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta

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Atherosclerosis

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7
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Aortic aneurysm, arch

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tertiary syphilis (syphilic aortitis), vasa vasorum destruction

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8
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Aortic aneurysm, ascending

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Marfan syndrome (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)

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9
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Atrophy of the mammillary bodies

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Wenicke encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency causing ataxia, opthalmoplegia, and confusion)

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10
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Autosplenectomy (fibrosis and shrinkage)

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Sickle cell anemia (Hb S)

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11
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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/E coli (newborns), S pneumoniae/N 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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18
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Breast cancer

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infiltrating ductal carcinoma

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19
Q

Breast mass

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Fibrocystic change, carcinoma (in post menopausal women)

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20
Q

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 (non bacterial, affecting both sides of mitral valve)

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23
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Cardiac tumor (adults)

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Metastasis, primary 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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25
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Chronic arrhythmia

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Atrial fibrillation (associated with high risk of emboli)

26
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Chronic atrophic gastritis (autoimmune)

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Predisposition to gastric carcinoma (can also cause pernicious anemia)

27
Q

Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina

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DES exposure in utero

28
Q

Compression fracture

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Osteoporosis (type I: postmenopausal woman; type 2: elderly man or woman)

29
Q

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hypotension

A

21-hydroxylase deficiency

30
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Congenital cardiac anomaly

A

VSD

31
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Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (black liver)

A

Dubin-Johnson syndrome (inability of hepatocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile)

32
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Constrictive pericarditis

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TB (developing world); SLE (developed world)

33
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Coronary artery involved in thrombosis

A

LAD > RCA > LCA

34
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Cretinism

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Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism

35
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Cushing syndrome

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Iatrogenic cushing (corticosteroid therapy), adrenocortical adenoma (secretes excess cortisol), ACTH secreting pituitary adenoma, Paraneoplastic cushing (due to ACTH secretion by tumors)

36
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Cyanosis (early, less common)

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Tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosus

37
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Cyanosis (late, more common)

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VSD, ASD, PDA

38
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Death in CML

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Blast crisis

39
Q

Death in SLE

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Lupus nephropathy

40
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Dementia

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Alzheimer disease, multiple infarcts

41
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Demyelinating disease in young women

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Multiple sclerosis

42
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DIC

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

43
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Dietary deficit

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Iron

44
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Diverticulum in pharynx

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Zenker diverticulum (diagnosed by barium swallow)

45
Q

Ejection click

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Aortic/pulmonic stenosis

46
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Esophageal cancer

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Squamous cell carcinoma (worldwide); adenocarcinoma (US)

47
Q

Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)

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S aureus, B cereus

48
Q

Glomerulonephritis (adults)

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Berger disease (IgA nephropathy)

49
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Gynecologic malignancy

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Endometrial carcinoma (most common in US); cervical carcinoma (most common worldwide)

50
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Heart murmur, congenital

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Mitral valve prolapse

51
Q

Heart valve in bacterial endocarditis

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Mitral > aortic (rheumatic fever), tricuspid (IV drug abuse)

52
Q

Helminth infection (US)

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Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides

53
Q

Hematoma–epidural

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Rupture of middle meningeal artery (trauma; lentiform shaped)

54
Q

Hematoma–subdural

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Rupture of bridging veins (crescent shaped)

55
Q

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
Q

Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Cirrhotic liver (associated with Hep B and C and with alcoholism)

57
Q

Hereditary bleeding disorder

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von Willebrand disease

58
Q

Hereditary harmless jaundice

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Gilbert syndrome (benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

59
Q

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