Key Pathology Word Association 3

Question 1

Liver and brain damage after aspirin ingestion

Answer 1

Reyes syndrome

Question 2

L-MYC oncogene

Answer 2

Colon cancer

Question 3

Looser’s zone (pseudo-fracture)

Answer 3

osteomalacia

Question 4

MacCullum’s patch in left atrium

Answer 4

Rheumatic fever

Question 5

Macrocytic normochromic anemia

Answer 5

Folic acid of vitamin B12 deficiency

Question 6

Malignant plasma cells

Answer 6

Multiple myeloma

Question 7

Microcytic hypochromic anemia

Answer 7

Iron deficiency anemia

Question 8

Minimal change of the basement membrane

Answer 8

Nephrotic syndrome

Question 9

MC cancer in men

Answer 9

Prostate cancer

Question 10

MC cancer in women

Answer 10

breast cancer

Question 11

MC cause of osteomyelitis

Answer 11

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 12

MC malignant bone tumor

Answer 12

metastases

Question 13

MC benign brain tumor

Answer 13

meningioma

Question 14

MC kidney tumor in children

Answer 14

Wilms tumor

Question 15

MC malignant brain tumors in adult

Answer 15

glioblastoma multiforme

Question 16

MC malignant brain tumor in children

Answer 16

neuroblastoma

Question 17

MC primary bone cancer in adults

Answer 17

Multiple myeloma

Question 18

MC primary bone cancer in teens

Answer 18

osteosarcoma

Question 19

MC skin cancer

Answer 19

Basal cell carcinoma

Question 20

Most malignant skin cancer

Answer 20

Malignant melanoma

Question 21

M spike on electrophoresis

Answer 21

Multiple myeloma

Question 22

Multiple cysts in both kidneys in adults

Answer 22

Adult polycystic disease of the kidney

Question 23

Multiple cysts in one kidney in an infant

Answer 23

Congenital polycystic disease of the kidney

Question 24

Multiple superficial ulcers in the colon

Answer 24

Ulcerative colitis

Question 25

Needle-shaped negatively birefringent crystals

Answer 25

Gout (uric acid crystals)

Question 26

Negri bodies

Answer 26

Rabies

Question 27

Neurofibrillary tangles

Answer 27

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 28

N-MYC oncogene

Answer 28

Neuroblastoma

Question 29

Non-caseous granuloma in the gut

Answer 29

Crohn’s disease

Question 30

Non-caseous granuloma in the lung

Answer 30

Sarcoidosis

Question 31

Nutmeg liver

Answer 31

Congestive Heart Failure

Question 32

Onion skin periosteal reaction on x-ray

Answer 32

Ewing’s sarcoma

Question 33

Oral pigmentation and intestinal polyps

Answer 33

Peutz-Jegher syndrom

Question 34

osteophytes

Answer 34

osteoarthritis

Question 35

Owl-eye appearance in a lung biopsy

Answer 35

Cryptococcus neoformans

Question 36

p16 oncogene

Answer 36

Malignant melanoma

Question 37

Pannus formation

Answer 37

Rheumatoid arthritis

Question 38

Paroxysms of HTN, palpitations, and perspiration

Answer 38

Pheochromocytoma

Question 39

Philadelphia chromosome

Answer 39

Chronic myelogenous leukemia

Question 40

Pill-rolling tremor and decreased dopamine

Answer 40

Parkinson’s disease

Question 41

Post-coital bleeding

Answer 41

Carcinoma of the cervix

Question 42

Post-menopausal bleeding

Answer 42

Endometrial cancer

Question 43

Prostatic specific antigen

Answer 43

Prostatic carcinoma

Question 44

Pseudohypertrophic calf muscles

Answer 44

Duchesne muscular dystrophy

Question 45

Pulmonary stenosis, VSD, over-riding aorta, RVH

Answer 45

Fallot’s tetralogy

Question 46

Pulsatile midline abdominal mass

Answer 46

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

Question 47

Rachitic rosary

Answer 47

Vitamin D deficiency in children

Question 48

Red and grey hepatization in lung

Answer 48

Pneumonia

Question 49

Radiofemoral delay

Answer 49

Coarctation of the aorta

Question 50

Red blood cells casts in urine

Answer 50

glomerulonephritis