Key Pathology Word Association 4

Question 1

Recurrent peptic ulcers

Answer 1

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Question 2

Rib notch on chest x-ray

Answer 2

Coarctation of the aorta

Question 3

Reed-Sternberg cells

Answer 3

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Question 4

Rokitansky-Ashoff sinuses

Answer 4

Cholecystitis

Question 5

Scanning speech, intention tremor, nystagmus

Answer 5

Multiple sclerosis

Question 6

Sero-positive (Rheumatoid factor) arthritis

Answer 6

RA and SLE

Question 7

Soap-bubble appearance on x-ray

Answer 7

Giant cell tumor

Question 8

Spaghetti and meatballs appearance

Answer 8

Malassezia furfur

Question 9

Splenomegaly and erythema nodosa

Answer 9

sarcoidosis

Question 10

Splinter hemorrhages

Answer 10

Subacute bacterial endocarditis

Question 11

Starry sky appearance in lymph nodes

Answer 11

Burkitt’s syndrome

Question 12

Stunted small intestinal villi due to gluten sensitivity

Answer 12

Celiac disease

Question 13

subchondral sclerosis

Answer 13

osteoarthritis

Question 14

thymic and parathyroid aplasia

Answer 14

DiGeorge syndrome

Question 15

thyroglobulin antibodies

Answer 15

Hashimoto’s disease

Question 16

Trisomy 21

Answer 16

Down’s syndrome

Question 17

Vanilyl mandelic acid in urine

Answer 17

pheochromocytoma

Question 18

Virchow’s triad-vessel damage, stasis, hypercoagulability

Answer 18

Deep vein thrombosis

Question 19

Vomiting blood after protracted vomiting

Answer 19

Mallory-Weiss syndrome

Question 20

Wallerian degeneration

Answer 20

Nerve damage

Question 21

Weight loss and Troisier’s sign

Answer 21

Gastric carcinoma

Question 22

White blood cell casts in urine

Answer 22

pyelonephritis

Question 23

XO chromosomal disease

Answer 23

Turner’s syndrome

Question 24

Zenker’s degeneration

Answer 24

Skeletal muscle damage