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"Most common" Flashcards

1
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most common soft tissue tumor of hand and wrist

A

ganglion cyst

most common around the scapholunate ligament junction

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most common cervical disc herniation site

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between C5 and C6 is more affected in cervical spondylosis)

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3
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most common sx of radiculopathy (L4-S3)

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sciatica

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4
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most common place for spondylolisthesis

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L5-S1, less common L4-L5

also spondylolisthesis is relieved by sitting, where sciatica is relieved by walking or lying down/agg by sitting

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most common cause of lateral knee pain among athletes, and most common cause of lateral knee pain in runners

A

iliotibial band syndrome

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most common mass in the popliteal fossa

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Baker’s cyst

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most common tears: medial or lateral meniscus? ACL or PCL?

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medial, ACL

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most frequently dislocated joint in the body

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shoulder, and 90% it is anteriorly displaced

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9
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most common benign bone tumor (35%)

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osteochondroma - usually on distal femur, proximal tibia, proximal humerus

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10
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most common met for osteosarcoma

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lung

malignant sarcoma affects: distal femur > proximal tibia > proximal humerus

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11
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most common bug in osteomyelitis

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staph aureus 90%

also strep pyogenes, H flu

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most common bug in septic arthritis

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staph aureus in adults

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13
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bug of lyme disease

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borrelia burgdorferi (spirochete) transmitted by ixodes tick on white-tailed deer or white-footed mouse

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bug of secondary lymphedema

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wucheria bancrofti, filariasis

filariasis is a disease caused by a mosquito-borne nematode infection of wucheria bancrofti. This is the #1 cause of lymphedema worldwide (radiation and surgery are the #1 cause of lymphedema in north america)

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most common bu for lymphangitis

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strep pyogenes

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16
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most common area of a neuroblastoma?

most common age? mean?

A

adrenal medulla
< 5 yo
18 months

17
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most common place of metastasis in nephroblastoma/Wilms tumor

A

lungs

18
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most common primary ocular malignancy in childhood

A

retinoblastoma

19
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most common cause of encephalitis?
most common viral CNS infection in AIDS?
most common cause of AIDS dementia?

A

viral
CMV
HIV

20
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most common transmissor of rabies

A

racoon

21
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most common auto-antibody mediated encephalitis

A

anti-NMDA receptor

22
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most common cause of acute otitis media

A

strep pneumonia

23
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most common viral exanthem in children < 2

A

roseola infantum

24
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most common cause of acute laryngotracheobronchitis (croup)

A

parainfluenza viruses (types 1 > 2 and 3)

also caused by RSV and adenovirus

25
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most common cause of acute epiglotitis

A

Hib (can also be due to vaccine, but this is rare)

26
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leading COD in infants < 12 mo

more prevalent in males or females?

A

SIDS, males 60-70%, also more prevalent in children placed in the prone position, most deaths occur between midnight at 8 am

27
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leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children

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RSV - manifests as bronchiolitis

28
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most common adult atrial septal defect

A

patent foramen ovale

opening between right and left atriums

29
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most common congenital heart disorder associated with bicuspid aorta and Turners syndrome

A

coarctation of the aorta

30
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most common cyanotic heart defect DX beyond infancy

A

TOF

31
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most common CHD in children

A

VSD

32
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most common COD in Hirschsprung disease

A

perforation from enterocolitis of dilated bowel

33
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most common chronic arthritis of children

A

juvenile RA/ juvenile idiopathic arthritis

34
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most common valve affected in endocarditis + drug-related infective endocarditis

A

mitral valve&raquo_space; aortic > TC > pulmonic

tricuspid in drug users*

35
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most common bug in acute endocarditis?

subacute bacterial endocarditis?

A

staph aureus

strep viridans

36
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most common form of myocarditis

A

viral

37
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most common viral cause of acute pericarditis

A

coxsackie B virus

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