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MCC of congenital malformation in US

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Ethanol use during pregnancy

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Most common cause of neural tube defects

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Folate deficiency

  • MC nutritional deficit in US
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MCC of congenital intellectual disability in US?

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Fetal alcohol syndrome

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3 amino acids modfied in the golgi appartus

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  1. asparagine
  2. serine
  3. threonine
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hyperflexible joints, arachnodactyly, aortic dissection, lens dislocation

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Marfan syndrome

defective fibrillin, which holds together trophoelastin subunits

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Heriditary nephritis, cataracts, sensorineural hearing loss

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Alport syndrome

(defective Type IV collagen, found in basement membrane of eye, ear, kindey); cant see, cant pee, cant hear high C

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Unilateral facial drooping involving the forehead

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Bell’s palsy

*if forehead unaffected, think stroke

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Ptosis, miosis and anhydrosis

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Horner’s syndrome

*lesion of spinal cord above T1

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Worst HA of life

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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lucid interval

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epidural hematoma

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Bloody CSF

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subarachnoid hemorrhage

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MCC of subdural hematoma (anatomically)

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torn bridging veins

hitting head of old person/ alcoholic; shaking baby syndrome

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MCC of epidural hematoma

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Rupture of middle meningeal artery(banch of maxillary)–> frequently secondary to fracture of temporal bone

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Urinary incontinence, ataxia, cognitive dysfunction

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Normal pressure hydrocephalus (wet, wacky, wild)

*sx due to expansion of ventricles compressing corona radiata

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Amyloid deposits in gray matter of brain

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senile plaques (Alzheimers)

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Drooling, sweating, agitated farmer

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Organophosphate poisoning

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Medical treatment for pheochromocytoma

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Alpha antagonist–> usually phenoxybenzamine (binds irreversibly)

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selective A1 antagonist used to treat BPH

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Tamsulosin–> is specific for alpha 1A, Alpha 1D receptors found in the prostate; little effects on the alpha 1b receptors found in vasculature

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continuous machine like heart murmur

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patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)

  • is a non-cyanotic shunt (L to R)
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“boot-shaped heart”

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Tetralogy of Fallot

  • is a sign of right ventricular hypertrophy; can be indicative of pulmonary HTN in adult
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rib notching, or pulsating pulses on ribs

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coarctation of aorta

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MCC congenital cardiac anomaly

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VSD (ventricular septal defect)

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MCC congenital cause of early cyanosis

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Tetralogy of Fallot

  • review the 4 issues
  • transposition of the great vessels may be a close 2nd, causes profound cyanosis
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bounding pulses, head-bobbing, diastolic murmur

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aortic regutgitation

  • bounding pulses due to the wide pulse pressures (normal systolic, but diastolic much lower due to loss of blood through incompetent aortic valve
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bone enlargement, bone pain, arthritis

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Paget’s disease of bone

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vertebral compression fractures

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osteoporosis

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positive anterior drawer sign

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torn ACL

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swollen, hard, painful finger joints (which hand joints involved)

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osteoarthritis

DIP and PIP

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swollen, boggy, painful finger joints (which joints involved)

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rheumatoid arthritis

PIP and MIP–> spares the DIPs

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swollen, red, acutely painful great toe joint

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gout

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positively birefringent crystals

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pseudogout

  • blue when perpendicular!!–> rhomboid shaped classicaly, but can be needle shaped
  • big joints, like Knee!
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negatively birefringent crystals

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gout

*yellow when parallel–> classically needle shaped

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33
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HLA-DR4

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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34
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HLA-B27

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seronegative spondyloarthropathies , esp with men

“PAIR” = psoriatic arthritis, Ankylosing spondylitis, IBS, Reactive arthritis (aka Reiter’s syndrome)

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35
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bamboo spine on x-ray

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ankylosing spondylitis

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36
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painless oral ulcers plus raised erythematous lesions and photosensitivity

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SLE–> painless oral ulcers is a buzzword

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Anti-smith and anti-ds DNA Abs

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SLE

*anti-dsDNA Abs is specific for renal manifestations of lupus

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anti-histone Abs

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drug induced SLE

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39
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anti-centromere Abs

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CREST scleroderma

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40
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anti-topoisomerase I Abs (and what is other name for these)

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Systemic scleroderma

*scl-70

41
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Anti-Ro Abs or anti La Abs

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Sjogren’s syndrome

  • Ro = SS-A
  • La = SS-B
42
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facial rash and raynaud phenomenon in young woman

43
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arthritis, dry mouth, dry eyes

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Sjogrens syndrome

44
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most common cause of death in SLE

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Lupus nephritis/ nephropathy

45
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keratin pearls on skin biopsy

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Squamous cell carcinoma

46
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MC malignant skin tumor

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Basal cell carcinoma

*basal cell > squamous > melanoma

47
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MC cancer in men

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Prostatic adenocarcinoma

48
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MCC of urinary obstruction in men

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MC treatment for ED in men

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sildafenil or vardafenil

50
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Dysplastic cervical cells with enlarged, dark nuclei

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Koilocytes–> HPV infection

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DES exposure

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Clear cell adenocarcinoma of vagina

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MC tumor in women

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MC gynecologic malignancy in the U.S.

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endometrial carcinoma

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MC gynecologic malignancy worldwide

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Cervical CA

55
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chocolate cyst of ovary

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endometriosis

56
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MC benign ovarian tumor

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Serous cystadenoma

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MC malignant ovarian tumor

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serous cystadenocarcinoma

58
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disarrayed granulosa cells in eosinophilic fluid

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Call-exner bodies–> Granulosa cell tumor

59
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MC genetic cause of intellectual disability

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Down’s syndrome (trisomy 21)

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2nd MC genetic cause of intellectual disability

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Fragile X syndrome

61
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horseshoe kidney, congenital heart defects, streak ovaries, cystic hygroma

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Turner’s syndrome

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rocker bottom feet, clenched hands, microcephaly with prominent occiput and small jaw

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Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)

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MC cancer in women in US

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MC benign breast tumor

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Fibroadenoma (esp in women under 35)

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MC malignant breast tumor

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Invasive ductal carcinoma

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blue dome cyst in breast

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Fibrocystic change

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Treatment for ER (+) breast CA

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Red, itchy, swollen rash on nipple and areola

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Paget’s disease of breast

*commonly indicates an underlying breast carcinoma, usually ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)

69
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branching, filamentous Gram (+) rods with sulphur granules

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Actinomyces israelii

70
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food poisoning due to exotoxin (2)

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  1. S. aureus (vomiting within 2-3 hours, think mayo)

2. B. cereus (reheated rice)

71
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osteomylelitis in Sickle cell

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Salmonella

72
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MC medication used for UTI prophylaxis

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MC bacterial infection in a pt. w/ struvite (rams horn) kidney stone

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Proteus mirabilis

sometimes S. aureus

74
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standard tx for T. palladium

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Penicillin

75
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cellulitis form dog or cat bite

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Pasteurella multocida

76
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non-painful, indurated ulcerous lesion

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Syphilis chancre–> primary syphilis

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moist, smooth, flat, white genital lesion

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condylomata lati–> secondary syphilis

78
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Large bulls eye rash

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erythema migrans–> Lyme disease

79
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calcified granuloma in lung, plus hilar lymphadenopathy

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Ghon Complex–> primary TB

80
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Back pain, fever, night sweats and weight loss

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Pott’s disease (extrapulmonary reactivated TB, secondary TB)

81
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standard treatment regimen for TB

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  1. Rifampin
  2. Isoniazid
  3. Pyrazinamide
  4. Ethambutol
82
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eczema, recurrent cold abscesses, high serum IgE

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Hyperimmunoglobilin E syndrome (Job syndrome)

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large lysosomal vesicles in phagocyte

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Chediak-Higashi Syndrome

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Toe extension upon stimulating sole of foot with blunt instrument

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positive Babinski

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Hyperreflexia, increased muscle tone, positive Babinski

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Upper Motor neuron lesion

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Hyporeflexia, decreased muscle tone, muscle atrophy, fasciculations

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Lower motor neuron lesion

87
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Depigmentation of substantia nigra

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Parkinson’s disease

88
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Chorea, dementia, atrophy of caudate and putamen

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Huntington’s disease

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Eosinophilic inclusions in the cytoplasm of neurons

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Lewy bodies (alpha-synulcein deposits)

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conjugate lateral gaze palsy, with nystagmus and diplopia during lateral gaze

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Internuclear opthalmoplegia

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degenerating dz of dorsal columns

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Tabes dorsalis

92
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demyelinating dz in a young woman

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Mixed upper and lower motor neuron disease

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newborn with arm paralysis following labor

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Upper trunk (C5-C6) lesion–> Erb-duchenne palsy

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MCC of dementia

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Alzheimers

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2nd MCC cause of dementia

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Vascular (multi-infarct) dementia

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Extracellular amyloid deposits in grey matter

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Amyloid plaques of Alzheimers

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Intracellular deposits of hyperphosphorylated tau protein

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Neurofibrillary tangles (alzheimers)

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intracellular spherical aggrgates of tau protein seen on silver stain

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Pick bodies (frontotemporal dementia)

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