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Actinic (Solar) Keratosis

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Precursor To Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Acute Gastric Ulcer Associated With CNS Injury

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Cushing Ulcer (↑ ICP Stimulates Vagal Gastric H+ Secretion)

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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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Alternating Areas Of Transmural Inflammation & Normal Colon

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Skip Lesions (Crohn Disease)

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Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal

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Atherosclerosis

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Aortic Aneurysm, Ascending Or Arch

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Tertiary Syphilis (Syphilitic Aortitis), Vasa Vasorum Destruction

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Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic

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Marfan Syndrome (Idiopathic Cystic Medial Degeneration)

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Aortic Dissection

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Hypertension

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Atrophy Of The Mammillary Bodies

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Wernicke’s Encephalopathy (Thiamine Deficiency Causing Ataxia, Ophthalmoplegia & Confusion)

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Autosplenectomy (Fibrosis & Shrinkage)

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Sickle Cell Anemia (Hemoglobin S)

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Bacteria Associated With Gastritis, Peptic Ulcer Disease & Stomach Cancer

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H. pylori

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Bacterial Meningitis (Adults & Elderly)

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Bacterial Meningitis (Newborns & Kids)

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Group B Streptococcus (Newborns), S. pneumoniae / Neisseria meningitidis (Kids)

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Benign Melanocytic Nevus

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Spitz Nevus (Most Common In First Two Decades)

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Bleeding Disorder With Gplb Deficiency

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Bernard-Soulier Syndrome (Defect In Platelet Adhesion To von Willebrand’s Factor)

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Brain Tumor (Adults)

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Supratentorial: Metastasis > Astrocytoma (Including Glioblastoma Multiforme) > Meningioma > Schwannoma

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Brain Tumor (Kids)

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Infratentorial: Medulloblastoma (Cerebellum) Or Supratentorial: Craniopharyngioma (Cerebrum)

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Breast Cancer

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Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma (In The U.S., 1 In 9 Women Will Develop Breast Cancer)

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Breast Mass

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Fibrocystic Change, Carcinoma (In Postmenopausal Women)

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Breast Tumor (Benign)

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Fibroadenoma

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Cardiac 1° Tumor (Kids)

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Rhabdomyoma, Often Seen In Tuberous Sclerosis

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Cardiac Manifestation Of Lupus

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Marantic / Thrombotic Endocarditis (Nonbacterial)

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Cardiac Tumor (Adults)

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Metastasis, 1° Myxoma (90% In Left Atrium; “ Ball & Valve”)

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Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation

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Chiari II Malformation (Often Presents With Progressive Hydrocephalus Or Syringomyelia)

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Chronic Arrhythmia

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Atrial Fibrillation (Associated With High Risk Of Emboli)

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Chronic Atrophic Gastritis (Autoimmune)

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Predisposition To Gastric Carcinoma (Can Also Cause Pernicious Anemia)

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Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma Of The Vagina

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DES Exposure In Utero

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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Hypotension

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21 -Hydroxylase Deficiency

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Congenital Cardiac Anomaly

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VSD

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Congenital Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia (Black Liver)

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Dubin-Johnson Syndrome (Inability Of Hepatocytes To Secrete Conjugated Bilirubin Into Bile)

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Constrictive Pericarditis

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Tuberculosis (Developing World); Idiopathic, Viral Illness (Developed World)

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Coronary Artery Involved In Thrombosis

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LAD > RCA > Circumflex

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Cretinism

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Iodine Deficit / Hypothyroidism

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Cushing Syndrome

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Iatrogenic (From Corticosteroid Therapy), Adrenocortical Adenoma (Secretes Excess Cortisol), ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma (Cushing Disease), Paraneoplastic (Due To ACTH Secretion By Tumors)

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Cyanosis (Early; Less Common)

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Tetralogy Of Fallot, Transposition Of Great Vessels, Truncus Arteriosus

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Cyanosis (Late; More Common)

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VSD, ASD, PDA

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37
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Death In CML

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Blast Crisis

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38
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Death In SLE

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Lupus Nephropathy

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Dementia

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Alzheimer’s Disease, Multiple Infarcts (Vascular Dementia)

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Demyelinating Disease In Young Women

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Multiple Sclerosis

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DIC

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Severe Sepsis, Obstetric Complications, Cancer, Burns, Trauma, Major Surgery

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Dietary Deficit

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Iron

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Diverticulum In Pharynx

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Zenker’s Diverticulum (Diagnosed By Barium Swallow)

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Ejection Click

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Aortic Stenosis

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Esophageal Cancer

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Worldwide); Adenocarcinoma (U.S.)

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Food Poisoning (Exotoxin Mediated)

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S. aureus, B . cereus

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Glomerulonephritis (Adults)

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Berger Disease (IgA Nephropathy)

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Gynecologic Malignancy

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Endometrial Carcinoma (Most Common In U.S.); Cervical Carcinoma (Most Common Worldwide)

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Heart Murmur, Congenital

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Mitral Valve Prolapse

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50
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Heart Valve In Bacterial Endocarditis

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Mitral > Aortic (Rheumatic Fever), Tricuspid (IV Drug Abuse)

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Helminth Infection (U.S.)

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Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides

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Hematoma - Epidural

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Rupture Of Middle Meningeal Artery (Trauma; Lentiform Shaped)

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Hematoma-Subdural

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Rupture Of Bridging Veins (Crescent Shaped)

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Hemochromatosis

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Multiple Blood Transfusions Or Hereditary HFE Mutation (Can Result In CHF, “Bronze Diabetes,” & ↑ Risk Of Hepatocellular Carcinoma)

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Cirrhotic Liver (Associated With Hepatitis B & C And With Alcoholism)

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Hereditary Bleeding Disorder

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von Willebrand ‘s Disease

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Hereditary Harmless Jaundice

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Gilbert’s Syndrome (Benign Congenital Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia)

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HLA-B27

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Ankylosing Spondylitis, Reactive Arthritis, Ulcerative Colitis, Psoriatic Arthritis

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HLA-DR3

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Diabetes Mellitus Type 1, SLE, Graves Disease, Hashimoto Thyroiditis

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HLA-DR4

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Diabetes Mellitus Type 1, Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Holosystolic Murmur

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VSD, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Mitral Regurgitation

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Hypercoagulability, Endothelial Damage, Blood Stasis

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Virchow’s Triad (↑ Risk Of Thrombosis)

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Hypertension, 2°

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Renal Disease

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Hypoparathyroidism

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Accidental Excision During Thyroidectomy

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Hypopituitarism

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Pituitary Adenoma (Usually Benign Tumor)

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Infection 2° To Blood Transfusion

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Hepatitis C

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Infections In Chronic Granulomatous Disease

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Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, Aspergillus (Catalase Positive)

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Kidney Stones

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Calcium = Radiopaque,
Struvite (Ammonium) = Radiopaque (Formed By Urease-Positive Organisms Such As Klebsiella, Proteus Species & S. saprohyticus), Uric Acid = Radiolucent

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Late Cyanotic Shunt (Uncorrected Left To Right Becomes Right To Left)

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Eisenmenger’s Syndrome (Caused by ASD, VSD, PDA; Results In Pulmonary Hypertension /Polycythemia)

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Liver Disease

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Alcoholic Cirrhosis

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Lysosomal Storage Disease

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Gaucher Disease

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Male Cancer

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Prostatic Carcinoma

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Malignancy Associated With Noninfectious Fever

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Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Malignancy (Kids)

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ALL, Medulloblastoma (Cerebellum)

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Mental Retardation

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Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome

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Metastases To Bone

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Prostate, Breast > Lung > Thyroid

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Metastases To Brain

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Lung > Breast > Genitourinary > Melanoma > GI

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Metastases To Liver

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Colon&raquo_space; Stomach, Pancreas

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Mitochondrial Inheritance

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Disease Occurs In Both Males & Females, Inherited Through Females Only

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Mitral Valve Stenosis

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Rheumatic Heart Disease

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Mixed (UMN & LMN) Motor Neuron Disease

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Myocarditis

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Coxsackie B

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Nephrotic Syndrome (Adults)

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Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

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Nephrotic Syndrome (Kids)

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Minimal Change Disease

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Neuron Migration Failure

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Kallmann Syndrome (Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism & Anosmia)

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Nosocomial Pneumonia

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S. aureus, Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, E. coli & Other Enteric Gram-Negative Rods

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Obstruction Of Male Urinary Tract

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Opening Snap

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Mitral Stenosis

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Opportunistic Infection In AIDS

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Pneumocystis jirovecii (Formerly carinii) Pneumonia

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Osteomyelitis

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S. aureus (Most Common Overall)

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Osteomyelitis In Sickle Cell Disease

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Salmonella

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Osteomyelitis With IV Drug Use

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Pseudomonas, Candida, S. aureus

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Bilateral Ovarian Metastasis From Gastric Carcinoma Or Breast Cancer

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Krukenberg Tumor (Mucin-Secreting Signet-Ring Cells)

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Ovarian Tumor (Benign, Bilateral)

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Serous Cystadenoma

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Ovarian Tumor (Malignant)

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Serous Cystadenocarcinoma

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Pancreatitis (Acute)

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Gallstones, Alcohol

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Pancreatitis (Chronic)

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Alcohol (Adults), Cystic Fibrosis (Kids)

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Patient With ALL / CLL / AML / CML

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ALL: Child, CLL: Adult > 60, AML: Adult ~ 65, CML: Adult 45-85

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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

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Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Philadelphia Chromosome t(9;22) (BCR-ABL)

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CML (May Sometimes Be Associated With ALL / AML)

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Pituitary Tumor

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Prolactinoma, Somatotropic “Acidophilic” Adenoma

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Primary Amenorrhea

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Turner Syndrome (45,XO)

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Primary Bone Tumor (Adults)

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Multiple Myeloma

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Primary Hyperaldosteronism

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Adenoma Of Adrenal Cortex

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Primary Hyperparathyroidism

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Adenomas, Hyperplasia, Carcinoma

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Primary Liver Cancer

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Chronic Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Hemochromatosis, α1-Antitrypsin Deficiency, Wilson Disease)

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Pulmonary Hypertension

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Recurrent Inflammation / Thrombosis Of Small / Medium Vessels In Extermities

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Buerger Disease (Strongly Associated With Tobacco)

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Renal Tumor

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Renal Cell Carcinoma : Associated With von Hippel-Lindau & Cigarette Smoking; Paraneoplastic Syndromes (EPO, Renin, PTHrP, ACTH)

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Right Heart Failure Due To A Pulmonary Cause

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Cor Pulmonale

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S3 (Protocliastolic Gallop) Heart Sound

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↑ Ventricular Filling Pressure (e.g., Mitral Regurgitation, HF), Common In Dilated Ventricles

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S4 (Presystolic Gallop) Heart Sound

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Stiff / Hypertrophic Ventricle (Aortic Stenosis, Restrictive Cardiomyopathy)

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Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

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Hypocalcemia Of Chronic Kidney Disease

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Sexually Transmitted Disease

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Chlamydia (Usually Coinfected With N. gonorrhoeae)

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SIADH

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Small Cell Carcinoma Of The Lung

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Site Of Diverticula

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Sigmoid Colon

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Sites Of Atherosclerosis

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Abdominal Aorta > Coronary Artery > Popliteal Artery > Carotid Artery

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Stomach Cancer

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Adenocarcinoma

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Stomach Ulcerations & High Gastrin Levels

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Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome (Gastrinoma Of Duodenum Or Pancreas)

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t (14;18)

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Follicular Lymphomas (BCL-2 Activation, Anti-Apoptotic Oncogene)

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t (8;14)

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Burkitt’s Lymphoma (c-myc Fusion, Transcription Factor Oncogene)

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t (9;22)

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Philadelphia Chromosome, CML (BCR-ABL Activation, Tyrosine Kinase Oncogene)

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Temporal Arteritis

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Risk Of Ipsilateral Blindness Due To Thrombosis Of Ophthalmic Artery; Polymyalgia Rheumatica

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Testicular Tumor

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Seminoma (Malignant, Radiosensitive)

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Thyroid Cancer

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Papillary Carcinoma

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Tumor In Women

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Leiomyoma (Estrogen Dependent, Not Precancerous)

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Tumor Of Infancy

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Strawberry Hemangioma (Usually Regresses Spontaneously By Childhood)

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Tumor Of The Adrenal Medulla (Adults)

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Pheochromocytoma (Usually Benign)

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Tumor Of The Adrenal Medulla (Kids)

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Neuroblastoma (Malignant)

130
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Type Of Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Nodular Sclerosis (Vs. Mixed Cellularity, Lymphocytic Predominance, Lymphocytic Depletion)

131
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Type Of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

132
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UTI

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E. coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (Young Women)

133
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Vertebral Compression Fracture

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Osteoporosis (Type I: Postmenopausal Woman; Type II: Elderly Man Or Woman)

134
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Viral Encephalitis Affecting Temporal Lobe

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Vitamin Deficiency (U.S.)

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Folate (Pregnant Women Are At High Risk; Body Stores Only 3-to-4 Month Supply; Prevents Neural Tube Defects)

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