step 1 Flashcards
What substance depends on Ca2+ and is responsible for cell adhesion?
Cadherins (desmogleins, desmocollins, E-cadherin).
- Loss = metastasis
- binding forms adheren junction and desmosomes
What type of virus is the Molluscum contagiosum? What would biopsy show?
- Poxvirus
- biopsy= eosinophilia cytoplasmic inclusions (mulluscum bodies)
Knee dislocation posterior and anterior, put what structure at especially high risk of damage?
Popliteal artery (continuation of femoral artery) damage = diminished posterior tibialis and dorsalis pedis pulses
What happens when a ligand binds to tyrosine kinase? What ligand bind to tyrosine kinase?
- Causes dimerization, each subunit phosphorylates the other
- Insulin, epidural growth factor, platelet derived growth factor, and vascular endothelial growth factor
What happens to GFR after a unilateral nephrectomy?
- Immediately after surgery : 50%
- Six weeks after surgery: 80%
Phosphodiestrase 5 inhibitor (sildenadil) treat erectile dysfunction how?
Increase cGMP in vascular smooth muscle of corpora cavernous= smooth muscle relaxation = engorgement
Carniopharyngiomas cause what?
Bitemporal hemianopia, suprasellar optic chiasm
Acute stress disorder vs PTSD
- Acute stress disorder lasts > or equal to 3 days and < 1 month
- PTSD symptoms greater than a month
Schizophreniform disorder versus schizoaffective disorder
- Schizophreniform disorder: > 1 month and < 6 months
- schizoaffective disorder: concurrent mood symptoms, at least 2 weeks delusions or hallucinations with absence mood symptoms
False positive eqn
1- specificity
Relative risk eqn
Risk of people with mutation getting disease/ risk people without mutation getting disease
What is the most common cause of viral encephalitis ?
Herpes simplex virus, effects temporal lobe
- causes olfactory hallucinations and bizarre behavior
Patient presents with intermittent reddish brown urine that darkens when in light. No dysuria and no increase in frequency. She also has abdominal pain and aggressive outbursts. Diagnosis?
- Acute intermittent porphyria
- defect PGB deaminase = increase PGB and ALA
- autosomal dominate
- no photosensitivity
What is the most common porphyria?
- uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase deficiency
- Associated with exposure to aromatic hydrocarbons, estrogen, hepatitis C
- Causes cutaneous photosensitivity
Rb is a what? What is it a/w?
- Tumor suppressor gene (need 2 hit)
- a/w retinoblastoma and osteosarcoma
- Inhibit E2F, blocks G to S phase
Patient has low CD3, but normal CD20. Exam shows dysmorphic face and cleft palate. Patient also has recurrent white patches on inside of cheeks. What is the diagnosis?
DiGeorge Syndrome
- 22q11 deletion
- failed 3rd and 4th pouche development
- hypocalcemia
Patient is in diabetic ketoacidosis, what is the potassium, sodium and glucose level?
High potassium, low-sodium, high glucose
Male with testicular atrophy.
- Low testosterone, high LH, and high estrogen
- high FSH
- diagnosis?
Klinefelter syndrome, 47 XXY
Male hypogonadism. Decreased FSH, LH, testosterone. Diagnosis?
- Kallmann
- defect migration GnRH releasing neurons
Inhibit B function
Inhibit FSH
A patient has pheochromocytoma, what do you give before surgery to prevent hypertensive crisis?
Phenoxybenzamine
Cisplatin SAE
Ototoxicity, damage stereocilia on hair cells
Etoposide SAE
Alopecia, GI irritation and myelosuppression
Doxorubicin SAE
Alopecia, myocardial damage and myelosuppresion