syndromes and cancers for board review Flashcards by Anna Woods

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B cell lymphoma

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EBV

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blackwater fever

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rare complication of malaria= plasmodia

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bladder cancer

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schistosome haematobium

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Burkitts lymphoma

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EBV

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cervical cancer

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HPV (16 and 18 most commonly)

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colon cancer

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streptococcus bovis (colon flora)

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floppy baby syndrome

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clostridium botulinum (gram positive rod)

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gastric adenocarcinoma

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H. pylori

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gastric MALT B cell lymphomas

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H pylori

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guillain-barre syndrome

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campylobacter jejuni (also some vaccines)

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hairy oral leukoplakia

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EBV (associated with HIV/immunocompromised)

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hemolytic uremic syndrome

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E.coli (EHEC)

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hyper infection syndorme

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strongyloides stercoralis

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Kaposi sarcoma

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HHV-8

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katayama syndrome

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schistosomiasis japonica (acute pray egg-laying phase)

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malabsorption syndrome

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many intestinal infections (giardia lambda)

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nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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EBV

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primary hepatocellular carcinoma

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viral hepatitis (HCV, HBV) or aflatoxin (from aspergillum infested food)

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reactive arthritis

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most commonly intestinal infections or STIs

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reiter syndrome

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arthritis, urethritis/cervicitis, uveitis

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waterhouse-friedrichsen syndrome

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neisseria meningitides

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Weil disease

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leptospira interrogates (found in mouse urine)

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X-linked lymphoproliferative disease

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cannot mount an immune response to EBV