Terms Flashcards
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Dysfunctional Auerbach’s plexus, “bird beak”, may be assoc. with Chagas disease (T. cruzi infection)
Achalasia
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Great anterior segmental medullary artery; L-sided in 65% of people; reinforces blood flow to 2/3 of anterior spinal cord
Artery of Adamkiewicz
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Primary adrenal insufficiency
Addison disease
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Arteriohepatic dysplasia; PS, butterfly vertebrae, long nose, 20p12-
Alagille syndrome
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Osteopetrosis
Albers-Schonberg disease
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Transmits pudendal nerve and internal pudendal a.
Alcock’s canal
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Childhood leukodystrophy; macrocephaly, seizures, spasticity; GFAP mutation
Alexander disease
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Amniotic rupture with secondary entanglement and tearing/amputation of developed parts (usually digits)
Amniotic band disruption sequence
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Collagen IV mutation; Basement membrane splitting; nephritic syndrome; lens defects, deafness
Alport syndrome
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“Happy puppet” inappropriate laughter; mental retardation, seizures, ataxia, 15q11-13 (maternal)
Angelman’s syndrome
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Activated histiocytes; pathognomonic of RHD
Anitschkow’s cells
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Restless legs syndrome
Anxietas tibiarum
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Turribrachycephaly, syndactyly, ankyloses, progressive synostoses, mental retardation; FGFR-2 gene; paternal
Apert syndrome
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“Prostitute’s pupil”, accommodates but does not react; seen in neurosyphilis
Argyll-Robertson Pupil
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Tubular deposition of glycogen, seen in DM
Armanni-Ebstein lesion
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Small posterior fossa; downward displacement of cerebellum Chiari I: low-lying cerebellum; tonsils descend through foramen magnum; medullary compression, asymptomatic Chiari II: vermis and medulla descend through foramen; fatal
Arnold-Chiari Malformation
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Granuloma with giant cells; classic finding in RHD
Aschoff bodies
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Intrauterine adhesions, assoc with D&C; amenorrhea
Asherman’s syndrome
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Primitive neuroectodermal tumor, related to Ewing’s, small cell thoracopulmonary tumor
Askin’s tumor
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Peroxidase (+) granulocyte/myeloblast inclusions; M3 leukemia; may cause DIC
Auer rods
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Projection of SA node to L atrium
Bachmann Bundle
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Atrial stretch increased heart rate
Bainbridge Reflex
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Infantile scurvy
Barlow’s disease
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Mitral valve prolapse
Barlow’s syndrome
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Squamous metaplasia at least 3cm into esophagus; assoc with adenoCA
Barrett’s Esophagus
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Greater vestibular glands, homologous to Cowper’s
Bartholin’s glands
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TAL ion transporter mutation; mimics loop diuretics, Salt wasting, hypercalciuria, hypoMg, hyperrenninemia, PGE2
Bartter’s syndrome
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Abetalipoproteinemia
Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome
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aka Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjogren-Batten disease, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis; childhood neurodegenerative disorder
Batten disease
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Less severe muscular dystrophy than Duchenne’s
Becker’s muscular dystrophy
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Hemihypertrophy, macroglossia, organomegaly, neonatal hypoglycemia, embryonal tumors, Wilms tumor, omphalocoele
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
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First strained food given to infant
Beikost
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Openings of pyramids to minor calyces (through area cribosa)
Papillary ducts of Bellini
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Fat embolization; neurodysfunction, respiratory insufficiency, petechiae
Bergman’s triad
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Defect of platelet adhesion ( GP Ib)
Bernard-Soulier disease
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Superior suspensory ligament of thyroid
Ligament of Berry
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Projections of renal cortex between medullary pyramids
Columns of Bertin
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IV local anesthetic for upper/lower ex anesthesia
Bier block
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Irregularly irregular breathing with abrupt starts/stops, in dorsomedial medullary lesions
Biot’s breathing
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Pearly, triangular, conjunctival spots; in Vitamin A deficiency
Bitot spots
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Full-thickness esophageal tears
Boerhaave syndrome
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Benign ovarian tumor; resembles bladder tissue
Brenner tumor
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Allergy to A. fumigatus
Brewer’s lung
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Avascular segment between anterior and posterior kidney; used for longitudinal sections when removing staghorn calculi
Brodel’s white line
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Diminished INa current in RV epicardium; ST elevation V1-V3, ventricular arrhythmia, sudden cardiac death in young asian males
Brugada Syndrome
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Submucosal duodenal glands
Brunner’s glands
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White spots on periphery of iris; seen in Down syndrome
Brushfield spots
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X-linked agammaglobulinemia; reduced all five Igs; recurrent infections after 6 mos of life
Bruton’s disease
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Portal hypertension 2° to hepatic vein occlusion
Budd-Chiari disease
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EBV; “Starry-sky” appearance
Burkitt’s lymphoma
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Diver’s disease; Nitrogen embolism
Caisson’s disease
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Granulosa Cell Tumor
Call-Exner bodies
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Demyelinating disease of infancy; metachromatic leukodystrophy, arylsulfatase A deficiency, AR
Canavan disease
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Divides liver into R and L lobes (drawn between gallbladder, just left of IVC)
Cantle’s line
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Cystic duct, common hepatic duct, liver margin
Calot’s triangle
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RA and Coal worker pneuomoconiosis
Caplan syndrome
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TR murmur increased with inspiration, decreased by Valsalva
Carvallo’s sign
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Benign lymph node tumors; hyperproliferation of B cells, sometimes assoc with HHV-8
Castleman’s disease
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Biopsy of aortopulmonary window nodes
Chamberlain procedure, modified
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Nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech
Charcot triad
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Jaundice, fever, RUQ pain
Charcot triad of cholangitis
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Seen in intraparenchymal hemorrhage
Charcot-Bouchard aneurysms
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Eosinophilic debris, seen in bronchial asthma
Charcot-Leyden crystals
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Peroneal muscle atrophy, stork-like appearance, pes cavus, foot drop, claw hand
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
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A=T and G=C (in DNA/RNA)
Charkof’s Rule
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Defective microtubular function; partial albinism, peripheral neuropathy, recurrent infections
Chediak-Higashi syndrome
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Regularly irregular breathing with cyclic apnea, in bilateral hemispheric/diencephalon dysfunction
Cheyne-Stokes breathing
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Talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joint; where eversion and inversion occur
Chopart’s joint
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Factor IX deficiency
Christmas disease
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Forearm AVF; uses native blood vessels (radial artery, cephalic vein) (contrast with Scribner shunt)
Cimino-Brescia fistula
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Flushing, dizziness, tinnitus, BOV, impaired hearing, nausea, diarrhea
Cinchonism
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Deep inguinal node
Cloquet’s node
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Primary hyperaldosteronism
Conn syndrome
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Mycobacterium infection; responsible for weight loss (releases cachectin and TNF-alpha)
Cord factor
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Uteroplacental apoplexy; bleeding from abruptio into myometrium into peritoneum
Couvelaire uterus
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Associated with herpetic infections
Cowdry Type A inclusion bodies
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Yellow fever; viral hepatitis
Councilman bodies
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Palpable nontender gallbladder (pancreatic head CA)
Courvoisier sign
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Calcinosis, Raynaud phenomenon, Esophageal dysfunction, Sclerodactyly, Telangiectasia; ANA with anticentromere activity
CREST syndrome
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Subacute Spongiform Encephalopathy; prion disease; 2 variants: Brownell-Oppenheimer (cerebellar ataxia) and Heidenhain (visual disturbances)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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Microcephaly, severe mental retardation, cat-like cry, hypertelorism
Cri-du-chat syndrome (5p deletion)
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Regional enteritis; cobblestoned mucosa with skip lesions; segmental narrowing, “string sign”
Crohn disease
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GI polyposis, alopecia, hyperpigmentation, nail atrophy
Cronkite-Canada syndrome
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Premature craniosynostosis, midface hypoplasia, shallow orbits, proptosis
Crouzon Syndrome
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Periumbilical ecchymoses (acute pancreatitis)
Cullen sign
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Congenital sacral deformity, presacral mass, anal malformation
Currarino triad
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Pathologic finding in asthma; from shed epithelium
Curschmann spirals
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Gastric ulcer associated with burns
Curling ulcer
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Cushing’s syndrome caused by 1° pituitary adenoma
Cushing’s disease
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Cortisol (any etiology), HTN, trunal obesity, moon facies, buffalo hump, hyperglycemia, osteoporosis, amenorrhea, libido, immunocompromise
Cushing’s syndrome
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Hypertension, bradycardia, respiratory depression
Cushing’s triad
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Gastric ulcer associated with brain injury
Cushing’s ulcer
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Empty RLQ in intussusception
Dance’s sign
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Large posterior fossa; absent cerebellum
Dandy-Walker malformation
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Morning hyperglycemia not associated with nocturnal hypoglycemia
Dawn phenomenon
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Idiopathic EPB and APL inflammation; more common in women
De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
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Subacute/granulomatous/giant cell thyroiditis, may be 2° to viral infxn, granulomatous inflammation
De Quervain’s thyroiditis
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Origin of lateral vestibulospinal tract
Deiter’s nucleus
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Rectoprostatic fascia
Denonvilliers’ fascia
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Wilms tumor, intersexual disorders, nephropathy [WT-1 gene abnormalities]
Denys-Drash syndrome
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Congenital pure red cell aplasia; HbF, RBC ADA, retic, triphalangeal thumbs
Diamond-Blackfan syndrome
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For scarlet fever
Dick test
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CATCH-22 syndrome
DiGeorge syndrome
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Perisinusoidal space
Disse’s space
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IgG antibodies in hemolytic anemia
Donath-Landsteiner antibodies
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Occurs when membrane is permeable to several (but not all) ions; not an osmotic equilibrium
Donnan equilibirium
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Autoimmune post-MI fibrinous pericarditis (weeks post-MI)
Dressler’s syndrome
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Black liver; conjugated hyperbilirubinemia; benign
Dubin-Johnson syndrome
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Deleted dystrophin gene; proximal limb weakness muscle breakdown; pseudohypertrophy of calves
Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy
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Progressive shortening, thickening, and fibrosis of palmar fascia and aponeurosis (MCP and PIP flexion of 4th and 5th digits).
Dupuytren’s contracture
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Seen in cerebral malaria; with ring hemorrhages
Durck’s granuloma
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Elongation of styloid process/calcification of stylohyoid; neck/face pain, dysphagia; CN IX compression
Eagle’s syndrome
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Prune-belly syndrome
Eagle-Barrett Syndrome
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Tricuspid displacement into RV; assoc with WPW
Ebstein’s anomaly
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Micrognathia, rocker-bottom feet, congenital heart disease (trisomy 18)
Edward syndrome
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“Waiter’s tip” deformity, C5-C6 palsy, may involve diaphragm (via phrenic nerve)
Erb-Duchenne Palsy
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Inherited multiple pterygium syndrome
Escobar syndrome
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IVC valve at RA
Eustachian valve
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Early-onset calcification of basal ganglia and cerebellum
Fahr syndrome
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Aplastic anemia, short stature, risk of CA; AR
Fanconi anemia
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Proximal tubule dysfunction; (+) urine glucose, amino acids, phosphates
Fanconi syndrome
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RA, splenomegaly, neutropenia
Felty’s syndrome
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Asbestos bodies; dumbbell-shaped
Ferruginous bodies
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Perihepatic gonorrheal infection; “violin-string” adhesions
Fitz-Hugh-Curtiss syndrome
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Bilateral renal hypoplasia, displacement of nipples to MCL, polymastia
Fleischer syndrome
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Retinoblastoma
Flexner-Wintersteiner rosettes
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Frontal lobe tumor; inappropriate behavior, ipsilateral optic nerve atrophy, contralateral papilledema, anosmia
Foster-Kennedy syndrome
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Necrotizing soft tissue perineal/scrotal infection, assoc with DM
Fournier’s gangrene
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Flushing and sweating in reaction to taste of food; follows auriculotemporal nerve injury
Frey’s syndrome
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Ataxia before 10yrs, explosive speech, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Friedrich ataxia
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S: Internal oblique and transversus abd, M: Rectus muscle and sheath, L: Iliopsoas, I: Pecten pubis, lined by transversalis fascia; anatomic etiol. of hernia
Fruchaud’s (myopectineal) orifice
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Fx of distal 3rd of radius, dislocation of radioulnar joint
Galeazzi fracture
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Deep perineal/investing fascia
Gallaudet’s fascia
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Murmur of AS reflected to mitral area (sounds like MR)
Gallavardin’s phenomenon
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Adenomatous polyps + osteomas
Gardner syndrome
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Autoerythrocyte sensitivity, large ecchymoses on erythema
Gardner-Diamond syndrome
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Iliotibial tract attachment
Gerdy’s tubercle
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Prion disease; familial; cerebellar ataxia, dysarthria, corticospinal tract signs, nystagmus. AD, late-onset
Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease
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Na-Cl cotransporter mutation; similar to Bartter’s but milder; resembles thiazide diuretic effect
Gitelman’s syndrome
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Defect of platelet aggregation (GP IIb-IIIa)
Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia
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Branchial cleft anomalies, biliary atresia, CHD
Goldenhar’s complex
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ptch mutation; basal cell nevus syndrome; basal cell CA, medulloblastoma, jaw cysts
Gorlin’s syndrome
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Use of upper limbs to stand; seen in Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy
Gower’s maneuver
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Cause of recurrent ulceration post-vagotomy; from posterior vagus
[Criminal nerve of] Grassi
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Myxedema
Gull disease
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Compression of ulnar nerve at the wrist (between pisiform and hook of hamate); hypoesthesia of 4th and 5th digits; intrinsic hand muscle weakness
Guyon’s canal syndrome
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Pigmentary degeneration of globus pallidus, substantia nigra, red nucleus, corticospinal and EP signs, “eye of the tiger” sign
Hallervorden-Spatz Disease
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Mediastinal “crunch” assoc with emphysema
Hamman sign
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Peripheral triangle near pleural edges, in PE
Hampton’s hump
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Chronic progressive histiocytosis; skull lesions, DI, exophthalmos
Hand-Schuller-Christian disease
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Infundibulum of gallbladder; common site for gallstone impaction
Hartmann’s pouch
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Impaired tryptophan absorption
Hartnup disease
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Thymic medullary bodies
Hassal’s bodies
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Painless DIP nodules in osteoarthritis
Heberden’s nodules
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G6PD Deficiency
Heinz bodies
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Cystic duct valve (maintains patency)
Valve of Heisler
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Childhood disintegrative disorder
Heller dementia
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Area at cardia where middle circular and innermost oblique gastric muscular fibers blend
Collar of Helvetius
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Small-vessel vasculitis due to IgA-dominant immune-complex deposition; affects skin, joints, GI
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
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Periportal bile ductule
Canal of Hering
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Carotid sinus nerve (CN IX); baroreceptor
Hering’s nerve
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Intrinsic platelet defect and partial albinism
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
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Secretory granules in posterior pituitary
Herring bodies
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Inferior epigastric artery, Lateral border of rectus abdominis, Inguinal ligament
Hesselbach’s triangle