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USMLE Brs Pathology Vocab

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1. Intracytoplasmic inclusions seen in leydig cell tumors p283






2. Occurs in SLE - small vegitations on either or both surfaces of valves






3. Eczematoid lesion of nipple areola - large cells with clear 'halo like' area - invade epidermis - underlying ductal CA






4. Aspirin toxicity seen in kids after acute febrile viral dx - microvesicular fatty change in liver and encephalopathy






5. Aka mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome - acute self - limited - infants and young kids - acute necrotizing vasculitis of small and medium vessels - fever hemorrhagic edema of conjunctivae - lips and oral mucosa - and cervical LAD - can cause coronary






6. Gene mutated in achondroplasia (most common form of dwarfism) - located at 4p16.3






7. Autoimmune thyroiditis - hyperthyroid - exophthalmos - increased in HLA DR3 and HLA B8 pos people






8. Follicular lymphoma IG heavy chain on 14 - bcl -2 oncogene on 18






9. Malignant lymphoma with features resembling inflammatory disorder - young men - Reed Sternburg cells






10. Combination of hyperthyroidism - nodular goiter - absence of exophthalmos






11. Aka acute disseminated langerhans cell histiocytosis - aggressive - usually fatal - kids hepatosplenomegaly - LAD - pancytopenia - pulmonary involvement - recurrent infections






12. Ovarian tumor resembling bladder transitional epith






13. Pituitary insufficiency post - partum - low TSH ACTH






14. Similar to Dubin Johnson with no black liver






15. Asbestosis - yellow - brown - rod shaped body with clubbed ends - stain with Prussian blue






16. Materal transmission del(15)(q11q13) - aka happy puppet syndrome - mental retardation - ataxia - seizures - inappropriate laughter






17. Thrombotic occlusion of major hepatic veins - abnormal pain - jaundice - hepatomegaly - acites - liver failure - assoc with polycythemia vera - hepatocellular CA - and other common neoplasms - may occur as a complication of pregnancy






18. Nystagmus - intention tremor - scanning speech - seen in MS






19. Autosomal recessive - neutropenia - albinism - cranial and peripheral neuropathy - tendency to develop repeated infections - abnormal WBCs (abnormal mictotubul formation and large cytoplasmic granules = lysosomes)






20. Intra::alveolar hemosiderin - laden macrophages caused by RBCs from capillary rupture 2* to pulmonary HTN






21. Tumor suppressor mutated in wilms tumor






22. Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia - precocious puberty - caf






23. Also seen in urine of MM - stacks of RBCs - will have high ESR






24. Single erythematous plaque on shaft of penis or scrotum






25. Appears as multiple wart - like lesions resembling condyloma accuminatum






26. Seen in insulinoma - episodic hyperinsulinemia and hypoglycemia - CNS dysfunction - reversal of CNS probs with administration of glucose






27. Defective in x- linked brutons agammaglobulinemia - B- cell tyrosine kinase






28. Aneurysm at small artery bifurcations






29. B Thalassemia major






30. Hamartomatous polyps in colon and small intest - freckles on lips - hands - genitalia - higher incidence of adeno CA of colon and other malignancies - stomach - breast - ovaries






31. Aka chronic progressive histiocytosis - not as bad as Letterer Siwe






32. Burkitts c::myc is on 8 - IG heavy chain is on 14






33. Philadelphia chromosome - CML bcr abl fusion c - abl on 9 - bcr on 22






34. Small follicles filled with eosinophilic secretion - diagnostic feature of granulose cell tumor






35. Primary aldosteronism






36. = MEN1






37. X linked - absence of plasma cells and serum immunoglobulins - cell mediated immunity still ok - no germinal centers - recurrent bacterial infections - resistances to fungal and viral still - btk gene defect






38. Vasosmasm of small vessels - most often in fingers - seen with autoimmune dx like SLE - scleroderma and others (R in CREST) - recurrent vasospasm - always secondary to underlying disorder






39. Located on xsome 6 - mutation here = hereditary hemochromatosis






40. Variant of rheumatoid arthritis - aka juvenile rheumatoid arthritis






41. Associated with Wegener granulomatosis






42. Diffuse nodular diabetic glomerulosclerosis






43. Subcutaneous fibrosis of dorsum of penis






44. Severe unconj hyperbilirubinemia due to deficient glucuronyl transferase






45. Aggressive B- cell lymphoma - EBV - starry sky appearance - c myc






46. Superclavicular lymph node identifying metastatic stomach CA






47. Autosomal dominant - fatal - progressive degeneration of striatum and frontal cortex with neuronal depletion and gliosis






48. Clear cell renal tumor seen in kids






49. Autoimmune hypothyroid - hurthle cells common






50. Epithelial cells with eosinophilc granular cytoplasm seen in hashimoto