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USMLE Brs Pathology Vocab
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1. Defective cilia - sinusitis - bronchiectasis - situs inversus - sometimes hearing loss and male sterility
Rb gene
Klinefelter syndrome
Mediterranean anemia or Cooley Anemia
Kartagener syndrome
2. Minute neutrophilic abscesses found within parakeratotic stratum corneum in psoriasis
Hirano bodies
Munro abscesses
Hunter syndrome
Chediak Higashi syndrome
3. Gene mutated in achondroplasia (most common form of dwarfism) - located at 4p16.3
Negri bodies
Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome
FGFR3
Councilman body
4. Aka pituitary cachexia - generalized panhypopituitarism
Brown tumor
Cri du chat syndrome
Reidel thyroiditis
Simmonds dx
5. Appears as multiple wart - like lesions resembling condyloma accuminatum
Brenner tumor
ret PTC
Ras oncogenes
Bowenoid papulosis
6. Aka neurofibromatosis - neurofibromas in skin - schwannomas of CN VIII - caf
Simmonds dx
ret PTC
Bax
Von Recklinhousen dx
7. Malignant lymphoma with features resembling inflammatory disorder - young men - Reed Sternburg cells
Hodgkin dx
McCune Albright syndrome
Marfan syndrome
Zenker diverticulum
8. Binucleated or multinucleated giant cell seen in Hodgkin dx
Gaucher dx
Starry sky appearance
Reed Sternburg cell
Hand Schuller Christian dx
9. Aka angiokeratoma corporis diffusum universal - deficient a::galactosidase A - accumulate ceramide trihexoside - skin lesions angiokeratomas - fever - burning pain in extremities - cardiovascular and cerebrovascular involvement - death as adult by re
Felty syndrome
Fabry dx
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome
Birbeck granule
10. Severe unconj hyperbilirubinemia due to deficient glucuronyl transferase
Von Hippel Lindau dx
Lambert Eaton syndrome
Tay Sachs dx
Crigler Najjar syndrome
11. Lots of tumors - breast CA - soft tissue sarc - brain tumors - leukemias - has loss of p53 tumor suppressor gene
Beriberi
Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome
Li Fraumeni syndrome
Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome
12. Associated with Wegener granulomatosis
C ANCA
Plummer Vinson syndrome
Guillain Barre syndrome
Whipple triad
13. Oncogenes that code for p21 proteins which are membrane signalers
Hunter syndrome
Ras oncogenes
Plummer dx
Bowenoid papulosis
14. Catastrophic adrenal insuff and vascular collapse - hemorrhagic necrosis of adrenal cortex
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Hirschsprung dx
Potter sequence
Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome
15. Subcutaneous fibrosis of dorsum of penis
Peyronie dx
C ANCA
Gilbert syndrome
Hurthle cell
16. Epithelial cells with eosinophilc granular cytoplasm seen in hashimoto
Hurthle cell
Edwards syndrome
Chromosome 10
McArdle syndrome
17. Parkinsonism with autonomic dysfunction and orthostatic hypotension
Langhans giant cell
Stein Leventhal syndrome
Shy Drager syndrome
ret
18. Hemihypertrophy - macroglossia - organomegaly - neonatal hypoglycemia - various embryonal tumors - deleted WT 2 gene
Beckwith Weidemann syndrome
Denys Drash syndrome
Marfan syndrome
Heart failure cells
19. Autosomal dominant - numerous adenomatous polyps along with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
Dubin Johnson syndrome
NF1
Libman Sacks endocarditis
Gardner syndrome
20. Aka infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy - autosomal recessive - LMN disease - infants
Addison disease
Werdnig Hoffman syndrome
Peyronie dx
Dubin Johnson syndrome
21. Nystagmus - intention tremor - scanning speech - seen in MS
11:22
Reye syndrome
FGFR3
Charcot triad
22. Osteophytes at DIP joints
Rotor syndrome
Brown tumor
Heberden nodes
15:17
23. Dysplastic cell seen in HPV
Bowen dx
Koilocyte
Donovan bodies
NF1
24. Aka superior sulcus tumor - seen in bronchogenic CA - often with Horner's
Hunter syndrome
Wilms tumor
Kayser Fleischer ring
Pancoast tumor
25. Aka polycystic ovary syndrome - young women - amenorrhea - infertility - obesity - hirsutism
Dry beriberi
Stein Leventhal syndrome
ret PTC
Hunter syndrome
26. Triad of ovarian fibroma - ascites - hydrothorax
Crigler Najjar syndrome
Letterer Siwe dx
Conn syndrome
Meigs syndrome
27. Modest elevated serum unconj bilirubin - due to decreased uptake by liver cells and reduced activity of glucuronyl transferase
ret
Gilbert syndrome
BRCA2
Turcot syndrome
28. Seen in urine of patients with multiple myeloma - Ig light chain either k or l
Foamy histiocyte
14:18
NF1
Bense Jones protein
29. Aka lentigo maligna - precursor to lentigo maligna melanoma
Wegener granulomatosis
14:18
Hutchinson freckle
NF1
30. Deficient glucose -6- phosphatase - accumulation of glycogen in liver and kidney - hepatomegaly - hypoglycemia
Von Gierke dx
Gardner syndrome
Plummer dx
14:18
31. Metastatic stomach CA to ovary
Conn syndrome
Krukenberg tumor
Pancoast tumor
Wegener granulomatosis
32. Aka pulseless dx - inflammation and stenosis of medium and large sized arteries - often aortic arch thus aortic arch syndrome
Takayasu arteritis
Lambert Eaton syndrome
Bouchard nodes
Von Hippel Lindau dx
33. Intra::alveolar hemosiderin - laden macrophages caused by RBCs from capillary rupture 2* to pulmonary HTN
Foamy histiocyte
Heart failure cells
Still disease
Brenner tumor
34. 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
Raynaud phenomenon
C ANCA
Gerstmann Straussler
Kawasaki dx
35. Deficient glucocerebrosidase - accumulation of glucocerebroside in cells of mononuclear phagocyte system 3 types ::
Bcl2
Shy Drager syndrome
Btk gene
Gaucher dx
36. Acute promyelocytic leukemia PML gene on 15 and RARa on 17
15:17
Negri bodies
Simmonds dx
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome
37. B Thalassemia major
Mediterranean anemia or Cooley Anemia
Shy Drager syndrome
Heart failure cells
Whipple triad
38. Mutation = paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Potter sequence
PIG A
Hurler syndrome
Dry beriberi
39. Diffuse nodular diabetic glomerulosclerosis
Nelson syndrome
Wilms tumor
Kimmelsteil Wilson dx
Gerstmann Straussler
40. Seen in Down synd - small white spots on periphery of iris
Churg Strauss syndrome
Brenner tumor
Brushfield spots
Ewing sarcoma
41. Associated with papillary thyroid CA
ret PTC
Plummer dx
Wermer syndrome
Arnold Chiari formation
42. Occurs in SLE - small vegitations on either or both surfaces of valves
HLA B27 antigen
Libman Sacks endocarditis
Smudge cells
ret
43. 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
Dry beriberi
ret PTC
Starry sky appearance
Peutz Jeghers syndrome
44. = MEN1
Wermer syndrome
Libman Sacks endocarditis
Bernard Soulier dx
APC
45. Autosomal recessive - hepatitis - accumulation of copper due to transport problem - low ceruloplasmin seen - kayser fleischer rings in eyes
Tay Sachs dx
Stein Leventhal syndrome
Wilson dx
Patau syndrome
46. Nuclei arranged in horseshoe - shaped pattern about periphery of cell - characteristic of but not specific for granulomatous TB (as opposed to a foreign body giant cell that has scattered nuclei)
Arthus reaction
Lesch Nyhan syndrome
Langhans giant cell
Whipple triad
47. Ring of copper deposited around iris seen in Wilson
Gaucher dx
Bouchard nodes
Kayser Fleischer ring
Bcl2
48. Aka IgA nephropathy - deposition of IgA in mesangium - benign recurrent hematuria in kids following infection
Hurler syndrome
Berger dx
Munro abscesses
Beriberi
49. Aka acute disseminated langerhans cell histiocytosis - aggressive - usually fatal - kids hepatosplenomegaly - LAD - pancytopenia - pulmonary involvement - recurrent infections
Paget dx of vulva
Letterer Siwe dx
Fanconi syndrome
Rouleaux formation
50. Unknown etiology - necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of small to medium sized vessels of the respiratory tract - kidneys - and other organs - circulating C- ANCAs
Simmonds dx
Wegener granulomatosis
11:22
Pancoast tumor