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USMLE Brs Pathology Vocab

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1. Tumor suppressor mutated in breast and ovary






2. Binucleated or multinucleated giant cell seen in Hodgkin dx






3. Seen in granuloma inguinale - multiple organisms filling large histiocytes






4. Sphingomyelin containing phagocytes seen in Niemman::Pick dx in liver - spleen - lymph nodes and skin






5. Seen in urine of patients with multiple myeloma - Ig light chain either k or l






6. Ring of copper deposited around iris seen in Wilson






7. Aka pulseless dx - inflammation and stenosis of medium and large sized arteries - often aortic arch thus aortic arch syndrome






8. Mesangial matrix material acculmulations seen in nodular glomerulosclerosis seen in diabetic nephropathy






9. Aka subcortical leukoencephalopathy - assoc with HTN - multiple lacunar infarcts and progressive demyelination in subcortical area






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






11. Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia - precocious puberty - caf






12. Deficient glucocerebrosidase - accumulation of glucocerebroside in cells of mononuclear phagocyte system 3 types ::






13. Oncogenes that code for p21 proteins which are membrane signalers






14. Aka IgA nephropathy - deposition of IgA in mesangium - benign recurrent hematuria in kids following infection






15. Aka allergic granulomatous angiitis - necrotizing vasculitis - variant of polyarteritis nodosa - involves pulmonary vasculature - peripheral eosinophilia - and asthma






16. Aka superior sulcus tumor - seen in bronchogenic CA - often with Horner's






17. Aka infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy - autosomal recessive - LMN disease - infants






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






19. 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






20. Impaired tubular reabsorption of tryptophan - pellagra::like manifestations






21. Small round blue cell tumor of bone - long bones - kids - 11:22 transloc






22. Associated with 90% cases of ankylosing spondylitis - common in rheumatoid arthritis






23. Thyroid replacement by fibrous tissue - unkown origin - mimics






24. Adenomatous polyps with tumors of CNS






25. Tennis racket shaped cytoplasmic inclusion seen in langerhans cells (so also seen in langerhan cell histiocytosis)






26. B1 thiamine - B2 riboflavin - B3 niacin - B6 pyridoxine - B12 cobalamin - C ascorbic acid - D calciferol - E a::tocopherol






27. Oligohydramnios causes fetus to be smashed






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






29. Autosomal dominant - numerous adenomatous polyps along with osteomas and soft tissue tumors






30. Intracytoplasmic inclusions seen in leydig cell tumors p283






31. Hemangioblastoma or cavernous hemangioma of cerebellum - brainstem or retina - adenomas - cysts in liver - kidney - pancreas - and other organs - increased renal cell CA - gene = short arm of chromosome 3






32. Paraneoplastic synd looks like myasthenia gravis - often small cell lung CA






33. Associated with papillary thyroid CA






34. Infectious disorder - caused postencephalitic parkinsonism






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






36. Epithelial cells with eosinophilc granular cytoplasm seen in hashimoto






37. Defective cilia - sinusitis - bronchiectasis - situs inversus - sometimes hearing loss and male sterility






38. 2/neu :: oncogene (aka c - erbB2) - in breast cancer = poor prognosis






39. DsDNA antibodies and Sm Smith antigen = highly specific for SLE






40. Modest elevated serum unconj bilirubin - due to decreased uptake by liver cells and reduced activity of glucuronyl transferase






41. Osteophytes at DIP joints






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






43. Deficient hypoxanthine::guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT) - low purine metabolism - high uric acid - thus gout - mental retardation - choreoathetosis - spasticity - self mutilation - aggressiveness






44. Retinoblastoma on chromosome 13






45. Seen in papillary thyroid CA






46. Osteophytes at PIP joints






47. Autosomal recessive - hepatitis - accumulation of copper due to transport problem - low ceruloplasmin seen - kayser fleischer rings in eyes






48. Renal tubular dysfunction - impaired reabsorption of glucose - amino acids - phosphate - and bicarb thus glycosuria - hyperphosphaturia - hypophosphatemia - aminoaciduria - systemic acidosis






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






50. Primary adrenal failure







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